I've decided that every title for a post I write about during the winter break (this is probably the last one considering break is over Monday) is going to be my current jams. And you're welcome, because I have great taste in music.
Recently I have enjoyed the word catharsis. Doesn't it just sound fancy. It really means to release or, in a sense, purge. That sounds terrifying, ever since I've seen The Purge (solid 2 out of 5, terrible horror movie, if you can even call it that. Just a warning), but I like the idea of it all. To be stressed, overwhelmed, scared, or depressed, and to have a word that solves all your problems. If you can just find the thing that makes you feel like releasing your struggles. I do so many things to release my worries and feelings and emotions, basically because I am an emotional wreck half the time and my brain has no other mechanism to let go. Obviously I write. I find using words to string together worries and feelings and emotions absolutely mesmerizing, and I want to become a pro at it. I also eat. A lot. Give me anything, I'll eat it. Except barbecue sauce. That's disgusting. I was watching an episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine, and Detective Jake Peralta just got out of a bad break up, and his friends kept telling him "Catharsis, catharsis, catharsis", urging him to release his sorrows through a game of hostages, terrorists, and cops (It's a good show, I promise). But not only did I remember it because it was one of the vocabulary words in my English class... what am I saying? Of course that's the only reason I remembered it. Thanks Ms. Baker, see? Your quizzes are totally working. I find the idea of finding something you love and aspire to do, and that being the same thing that helps you release your worries, thoughts, feelings, fears, and stresses, amazing. I'm lucky for the opportunity to have catharsis. To write, to pray, to rant, to read, to draw (or scribble chicken scratch onto canvas paper, in my case), to eat, to be comforted, to cuddle, to be close with others, to talk, to speak, to be literate, to think, to just be human.. Wonderful. Find your release. Catharsis the heck out of life.
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Syd
1/3/2016 04:39:56 pm
Wow! Great writing.
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Baker
1/5/2016 01:01:32 pm
My English teacher heart is glowing.
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Grace
1/6/2016 01:48:10 pm
thanks Barnes :)
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Meri
1/28/2016 01:53:48 pm
Nice! I like the examples and descriptions involved!
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AuthorGrace Willcox. High school student. Likes to think of herself as cunning & witty. Probably isn't. Enjoy. Archives
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