LXVIII

Over-Caffeinated Anxiety

LXVII

Be Wholly Alive

Celebrating my last exam the best way I know how -- going to a concert. Standing room only, the Spoon concert was still packed with people viewing the concert through the lens of their cameras and phones. So absorbed in technology, we are unable to fully view a moment. To fully live life, we must forgo our distractions and fully engage in our environments, spiritually and emotionally. Ernest Hemingway phrases it best by saying, "Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as mush as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry.

You will be dead soon enough."

LXVI

Creativity Needs to Be Praised

With paint tainted fingers, I breathe in the world around me. While sipping on my coffee I pondered the many questions I've received wondering why my hands happened to be an array of blue hues. Shouldn't this be more common -- remnants of past creativity.

In our current culture creative outlets are undervalued. Banksy, the famed graffiti artist, receives hundred of thousands of dollars for each piece artwork. Yet, his form of expression still isn't considered art. Perhaps, it is because true, influential modern art work is underappreciated. Creative outlets, I believe are the most beneficial. It encourages creativity and supports individuality. Creativity needs to be praised.