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The Travelers
Fading blueish pink skies kiss green bristles that strain towards the heavens. An endless strip of asphalt stares them down, begging drivers’ feet to grow heavy on their pedals. Yellow lines glow from the grey runway, playing tricks on tired eyes. The weary traveler scans blue signs listing possible places of much needed respite only…
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Love.
Love. It’s volatile and scary, yet magical and transcending all at the same time. But the scariest part about loving is not the knowledge that it could be unrequited. It’s the knowledge that your significant other could love you significantly less than you love them. Those three words that are so powerful at first can…
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North Springs Dance Magnet Program
Maia is in her last year at North Springs High School, and a big part of her high school experience was the dance program. November holds Project Dance – November 8 & 9 – at North Springs High School. Maia will be performing in several pieces. Project Dance was founded in 1998 to showcase student…
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Trust
Trust is not broken, and love is not lost. Time is not over, and happiness has no cost. It is ok to be an individual, and it is ok to be unintentional. There is a time for pain, but there’s more time for gain. If there’s something I’ve learned, its not to fear being burned….
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I AM
I am sarcastic and cynical. But I am a hopeless romantic with the scarred eyes of a weathered victim. I am frustration and determination, with a hint of damnation. I am long days and weary nights, I am summer suns and simple delights. I am worrisome, and I am doubt. But I am a dreamer,…
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Maia makes the WSJ at 12
One day Maia got a call from a Wall Street Journal reporter, Emily Steel, asking about her experience as a young dancer. The article, On Their Toes and Asking for Trouble, Self-Taught Ballerinas Go Online, was about how some young women were learning how to dance in Pointe shoes via You Tube. Maia shared with…