A. G. White
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Tea Party
You spread out the blanket on the floor. The edges are frayed, the pink fading, there is a red stain in the corner in the shape of a child’s footprint. You open up the basket, inside there is a porcelain tea set with hand-painted purple flowers decorating the teapot and cups. You set the teapot in the middle of the blanket, take out two tea cups and place them on either side of the blanket. Then sit and wait.
By A. G. White4 years ago in Fiction
Lost
I stood at the edge of the pond. The tips of my toes touched the water. The sun still low on the horizon. I wanted desperately to drift away into her embrace. You would be welcome here. I would provide a home for you. Her still surface soothed me. I wondered if she had welcomed anyone else into her depths.
By A. G. White4 years ago in Horror
Lonely Planet
I marvelled at the handsome Macaw’s colourful feathers. He tilted his head to the left. His gaze fixed on me as if I was the one that didn’t belong there. Never mind that Macaws had long been extinct along with most of the other wildlife here. He sat in a tree, barren of leaves. The only speck of colour in a barren, dead, landscape. He spread his wings wide, and flew away. I watched him go. Frozen in awe.
By A. G. White4 years ago in Fiction
Not Your "Typical" Unicorn Story
There are many worlds that I have found and explored that have existed between two covers and printed on paper. I have fallen in love with many of them, especially with fantasy and science fiction worlds that I could disappear into and forget about the things that troubled me. I could open a novel and be transported out of my mundane existence into a vibrant world, where the characters were brave and didn’t suffer from social anxiety or crippling fear. Where the shy characters were transformed into heroes, and magic existed. Where exciting things happened to ordinary people. And those people went on to save the world. I lost myself in those worlds, dreaming of what life would be like if I wasn’t born in this world if I was something other than myself. When I suffered from depression, anorexia, sexual abuse, and being bullied at school, I could open a novel and forget everything that plagued me. Books allowed me to get out of my own reality. Now, as an adult, I find myself much more comfortable and confident in who I am. Yet, I still find joy in reading and revisiting those alternate worlds. My favourite worlds have imperfect characters who overcome and stand in the face of adversity even if they make mistakes. They don’t let anxiety or stress hold them back from defeating the villain.
By A. G. White4 years ago in Geeks
Motherhood and Creativity
Motherhood and creativity, two warring things that clash and fight against one another. It is incredibly easy for motherhood to overshadow and annihilate creativity. Get too obsessed with ideas on what motherhood should be, what kind of mother you are supposed to be, and lose sight of creativity. Place your creativity in a box, bury it deep, because mothers are meant to only be mothers, right? Wrong. Mothers are meant to be creators. And it is important (albeit seemingly impossible at times) for you to make space for yourself. Create that time and space for creativity to flow, to let it out. Without creativity, writing specifically, I go insane. I chip away at myself as mom guilt surfaces, and I wonder if this is ok. If you have had those thoughts, squash them. Mom guilt is an evil thing that likes to rear its ugly head when we, as mothers, do not follow the rules we think we are supposed to. Enough. Creativity can flourish with the unique things that motherhood brings to the table. With what motherhood brings to the table. As much as they interrupt the process, children enhance your creativity; you just have to let them. Children give us a window into our own childish passions for creativity, and if you are struggling, you are allowed to find that part of yourself. You don’t have to be in mom mode one hundred percent of the time.
By A. G. White5 years ago in Journal
