This photo struck me as not so much a narrative piece but rather one that links us to the past. It shows the innocence of youth and yet the lack there of, shown by this little girl smoking a cigarette. I enjoyed this photo also because of its compositon. The dark and light contrast between the black background and the girls white dress is very appealing to the eye but also tells a story or conveys a message within itself. Figuring out what this message is however, is something that is unique to who is percieving it.

I found this video of Anis Mojgani to be absolutely fantastic. His word choice and flow is so precise and yet at the same time so natural and flawed. The poems he performs in front of these people, although they may all be different, all have the same theme: live life like it's meant to be lived. Don't let your one chance to rock out, or to be there slip up. shake off the dust that bogs you down. These poems are so deep and complex and yet so easy to understand if you open your heart, rather than your mind, to the words, the sentences, he is saying. He is one of my favorite poets now.

John and Yoko

Two bodies splayed out,

set behind an infamous name. 

Two lovers, splayed out on a neutral backdrop

not knowing the fate that lie so close in the distance.

Sadness, and outcry sweeps across a nation,

and for a moment that neutral backdrop loses its neutrality.

It becomes something of anger,

something of pain. 

Death.