humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

The Sky's Our Limit
I’ve often wondered whether our fascination with the celestial––with space, star signs, and galaxies far, far away––stems from an innate desire to return home.
By E. F. M.5 years ago in Humans
The Facts of Jonas
The facts of Jonas Jonas was invisible. People passed him on the street, day in, day out. Nobody glanced his way ~ at least never long enough to make eye contact. But Jonas was just fine with that. He found people too confusing, always saying one thing and meaning another, rushing to go places and complaining out loud. Jonas considered people to be an unnecessary intrusion into his world. There was only one thing Jonas considered to be of value. Well, to be more precise, there were only a zillion things he considered to be of value ~ facts.
By Jo Whitelaw5 years ago in Humans
My Wealth Has Arrived
Chapter 1 I’m late today, which is rare. I’m not made that I’m late, I’m mad at the fact that my broken phone chose today not to wake me up on time. Just another thing on my list to, “get things fixed with money I don’t have.” It’s a good thing I don’t live too far from the Detroit Institute of Arts. This is where I am interning for pennies. I try to be grateful, but I can’t live off of $8.50 much longer. By the way, my name is Olamide, but people who know me well, call me Ola. It’s ironic because my name means, “my wealth has arrived,” but I haven’t been wealthy for some time now. At least not financially speaking. My love for anything art has made me wealthy in spirit and wellness. Which is why I am working for barely nothing just to be around art in hopes of expanding my vision for my docuseries that I am entering into the Moon Dance festival. I’m not an artist who can draw or paint, but I am a film artist. I have a bachelor’s degree in film, and have yet to utilize it. My passion is to produce independent films that possess substance, realism and life. So, here I am, working around more than 65,000 pieces of artwork to date and trying to be grateful for it.
By Chris5 years ago in Humans
Why Stars?
I’m a little embarrassed to admit I read my horoscope (Taurus) and pay fortune tellers in Japan for my birth year (Rooster). Back in the age of newspapers, the horoscope was one of my required reading. I pay attention to both the Western and Eastern Zodiac. Why be shy to admit this? After all, I’ve got a Ivy League master’s degree in international affairs and my dad was a physics professor.
By Nanako Water5 years ago in Humans
The Facts of Jonas
The facts of Jonas Jonas was invisible. People passed him on the street, day in, day out. Nobody glanced his way ~ at least never long enough to make eye contact. But Jonas was just fine with that. He found people too confusing, always saying one thing and meaning another, rushing to go places and complaining out loud. Jonas considered people to be an unnecessary intrusion into his world. There was only one thing Jonas considered to be of value. Well, to be more precise, there were only a zillion things he considered to be of value ~ facts.
By Jo Whitelaw5 years ago in Humans
The House Upon The Clouds
The old man sits upon his throne of cracked beige leather that has gone sour and musty with the years he no longer cares to count. Splinters of white daylight seep through the half-drawn faux wood blinds and striate across his face, the cleansing light twinkling on his bald head and round- rimmed glasses. Squinting against it his pallid blue-veined lids go red with heat.
By Cam Sim5 years ago in Humans
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK
THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK by Laura Kelly It was an ordinary day. The sky was bright yet cloudy. All the rooftops in the area were covered in a beautifully white and fluffy looking snow. Light snow still fell; but, the worst of the storm had ended.
By Laura Kelly5 years ago in Humans
If You Need It, Take It
The daily trudge to the train station was made worse by the lashing rain. It made a pinging sound as it bounced off the cars and splashed into puddles. Tiny little sounds that knitted together to make a cacophony. The rest of Michael’s senses were also engulfed by the rain. The cold sting on his cheeks. The scent of damp garments that hung on his clothes, how he wished he brought an umbrella to work.
By Ross MacKay5 years ago in Humans
Exploring the Dancing Stars
I am proud to be a Capricorn. Capricorn's are said to be ambitious. If they have a goal, then they will stick to it until they succeed. And if they fail, they'll be really hard on themselves and push themselves to their limits until they finish their goals.
By Laura Jones5 years ago in Humans
A "Typical" Aries
March 20th to April 21st is the Zodiac sign of the Ram. Although I am not a castrated male sheep, I am a hard-headed, stubborn individual, who loves to be the best at everything. If I can't win, I don't compete. If you tell me I can't do something, I'll prove to you that I can. My first challenge came being born with clubbed feet in 1948. The doctor entered my mother's room with plaster on his hands up to his elbows, explaining that he had put casts on both my feet. He assured her that I was fine, but I would never walk. The plaster casts were heavy and I used to kick myself in the head every time I got excited or happy. After the casts were removed, my parents didn’t have the money for the braces or operation that should have followed. I was on my own to prove that I could learn to walk. My baby shoes were hard soled high top leather shoes that I wore on the wrong feet to keep my feet from turning inward. I learned to walk, but I fell down all the time, hitting my head as I fell. Headaches were the norm for my life as a hard-headed ram.
By PEGGY PLACE5 years ago in Humans
Cubiclization of relationships amidst advancements in communicational technologies . Top Story - February 2021.
As humans, we have an undeniable need - no, dare I say a necessity to share experience. The ways this has been done, ranging from word of mouth, to writing, post, electronic communication, have, in the course of their development accelerated the speed at which this representing of our stories to each other take place. And perhaps, via this mechanism, ushered in forms which may not have been studied formally such as literature or cinema.
By Arsh K.S5 years ago in Humans
Whom the gods wish to protect
“Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising”- Cyril Connolly He had the right idea. I could not get this phrase out of my mind that day as I walked home amidst a snowstorm after getting fired.
By Harman Saini5 years ago in Humans