By Zara, TIWP Student Sometimes I function as nothing more than a camera lens. The image is captured with the fluttering of a flash and a click. Pictures are developed in a dimly lit red room. They are hung on a fraying string, blowing softly from the gusts of breath. They develop overtime; the lighting […]

By Aggie, TIWP Student There is nothing more heartbreaking than when a man cries. His solid exterior crumbles with quiet sobs. His head shakes in his palms. His gasps whistle through the gaps between his knuckles, which work futilely to smother the horrible sound. The mountain quakes. Everything is in despair. The man is broken. […]

By Aggie, TIWP Student I don’t know what to feel angry about. When I try to think of something to be angry about, I think only of myself. What have I done to aid the world that crumbles around me? Yes, I am angry at those men on TV who wave their hands idiotically and […]

By Aggie, TIWP Student I was free when I was younger, so I sometimes hate my past. I sit sometimes atop my bed, my high thrown, and look down upon my past. A phone in hand, I open the photos app. I am exhausted from a day of being someone older than I feel, so […]

By Katelyn H., TIWP Student Art asks nothing from you except your presence. Content asks for your attention, your click, your next second. Art can wait in silence for years and still arrive exactly when it’s needed. Content expires by morning, buried beneath something newer, louder, faster. Art is a conversation with eternity. Content is […]

By Rose U., TIWP Student “That’s not gender roles, that’s just sexism.” A friend of mine said while out at lunch. Shockingly, however, this was in reference to a comment he’d made himself. Even more shocking, he had no remorse. Or is it shocking? It’s hard to tell, everything seems so normalized. Sorry, I shouldn’t […]

By Harper Ripsteen, TIWP Student Silence is always lurking. Lurking behind footsteps, conversations, and the voices in our heads. Lurking behind the barking of a dog, a timer going off, or your next-door neighbors annoyingly loud construction work. We can’t control the noises around us, so can true silence ever be achieved? Are we as […]

By Katelyn H., TIWP Student Our society constantly encourages people to stay busy. There is always another assignment, another notification, or another goal to chase. Productivity is treated like proof of worth, and slowing down is often seen as laziness.  Many people fill every moment of silence with entertainment or social media because stopping creates […]

By Rose U., TIWP Student From the moment Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the truth about the Watergate scandal, Nixon’s career was over. He resigned in disgrace on August 9, 1974, becoming the first and only ever president to resign. From that point on, his reputation was forever tarnished. Almost 50 […]

By Emily Y., TIWP Student “I’m sorry,” she whispered for the fourth time, sheepish and small. “All you ever are is sorry, and that’s not a bad thing, but know nothing is your fault.” The floor tilted and she lost all footing. Sorry was her way of shrinking and taking up less space, having a […]