Amber Grace
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A Los Angeles transplant from Maine, Amber finds meaning through creativity. Amber makes art to better understand herself and others, and to expand on the things that make us all oh-so- human.
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How to Survive Being the Subject of a Smear Campaign
If you're reading this, I'm sorry. My guess is you're a lot like everyone else. You're a loving caring considerate human being and, you're also fallible, and learning, and growing. If you're here I am guessing you have been made far more aware of the latter, than the former.
By Amber Grace3 years ago in Motivation
Los Angeles Dragons
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Well, considering the dragons we know now are over 1000 years old, there probably were. But we had no idea. We had no reason to believe they existed at all, certainly not in 2022, and most definitely not at the Archibald Creative Learning Center.
By Amber Grace4 years ago in Fiction
Writing is Freedom.
My therapist says that I don’t process anything until I’ve written about it. Some people are visual thinkers- they need to see the problem and draw out all of the possible solutions. Others are audio processors- they like to talk about their problems, hear responses from peers and get a grip on things that way. But Me?
By Amber Grace4 years ago in Humans
Not-So-Straight A's
"With their pale- almost ghoulish- appearance..and screeching cries. Barn Owls were once better known as... Ghost Owls" Mike was known for the dramatic effects he used in all of his storytelling, he held a candle under his shin and the flame flickered with every punctuating breath-
By Amber Grace4 years ago in Fiction
How Hanging Out With People Who Like Me Made Me Like Myself
“A sunny place for shady people” -Somerset Maugham That was my favorite way to describe Los Angeles when I would trek back to the East Coast, where I’m from, and friends and family would ask me if I “liked it” here.
By Amber Grace4 years ago in Motivation
Giving Tuesday : A Global Holiday You've Gotta Get Involved In
A fun (potentially embarrassing?) fact about me is...I believe in Santa Claus. I'm 29 years old and I really really still do. This isn't to say that no one has attempted to give me "the talk"- believe me they have- or that I don't recognize the impossibilities mixed in with the stories some of us grew up being told...
By Amber Grace4 years ago in Earth
Being Alive: Lyrics Speak Louder Than Words.
Stephen Sondheim's lyrics are a dictionary for human emotion. It's hard to explain the power of finding words that express what you have been feeling in a way that is so precise that you no longer feel alone, or lost, or irredeemable.
By Amber Grace4 years ago in Beat
