CREATIVE WRITING

at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco

Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.

Tag: Lizzie Kroner

  • by Lizzie (’14) As this blog post is delayed and I have had the weekend (which seems like ages) to think (or rather not think) about class, much of my memory of Friday CW has been muddled by the utter blur of Saturday and Sunday. However, here are the details of class that have prevailed—It…

  • by Lizzie Kroner (’14) From the Truong Tran The semblance of my childhood composed of: 1. Broken hieroglyphs bracelet 2. Carved wooden music box 3. Monogrammed brush 4. Gold bear pendant 5. Glitter mask 6. Pink suede diary each without a time, date (to mark a reason why) Only the decayed pieces of days  …

  • by Lizzie  (’14) When we think of the people of this world, we picture them clothed, all their subtle ridges and proportions masked. One could argue that clothing is a vital armor of day-to-day life and one could also argue that the coverage of the human body is directly correlated to the insecurities we hold toward…

  • ‘Aight, here are the long-awaited behind-the-scenes photos. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes videos, for an in-depth look at CW’s creative process and waffles.

  • by Lizzie (’14) Last year, one of our internships was teaching the students of Room 208, high school graduates with special learning needs. Part of our job was to work with the students to create a skit which we then performed in a brown bag for the school. Unfortunately for us, the students of Room…

  • by Lizzie (’14) Do the mind and brain exist as one entity or two, or is there no separation whatsoever? If there is no separation then that would mean there is only the brain since the brain is physical and tangible and the mind is visceral. However, if they coexist, believing in one or the…

  • by Lizzie (’14) What, in fact, is the difference between the mind and brain? If all our thoughts and feelings are controlled by our axons firing or not, do our thoughts go beyond the chemical? Is visceral even a real thing when all that there is, what feels visceral, is a direct link to neurotransmitters…