alpha and omega

Just to let you know….I really really really like you....

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:14:00 -0700

Just to let you know….I really really really like you. -Emily

Quotable Quest: Week four-five.

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:14:00 -0700

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

In our day to day lives, we probably feel a gamut of emotions. We might feel euphoria, we might feel melancholy, we might feel resentment. But other times, our feelings aren’t as clear, perhaps there really isn’t a clear cut word for our emotion. Well, this week, it’s our chance to express those emotions, but not through words, but through sound that is beyond the way we form our mouths and click our tongues.

What’s done in the dark always comes to light. This was...

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:44:00 -0800

~~What’s done in the dark always comes to light.~~

This was the last dandelion in the area of grass, the last wish. This photo was taken using raw photography. In it’s original form, the dandelion wasn’t so vibrant , but my wishes-the ones I long for usually in the darkness of my thoughts are very vibrant. They are very detailed and crisp, relative to the dandelion. I tried to make the viewer lose depth perception by having all focus on the wish, it seems alot bigger than it actually is, macro photography ftw.

Lately one of my biggest wishes often left in the dark has come true. I have a father now, after 14 years of absence I have the other half of me. It’s a long story, a long sad story. I have him now and I am complete. That is the reason for the unfocused dirt,leaves and grass; quite frankly I don’t care about the past, i don’t care about the 14 years he missed out on, i just care about this wish , that has come true, and like the half destroyed dandelion it has it’s flaws and imperfections, it wasn’t executed so well, but it came true. Precisely.

-Aaliyah

It’s kind of ridiculous how I’ve honestly never...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:01:19 -0800

It’s kind of ridiculous how I’ve honestly never noticed these pots. Once you walk in my house it’s literally, right there. They are so abstract, and all so different. And the patterns on them are very detailed. Who knew that beautiful pieces of artwork were sitting right in my dining room? Well, maybe my mom. -Kimie

So today I was walking out to my bus and I saw this flower and I...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:06:00 -0800

So today I was walking out to my bus and I saw this flower and I thought “Hey, I’ve never seen this flower before even though I’ve been going to this school for seven months.” Plus it was the only one like it around where I was standing and it looked kind of lonely. So I took a picture -Emily

So, this week, I was really hoping that I would find something...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:05:34 -0800

So, this week, I was really hoping that I would find something that was so beautiful, that was there all my life, but only appeared now, but I didn’t. All week, I was trying so hard to find something, but I couldn’t. But then as I was sitting at my bus stop, which was my old elementary school, waiting for my dad to pick me up, I noticed that my bus stop is really pretty. Or at least, I find it very pretty.

I had such an urge to just lay in the grass and let time catch up to me, but I didn’t. I hate to admit it, but it was because I was too scared to. So instead, I embraced the beauty that surrounded me by taking pictures of it. And that was it. This is probably a really mundane scene that other schools share, but it just amazes me that I went to school here for 6 years, and yet never felt this way before until today. - Tam

Sometimes, the most beautiful things go unnoticed, and passed...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:23:00 -0800

Sometimes, the most beautiful things go unnoticed, and passed by, even if you walk past it every day.

This flower is so beautiful. And I’ve never noticed it before but it’s been blooming every spring for years. - Judith

Quotable Quest: Week three.

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:26:36 -0800

“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second”

Most of us go through our lives and follow a routine, and hardly ever stray from the path for too long. This week, it’s time to take a different approach. Let’s keep away from the long straight brick road, and instead, take the scenic route, into the grass. This week, we’re going to take at least one photo of things that we haven’t notice before, whether it’s of that neighbor that never comes out of the house or of a flower that you’ve never ever seen before.

So here is a picture I drew of my back door in my house, and my...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:19:00 -0800

So here is a picture I drew of my back door in my house, and my cat. I didn’t color it on purpose. The cat in a way represents himself, me and many other people longing to get out of a place they are stuck in. Someone who is in this place they don’t enjoy anymore. The view and the house in the background represent another new place and life. So in a nutshell this picture represents a person/animal longing for freedom. - Judith

Sometimes I’m not exactly sure what my brain is doing to...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:23:00 -0800

Sometimes I’m not exactly sure what my brain is doing to me. - Emily

So, this week, I decided to wait until my emotions are stirred,...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:05:00 -0800

So, this week, I decided to wait until my emotions are stirred, to start drawing. And this was the result. In the center is me, and I’m in this blank world that seems so perfect and clean and beautiful, or at least, I find this landscape beautiful, but there I am, alone, and there is no clear path or road. Throughout this and last year, I’ve caught myself from time to time wondering about my life choices, and where I am in life. Sometimes, I don’t know if I like where I am at, and other times, I love it. But when I don’t like it, I loathe it. I start to feel alone, and off-track. I start to think that this is not how my life should be. And the place I want to be is unreachable. Here, I want to be in the mountains, I want to be high in the sky. And yet I don’t know how to get there. And so I am just standing, lost, in the middle of life alone. - Tam

So here’s my very detailed picture. The flow of life leads...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:05:00 -0800

So here’s my very detailed picture. The flow of life leads me to the end. But sometimes I just have to anchor myself, away from life. Just enjoy what life may present to me. Maybe I’m holding myself back from the future. It’s up to me whether it’s worth pulling the weight out of my position. - Kimie

Quotable Quest: Week two.

