The Pink Power Ranger Action Figure
It was, in a funny way, my version of Billy Collins’ lanyard. The gift missed the mark.
Gray
I am realizing I cannot help this girl if I do not let people know that she exists in the first place.
How to Read Auras, Astaxanthin, and Pink Noise
As an artist, the desire to be known is tied up in the desire to know. Expression and exploration are linked.
ORANGES
sometimes I’m sorry I was not
all green and yellow lights.
Vantablack
The visual cortex begins to interpret images and even change them before it even processes fully what they are, meaning that we often see things that aren’t actually there.
Liver and White and Everything Nice
She was also, I should add, a very bad little dog, at least in the day-to-day business of dogging.
To the Woman at Kohl’s Who Gave Me Permission to Love My Pale White Skin
But I have to remind myself that the difficulty of others’ situations does not invalidate my own.
#e38d1c
The pencils are another matter.
New Kid and the Power of a Gold Sticker
I remember kids’ delight in the graphic novel section, the way they stacked book after book in their arms. But I also remember parents’ reactions when their kids reached that shelf.
Cerulean Waves
I run down the dune to be closer to the water and it feels like I’m flying. I don’t think about climbing back up.
