Tag: writing
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Ceramic Voyage: How Lapita Pottery Maps Polynesian Identity
by, Kathleen Saito Image from Maui Hands Ceramic Voyage Among the ways archeologists trace migration, pottery gives a solid trace due to the clay and minerals being from a certain area. The archeologists can then see patterns in migration as well as a look into clay designs from the spread of culture. This paper…
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The Energy of a Northern Woman
I wrote an ode to my mother for her birthday. I picked apart a bigger piece I had written about her last year to create this. I wanted it to have a rhythm and rhyme and when I read it out loud it sounded like a song. I have never written a song before but…
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Writing Magic: Developing Rules and Worlds for Your Fantasy Stories
Most people will tell you that the best way of getting magical ideas for fantasy stories is to read fantasy materials or watch fantasy movies and TV shows. Although I agree that consuming magic and fantasy mediums can spark your imagination, I think it’s best not to rely on that too much for specific subjects.…
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The Best Decision I Never Made: Leaving New York Behind.
This is a short story I wrote a few years ago about the journey that changed my life. This is a creative non-fiction piece so yes, this is based on a true story. A writing prompt from a professor who wanted us to write about a turning point in our lives. For the New Year…
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Writing Prompt: Exploring the Me You Don’t Always See.
Writing exercise! A few years ago, a creative writing professor gave my class an assignment based off of a poem we read. We had to write a poem about how we are made up of different fronts (personalities). Some people may have a wild front yet have a hidden nerdy front. Whatever the sides you…
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Sunflowers in her Heart
Planted in memory. I wrote this free verse poem about the sunflowers I planted for a mother figure that I lost. At the celebration of life we were given little glass jars filled with sunflower and wild flower seeds to plant in her memory. Have you ever planted flowers or trees in memory of a…
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Perspectives on Colonialism in Hawai’i: Tiki Culture Phenomenon
In the picture above I am wearing a lampshade costume. During the 50’s and 60’s lampshade hula girls (not real girls…lol) were mostly put in hotel rooms for the tourists. More recently big companies that have their corporate events in Hawai’i sometimes hire human décor like hula girl lampshades to fulfill their nostalgic themes. Most…
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Beats of Courage
Beats of Courage I stepped onto the green, soft grass,white roofs framing the square,spectators eager, their energy buzzing,the perfect grounds for an Ori Tahiti. The blades of grass crept through my toes,whispering, Stay grounded,as if they feared I might float away. My heart, a drumbeat of its own,pounding in rhythm with the sounds.Every nerve alive,guiding…
Magic, Myths, and Me 