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Storytelling Through Art: Part 2
How I chose to become an animator.
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Storytelling Through Art: Part 1
The reasons I'm becoming an animator.
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Personal Update: Volume One
My current life, writing, and art.
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Depression: Pain Is a Globe
This culture-challenging construct helped me redefine my pain...and find joy within depression.
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What We Can Learn from the Fight for OCD Awareness
This outdated survival loop is preventing you from communicating to your fullest.
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A Senior’s Guide to Entering the Scholastic Awards
A cheat sheet, thoughts on rejection, and why you should enter.
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Discovering the Fugitives’ Files: Part 2
How I pulled off the most intense rewrite I’ve ever attempted.
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Discovering the Fugitives’ Files: Part 1
During line edits, I realized something horrifying: my book had no plot.
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A Quick Guide to (Mostly) Understanding OCD
The day of the history presentation, I came to class with an enormous grin, a life-sized cut-out of my assigned historical figure, and my report in…
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