Freya Javier
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Academic and creative writer whose interests include literature, philosophy, poetry, music, nature, and more!
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Silver Sway
I saw Felicity Young's body blur into a haze of black and silver with every sway her hips gave towards the music, high upon the scarlet stage. The way her eyelids were softly closed, eyelashes beaded with sweat, somehow her heavy-black mascara holding up—traveled to me like a familiar scene from a 1920s city film. The ocean-thumps of a double bass laid out as a blanket beneath Felicity's warm melodic rays. I felt her voice make patterns across my soul.
By Freya Javierabout a year ago in Writers
PJ Harvey and Netflix's Shameless: A lyrical analysis and intertextuality
Around Fall of 2023, I started listening to PJ Harvey for the first time in my life, and at the same time, my mom started watching Shameless on Netflix. It's not the type of show I usually watch, but I couldn't help myself from sticking around the couch and finding out whether Fiona got to keep Liam from Monica in Season 1.
By Freya Javierabout a year ago in Beat
What is the purpose of art?
During one fine day in the warm month of May, a teenage girl had written a poem called "What is the purpose of art?" It compares what 8-year-old her and what present-day her believed the purpose of art was. In this case, the word art embodies the whole category of visual arts, music, theatre, literature, history, philosophy, and really: the humanities.
By Freya Javierabout a year ago in Humans
