When you're young, you think you know everything. At least, I thought I did. I spent hours trying to verbalize the truths of the world I claimed I knew. Then I'd spend hours correcting, admitting fault, and rewriting that said truth. I find myself constantly reflecting and changing, which also brought upon internal confliction and [...]
As a writer, when I started to take my craft more seriously, my perspective, too started to change. Many of the biggest trends that we’re all talking about these days are wellness, mindfulness, and learning to make the most of the life that’s given to you. Here’s a secret: poetry helped me figure that all [...]
1. Tell me a little about yourself. A synopsis. (I'm so curious to know your last name!!) Hi! My name is Ashley Hajimirsadeghi. I’m an Iranian-American who was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and I moved to New York City to attend FIT. A mixed Iranian-American, I grew up in a small diaspora community here, [...]
Holding your diploma in one hand and your graduation cap in the other, it's hard not to feel relief. Three days following that day, the fear of failure creeps in. When you graduate, the world is at your feet. You can do anything you want with the newfound free time. The guilt sinks in when [...]
If I have learned anything this year, that would be the acceptance of not knowing. The power I found in accepting not knowing when the pandemic will end or what I'll do after graduation has opened up the doors of ambiguity for me. Through those doors of ambiguity, I faced the power of now and [...]
People have talked about the act of love for centuries. Nowadays, everything we consume revolves around the concept of love: self-love, platonic love, familial love, and romantic love. I find myself writing a love article once every couple of months because love continues to inspire me. Love takes on many forms for me, and it [...]
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