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empathyandme · 1 year

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Storytelling was my first love

Storytelling was my first love.

Not quite sure how it happened, but somewhere along the way of living and growing up being silenced vocally, I shouted through an array of non verbal communicative ways and fell in love with the messages I was able to send.

At the age of three, I was powering on an old 1980s stereo that I, in all honesty, do not know how to turn on today. Although, at the time, I couldn't quite formulate the why behind my actions, I knew that one way or another, I was powering on that complex stereo (that takes a number of steps and button pushing to power on and adjust to what you wish to listen to might I add)... The ego and the superego had yet to formulate, but the ID knew all along that it was music she needed to dance to to tell her story, and it was music she was going to get. It was the power of dance and it was the power of the story I am able to tell when I dance that lit my soul on fire. However much I wish to deny it, dance is built into me. However much I wish to escape it, the intensity of its movement forever lives in me. The storytelling that silent movements of dance can convey something my body will always crave and ask for because it is encoded in my composition. However, this dream and love was shut down. "Dancers starve and dont make any money" they who are all-knowing would say.

Although I continued to dream and practice my love for dance in private, when I grew a little older, I found fashion. And yet again, I didn't quite know why and I didn't quite know how, but I was fascinated with it. I was fascinated and engulfed with the bright colors, the shapes and the shimmers. I was fascinated with the glamour and the story that one could tell through the technicolors and palates that go into fashion. I loved the aspect of freedom and exploration one could use to compose their canvas. I grew intrigued and collected every fashion magazine I could find. Old and new. I however, was not satisfied with the outfits composed by the professional fashion designers themselves (because what do they know right?), so I cut out the different articles of clothing from different models' outfits, mixed and matched publications, and composed a new array of outfits à la carolìne. As I got older, I proceeded to become known for my bold outfit choices and grew interested in a career in fashion. I toured many fashion schools and was excited to pursue a career in fashion. It, of course, was later concluded that it was the silent story I had to (and continue to) tell.

And as I sit here and write this, I come to the revelation that I view the world in colors and words and storytelling. When I do what lights up my soul, that is what I see. When I go about my day-to-day life as a law student, all I see is the color beige. There is no excitement for me, in my work or what I do. I know I am only a first-semester student and the journey is barely beginning, but I had to take the time and write my story in my third and final form of love; writing.

#passion #art #love #dreams #artist #dancer #lover #life #writing #writer #journaling #journal #music #dancing #career

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empathyandme · 2 years

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breaking down scholarly entitlement

Hello everyone, and welcome to by very first tumblr post!

Im one of the the rare breeds that has finally landed on this platform, in my 20s. Unfortunately, NOT when I was in middle school and it was "hip". But hey, once a late bloomer, always a late bloomer? Better late than never🌸

I'm still learning my way around (on tumblr, in the world, in general), but I want to take this time to introduce my myself, my profile and what I hope for this profile to be.

Although my current profile images are very much "all things law", Im still figuring it out and I by all means dont want it to be the thing that "brands" me. This is not an account to show off, but rather bring together a community and ignite in our similarities and differences. I made this profile to incorporate my creative side into the struggles of a world so structured and competitive as academia and find creatives on a platform that are seeking the same outlet.

I think being constantly surrounded by such high achieving humans, in all areas of academia, it can be mentally grueling. You can lose yourself in all the hustle and bustle. Forget to be alive and your fundamental and authentic purpose of wanting to be a student and learn in the first place. The "why" to it all can seem to get blurred in it all and everyone wants to act like they are doing great. But we're not always 100%, and that is ok.

That is why I created "empathyandme". A chance to be vulnerable with each other and do so by expressing ourselves through our struggles and creative outlets such as art, love, poetry, communication, and most importantly, empathy. Coming from a place of understanding, we can find our place in this world, within academia, on this platform and know that we are not alone and that we too belong. As the great cast of High School musical once said over and over (and over), we're all in this together.

#artwork #studybrl #law #lawschool #masters #academia #school #art #love #empathy #creativity #community #communication #weareallinthistogether #together

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