A Soaring Epiphany

Seven years ago, when I recently got an email account, I urged everyone to message me with cool stuff. Of course that instantaneously begot in thousands of ludicrous chain mails: send this to 20 people or you’ll be cursed for seven years, send this to all your contacts of mikey mouse will hunt you down when you are asleep... Of course that was all spurious, actually most of the “cool stuff” I had insisted on turned out to be. But there was this one email I found to be very fascinating. It was just a few pictures of this green fluffy bird just sitting there. The point was, to me the picture became an epiphany that there is so much life in the world that I’ve never even heard about. That the world consists of a vast variety of knowledge and that I had never even thought to think of. That even in the simply stated word “bird” has a countless amount of organisms that humans could only dream to be acquainted of.  And even though I got that email so long ago, ever following glance at these pictures always continue to bring a smile. So of the numerous, here are some pictures of a bird that will surely make your day: 

Ebina Deserves to Win it All

This year, America­­, home to millions of talents, had the opportunity to exhibit its most exceptional acts on the ground-breaking floors of Radio City Music Hall, “the Showplace of the Nation,” only on NBC’s series, “America’s got Talent”. After countless days of exploring the towns of the USA, judges Howard Stren, Heidi Klum, Mel B, and Howie Mandel have found the “best of the best” to showcase on their phenomenal program. Starting with thousands of contestants, America along with the judges have narrowed the talent to the top six best acts in the show. Tonight the nerves of these gifted contestants must be quavering considering that they are only 5 places away from receiving a headlining act in Las Vegas and a grand prize of one million dollars! Of these contenders, Kenichi Ebina is very deserving of the title because of his unique and clever performances. If you have never seen his performances, you are DEFINITELY missing out, and MUST click on the links below. Remember, the winners crowned tomorrow so vote Kenichi Ebina today– it is all in the hands of America!

(feel free to skip the intros in the beginning, the actual act is no more than 90seconds long)

 He is amazing right? Click this link to vote for Kenichi. Voting starts tonight: http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/vote/?__source=agt|vote|shownav 

Here is a quick painting I made in honor of this fantastic season: 

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The Perspective of a Paintbrush

I am a medium for others to experiment with,

Swiftly scraping against the surface of a paper,

With so many colors to choose from.

A dab of some blue for the face,

Some red for the dangling leaves

And a tint of black for the grass.

Together, creating an image with limitless possibilities.

After all, picture is worth a thousand words.

Like the waving of a wand during a magic trick,

Others will wonder in awe.

How did the hare appear out of the hat?

How did some hair create a picture like that?

Some soft and hard presses

Creating every possible shade in the rainbow

Of course white and black included too.

You can dib me into whatever dye

Your mind envisions that you do.

Because the motion of a brush creates illusions

Illusions only possible in ones dreams.

Dreams, realities, nightmares all articulated in

A language familiar uniquely to yourself

Painting can be a promising hobby,

That is­– with me in your hands.

Here is a picture of a recent painting:

Mr. Sheehan,

A Road of Courage

Everyone possesses a nature of innocence that ingenuously causes them to believe that s/he has the potential to be almighty, or that s/he can tackle any situation without fear. However, this sense of courage which is elaborately embroidered into our lives is plainly– bogus.

Since I was child I adored and idolized the adults around me. Their knowledge, their generosity, their ease–with situations I had trouble with– always proved to resolve my troubles. I once questioned my father: “Dad how did you become so smart? You always have the right answers”. And he responded: “Don’t worry Neha, you are still a little girl. One day you will become super smart, even smarter than me!” Then a giggled a bit. “I guess even daddy is wrong sometimes”, I thought to myself, “I don’t think I will ever become smarter than him”.

Although at that moment I thought that I would be “Daddy’s little girl” forever, soon enough I started to acknowledge that he was always right– I was becoming super smart, so I could do anything he could do.

I started having this new aura of courage for everything. “Oh my daddy can do it, so I can” I thought to myself. Fear to achieve what my dad can was no longer a concern of mine. That was until last month.

August 23^rd 2013 was a jovial day. I ran out of the rmv with a big grin on my face. “Yup I got it”, I gleefully exclaimed. Now that I had my permit I thought I was going to be thriving on the roads. For years I had watched adults and now it was my turn to drive, the feat I’d always been dreaming of, a feat that even my dad had once courageously achieved.

 I got into the driver’s seat thinking I would be intrepid. 

But that was when heart started to beat faster and my lungs felt like they were closing in. My hands were no longer relaxed, instead trembling like an elders’ with Parkinson’s disease. “I don’t think I can do this” I thought to myself “Maybe I’m not ready yet?”
               But then I recalled, "Dad can do it, so I can", I could not let fear get the best of me. And with that I took a deep breath and made my first step onto the accelerator.