This is Water Response: 5) Each human is, indeed, the center of their own universe. The things that we experience are all our own, each one relating to us. The only way we can tell someone else's exact feelings is if they verbally communicate it to us, which means that our own feelings are the only ones that we truly get understand as they happen. Art is the great universal connector of feelings; With art, one can experience another's emotions or their world. While art may let us experience an artist's feelings, other it be through music, or words, or paint, the only way to understand a loved one's reality is to ask them about it. The more you understand someone and how they feel about things, the more you can anticipate their emotions and anticipate the way that they see the world. While it is true that we can only ever fully understand our own realities, it is possible to broaden our horizons by learning to understand components of others' realities. It is also ...
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Rough Draft: Telling a story to a friend I distinctly remember staring at myself in the mirror. I stared down my own blue eyes with such an intent it almost felt like I had the power to break the mirror. Not that the mirror was the problem, necessarily; My real problem was with my reflection inside of the mirror, with the person who looked so much like me. The person looking back at me with greasy dark hair, tired eyes, and despair in their bones. As much as I knew I wanted to shower at that exact moment and wash away the sadness, I also wanted to remember what it felt like to be myself in this exact moment. Not the person i usually was, the person I actually seemed to be. Once I was showered, I probably went out with my friends, where we all did some elaborate group meeting organized by me. I probably spent the whole time smiling, elated, giving speeches and making jokes, enjoying the feeling of importance awarded tome by the people I admired most. But the sadness still crept in, be...
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Story Ideas: 1. Kayaking with Great White Sharks 2. Getting my foot run over by a car in Mexico 3. The Time I Got Lost Hiking and Sprained my Ankle 4. My past struggle with depression and why it has made me have a very positive outlook on life!! 5. Throwing free 5$ sprinkles cupcakes over a cliff accidentally