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:36:00 -0800

“A drawing is simply a line going for a walk”

This week, we’re taking our hands—and minds—out for a walk—no, an adventure. We’re going to let our arms lead us through crevices, and mountains, and forests, of ink. Who knows, maybe we’ll learn something new about ourselves, or even better, find out what our minds been trying to tell us this whole time.

UGLY I chose to do ugly as my insecurity because I feel like I...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:24:00 -0800

UGLY

I chose to do ugly as my insecurity because I feel like I am not what is perceived as beautiful now a days. I’m chubby, I have brown hair, not very clear skin, brown eyes and I dont feel special. I feel like society has made me feel this way because you wont ever really see a thick model, society makes us think that we should look a certain way and thats why I feel like I’m ugly. I wish I was percieved as beautiful. I think I’m ugly because I have been told many times by my family that I am, I hate feeling like this and I know alot of girls feel this way too. I hope that one day I can feel beautiful about myself, but that wont happen for a long time. I also want to be able to take other peoples compliments, I just wish society would stop making us feel like way we arent good enough or beautiful enough. I’M UGLY AND PROUD.

(IN) UNFLEXIBLE The thing I am most insecure about: my...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:14:00 -0800

(IN) UNFLEXIBLE

The thing I am most insecure about: my flexibility. As a dancer, flexibility is one of the most important things. But I guess starting ballet at 11 years old doesn’t help the fact that I had no flexibility to start with. I’m the one in the class still above the ground in all of my splits, when everyone else has their over splits. And it doesn’t help my confidence that no one in my class talks to me, because I haven’t been going to class as long as they have. My teachers do not like me as much as the ones that can kick their leg up to their noses. But at scpa, I guess I get more attention than at my ballet school. But still, even there I get discouraged that I am un(in)flexible. Most people say, Oh you should stretch everyday! But my problem is, is that I have no motivation to stretch at all. Its a horrible habit of mine, and maybe its a sign that I won’t become the great dancer that I imagine myself to be. All that is holding me back is myself. There is no denying it. I want to change, but its hard for me. To become the successful dancer that I strive to be, I must be motivated. If I don’t, maybe I’ll never make it.

UNWANTED so “unwanted” just about sums up how I feel...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:13:00 -0800

UNWANTED

so “unwanted” just about sums up how I feel about a lot of things. I’ve always been that one who gets picked last for dodgeball, or the one that’s left out of the group. I’ve always been that person who people just want to joke around with. Noone wants me as the one that they share everything with, the one who they can trust no matter what. This year I ventured to go to a new high school where I only knew about one person, and everyone already had someone like that. I thought I did as well, these three people who I confided in no matter what. I thought they wanted me just as much as I needed them and now they’re slowly slipping away, because they don’t want me anymore. People only text me now a days when it’s about homework, and I haven’t been invited to someones house in over a month. Some days I feel completely alone. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love you guys of alpha and omega, you guys are an amazing group of people, and I love SCPA, but that feeling of rejection will always linger. I just want to stop having to wonder what I’m doing wrong, I just want to be loved for me, and I just want to feel wanted.

UNTALENTED I don’t tend to be very private with a lot of...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:04:00 -0800

UNTALENTED

I don’t tend to be very private with a lot of my problems that I am embarrassed of, but that’s mostly because they’re all physical so I guess they’re public already, like acne and big head, however, when it comes to my talent, I don’t really enjoy talking about that. I don’t like saying that I am not skilled at anything. I can’t sing, I don’t really think I can act, and I am not very skilled when it comes to dance. I haven’t been able to take any very serious dance lessons, so the potential I have when it comes to dance might never be able to bud. I am terrible at leaps, and am not very flexible. I can’t sing high notes and low notes. I have a small range, and the timbre of my voice isn’t as melodic as I would love to. And with the two above that I can’t do, I would love to say I am more of an actor, you know, however, I don’t think I can. I just don’t feel the confidence to say I am a well-accomplished actor, or even accomplished enough to make up for everything else. Yet I am getting better. My range is slowly, week by week, getting bigger, and I am learning to control my voice better. I am stretching everyday in hopes I can actually get past a 70 degree a la seconde. And I learn new tips and strategies when it comes to acting each day in musical theatre. And one day, I will be better. I might never be talented, but one day, I will be good enough for me. I will be capable. But for now, I think it’s safe to say, I’m untalented.

Quotable Quest: Week one.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:31:00 -0800

“The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.”

This week’s quotable quest is for all of us to discover our biggest insecurity and face it. We have to wear the word sprawled across your chest. No hiding behind bangs or jackets, all of us will exhibit courage and take a risk by wearing our insecurities literally on our shirts.