Existential therapy

My favorite novel is Night Road by Kristin Hannah. It gives many different emotions that aren’t expected. When I read a book, I don’t usually get emotionally attached, but with this book I really did. It’s influenced how I look at life. There’s many events in the book that are very realistic and can actually happen to anyone. Also I can relate to my favorite character, Mia. Night Road is my favorite novel because there’s many twist and turns of emotions, it gives me a different sense of reality,…

the gunslinger came awake from a confused dream which seemed to consist of a single image : that of the sailor in the tarot deck from which the man in black had dealt the gunslingers own moaning future. He drowns Gunslinger the man in black was saying, and no one throws out the line. The boy jake ,But this was no nightmare This was a classic act by the man in black to trick Roland into believing jake was back from the dead and was seeking his revenge for his death. Marten transforms jake into a…

Winniscot’s book, Playing and Reality, focuses on the nature of learning through playing and how mentally vulnerable people are when they’re young. In his case studies, he mentioned about a boy who would act in weird manners with strings when his mother wasn’t home. The problem became worse and worse, and they visited him for help. Winnicot suggested that a line of communication would be required between the mother and the child as he could see that the child was too reliant on the mother. After…

I had recently come upon a quote from an anonymous person that read, “I am a hopeless romantic, living in a hook up world”. These words sum up my thoughts on dating in today’s society to a T. The use of technology to date or in other words, “to hook up” has left me feeling very unfulfilled. The disapproval on my Grandmother’s face when I explain to her that a guy I think is cute has messaged me on Twitter or Tinder to “hang out” is a good representation of how I feel as well. When she tells me…

Vesa came to the table with boxes and glass pebbles on it. She separated a handful of the pebbles, correctly counted twelve of them and placed them in a basket. An adult asked her to choose four boxes and how she divide the pebbles equally. Vesa chose boxes and placed one pebble at the time in each box until she run out of the pebbles, and then counted how many she had in each box: “There is three in each box.” The adult give her more pebbles and asked her to equally divide them between five…

the interviewer, felt that the young girl was aware of her condition, she seemed to accept that she was in her last stages of her life. She was going on a trip to Florida, which was given to her by the make a wish foundation. She would receive therapies. The benefits she would receive were to swim with dolphins. Either as part of her treatment or as a reward for completing a set of tasks. Dolphins are known to help people through their treatment, they give them a sense of relief and joy. The…

“A person without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” - Marcus Garvey) Communities thrive off of traditions and ideas that create a sense of unity in an environment. In order to feel a sense of belonging, you must first understand where you are, who you are, and how you go to be there. All over the world you will see a never-ending amount of rituals, and social norms. Learning how to participate in a community starts with interpreting language.…

What promoted your interest in material culture? Some years ago, I visited an estate in England and saw a beautifully appointed carriage and thought: Wow, they pimped their rides. I started thinking about carriages and other extravagances that constituted a very rich 18th century materialism and consumption. I wondered what carriages would reveal about the role of materialism in human life. I particularly wondered how the complex social and economic dimensions of carriage culture shaped how men…

It was a peaceful day in a shabby condo. Kade and I were sitting in his room. An hour of AP Social Studies homework and 7th grade English homework in when a gust of wind came through the closed window. How do I put this, there was a noise. A very fuzzy, subtle noise. A ZING, SWOOSH, SHUUAH noise. All of a sudden, out popped two people. The women said to us in a serene voice, “We are your parents. We want to take you home.” My brother and I were abandoned when he was 6 months old. One morning my…

There are three things that all gentlemen fear. A night without a moon. A storm in the sea. And the anger of a gentlemen. But there is a new thing that should be added to that list, the death, or almost death, of a loved one and someone you hold close to your heart. There was one point where I experienced one of my friends getting stabbed. He almost died, but another friend helped him. Like the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ took a course over three days. Mine, only happened over the course of thirty…