2023 Submissions
Walking on the Wrong Side
This here is a short screenplay titled "Walking On The Wrong Side". The script is the telling of a teenage girl with Asperger's named Jenna. She goes through her day as if she were an artificial being in her own small imagination.
Boosted Vol.4
In 2018, I participated in the Black Joy Poetry Workshop with Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe, and our work was published in Black Joy: an Anthology of Black Boy Poems, in 2019.
A Letter to the World
My piece reflects the faults of our troubled society and how they have taken a toll on the World, something barely anyone seems to take note of.
Paranoid
Paranoid is a short story about being betrayed by your mind and fighting constantly. The story is really a metaphor for mental health and how it can deteriorate. The monsters are intrusive thoughts that always stick with you. With this story, I really wanted to explore how people deal with these thoughts, their "monsters".
submitted at 11:59
I was (and am) a huge procrastinator for essays. I remember once when I submitted an essay exactly at 11:59, and I felt that the panic and adrenaline I had then was completely indescribable.
In My Nightstand Drawer
For the longest time, I always had the mantra that I was not an "art person", I wasn't a particularly talented painter and my sight reading musical notes needed a little bit of work. I, of course, never viewed writing as a form of art or expression but rather as a homework assignment.But, an English class essay changed that.
Mean by T. Swift
I learned to play the guitar in preparation for this performance. I had tried before but could never keep going with it.
Morceau De Concert by C. Saint-Saëns
My performance video is on Saint Saens's Morceau de Concert for Horn. The piece initially begins in F minor with a theme, then 2 variations after it.
Nocturne in B Major (Op. 62, No. 1) by M. Chopin
I was a pianist even before I could walk. I owe much of my initial interest to my father — a jazz saxophonist and avid music lover — for it was he who first emphasized how music “expresses the human condition in its most elemental form.”
The Herdsman's New Melody by J. Guangyi
This piece played on the traditional Chinese flute (dizi) is titled, “The Herdsman’s New Melody” in English and is composed by Chinese flautist and composer, Guangyi Jian in 1966.
Etude in A Flat Major by Chopin
Piano performance: Etude in A Flat Major by Frederic Chopin, BI 130 -- The second etude of Chopin's 3 Nouvelles Etudes.
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by J. Mayer
John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” has been one of my favorite songs for the past 5 years.
Rondo by A. Ginastera
This is a piano piece called "Rondo on Argentine Children Folk Tunes" by contemporary composer Ginastera.
YYZ by Rush
YYZ by Rush is one of my favorite songs to play and is known as a challenging drum song.