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Creative Writing Jia Xuan Chok

A Recovering Perfectionist

The pursuit of perfection, pushing yourself to impossible standard and unobtainable limits can drive our sense of “self-improvement” and “personal development”; yet, it is restricting, suffocating and killing creativity.

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Creative Writing Pandita Suthamporn Poem

Star-crossed Lovers

A poem by Pandita Suthamporn

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Creative Writing Forrest Maynock Short story

Man in a Room

Monologue by Forrest Maynock

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Essay Forrest Maynock Movie

Nostalgia Fuel & Creative Decay

By Forrest Maynock American culture exists in a time of an unprecedented abuse of nostalgia. From the movies we watch to the food we eat, nostalgia dominates. I grew up in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Nostalgia was present at that time, but it was more of a longing that the older people around […]

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Essay Movie Nanda Illahi

Social Parasites & the Oscars

By Nanda Illahi When talking about the movie that shook the world in 2019, various works will come to mind, but we definitely can’t forget to mention Parasite (2019). This Bong Joon-ho masterpiece has been creating history since day one.  Parasite (2019) is the first South Korean film to win Palme d’Or and the Golden […]

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Essay Movie Nguyen Manh Quoc Trung

The Real Magical Worlds of Ghibli and Pixar

By Trung Manh Quoc Nguyen Sometimes I found myself perplexed between the movies of Pixar and Ghibli Studio. Both are equally important parts of my childhood and their impacts are still felt by me even now. Although I must admit that I like Pixar movies better (perhaps because I started watching them way earlier), the […]