{"id":19,"date":"2025-09-28T17:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-06-06T00:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:41:26","slug":"explorations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/explorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Explorations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Project.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my explorations, I really wanted to make an AMV (Animated Music Video) of my characters. I had already picked out a song, which was &#8220;The Moon Will Sing&#8221; by the Crane Wives, and had already been planning this AMV for the last couple of months. I started my AMV super early, on May 1st exactly after finishing my documentary animation very early, and finished it on June 1st, taking me exactly a month to do so!<br><strong>Why an AMV?<\/strong> I have been doing animation for years, but I have never animated an entire song, let alone a three minute and forty second one. In about a years time, I want to start making an animated series for one of my worlds, which I call Reborne Earth. Since my world is very complex and rich in story and characters, I thought it&#8217;d be best to show some backstories of characters. I chose Earl and Awers for this, as my online audience is most familiar with them and my channel is based on Mydrotica (one of my countries). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a class=\"fancybox-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Exploration-Progress-check.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled_Artwork-12-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-806\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7385680098311882;width:506px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled_Artwork-12-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled_Artwork-12-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled_Artwork-12-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled_Artwork-12.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yes, I made a Google slide to keep track of all my progress! I kind of stopped doing them as I got through more and more of the project, but there are still some golden &#8220;diary entries&#8221;. <strong>NOTE<\/strong>: There were a lot of gifs in the slideshow, but they do not show in the PDF.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a LOT to break down here, that I couldn&#8217;t fit into my presentation! Please excuse any weird formatting! First off, here&#8217;s a map of my world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6504-1024x649.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6504-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6504-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6504-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6504.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PS, anything is subject to change at any time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> but the only two countries that are important for this project are these two: Mydrotica and Paxyo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-816\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9625236901632329;width:286px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png 770w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-768x798.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stars of the show! Earl and Awers Lockheart. A little bit about them: Earl is known for her charismatic and outgoing personality, while Awers is more introverted and likes to keep to herself. And, an Awa in the middle (I&#8217;ll let you in on a secret, Awa is Awers&#8217; daughter later on!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" data-id=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3-1024x678.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-826\" style=\"width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Terrasol! Awers&#8217; Husband later on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" style=\"width:294px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png 716w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5-269x300.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Archer, Earl&#8217;s best friend and personal advisor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6.png 646w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-6-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Finally, Bob! Mydrotica&#8217;s God.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lore!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">Mydrotica is a very culture, religion based country, believing that Bob (see above for characters), is a god, sent to protect them, just as Earllistar did with the Ssernoss people (I won&#8217;t explain them too much, but they were a country that collapsed a couple hundred years ago). Mydrotica mostly consists of dragons, dragon-likes, or lizards, as many of them are descendents from Ssernoss. Paxyo, on the other hand, is a very diverse, atheist country. They are heavily science and technologically based, serving as almost the opposite of Mydrotica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before my AMV starts, Mydrotica has collapsed. Bob, their God and religious figure, mysteriously dissapears. This leads to a panic. &#8220;This is exactly what happened to Earllistar! It&#8217;s doomsday! We are all going to die!&#8221; Sort of thing. Most people leave, but many Mydrotica loyalists stay, including Earl. <br>This leads to Earl&#8217;s and Awers&#8217; initial fight. Awers does not like Mydrotica, she never felt welcome here, doesn&#8217;t believe that Bob is any god at all, and has dreamed of escaping her whole life. Awers wants to go to Paxyo, and asks her sister to come with her. But Earl doesn&#8217;t want to leave, she loves Mydrotica- it&#8217;s her culture, her home, and it&#8217;s always treated her nicely. Earl asks Awers to stay and help rebuild. At the climax of their argument, Awers leaves. Earl did  not know at this time that she would leave forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awers moves to Paxyo, where she is welcomed with open arms. She settles in, and during her journey, she vlogs all of it, uploading to (placeholder name) Paxyou. It&#8217;s not shown in the animation, but she ends up becoming a very famous vlogger, as many people found her migration story very fascinating. A couple years later, she meets Terrasol, and long story short they fall in love and get married. Life is great for Awers, much better in Mydrotica, and she doesn&#8217;t look twice back. Her sister made her decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earl stays in Mydrotica and helps rebuild with anyone else that is left. At this point, she makes a lot of friends and people see her as kind of the leader. Later on, people would essentially vote on Earl being the new Queen of Mydrotica: she is charismatic, strong, and a dragon, fitting all the boxes! Even though she&#8217;s about to take on a huge role, she can&#8217;t help but miss her sister all these years. Is she safe? Did she make it to Paxyo? Does she have a home? A significant other? All knowledge that Awers took away from Earl. Earl wants to reach out someday, but right now is not the time. She is crowned, and it&#8217;s what everybody wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Final Product!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"25 26 p4 Explorations AbiP\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XFsNMpzF6b8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Details you may have missed!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put a TON of effort into the storytelling and visual side of this project- which after presenting, I realized a lot of people did not notice these! Here are some for your entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most of the shots that Awers is in are &#8220;dull&#8221; or grey-scale. This is to symbolize how her life without Earl is more boring!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awers and Earl wear the same hoodie and pants in the beginning. Awers&#8217; always lived in her sisters shadow as her parents only wanted one kid, so she was often put to the side. She tried to be like Earl a lot to appease her parents, and this includes wearing the same things as her. Later on, when Awers lives by herself, she starts wearing what she wants!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earl has dyed hair but Awers does not in the beginning. This is because her parents did not allow Awers to dye her hair when she was a teen, she ends up dying her hair pink-purple when she moves to Paxyo. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is a lot of window symbolism! In the end, Earl looks out of her window to Awers&#8217; closed one, which symbolizes that Earl wants to reach out to Awers, and is waiting for her to respond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At 0:33, Awers is &#8220;opening&#8221; new doors for herself, while Earl not only stays in the same place, but new people are entering her life (especially later on).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earl continues to wear her hoodie and sweatpants throughout the entire story. This is because she literally does not change as a person.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The line, &#8220;I could have been anyone, anyone else&#8221;, is foreshadowing to how Earl doesn&#8217;t feel confident in her position as Queen. With Awers, she could have literally been anyone else.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The line, &#8220;Ten years worth of dust and neglect&#8221;, is foreshadowing to how Awers does not talk to Earl for almost 15 years, &#8220;neglecting&#8221; their relationship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The line, &#8220;Instead, you hoarded all that&#8217;s left of me&#8221;, is Earl reminiscing at how Awers leaving left a hole in her heart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The chorus, &#8220;The moon will sing a song for me, I loved you like the sun&#8221; is the most important part of the animation, and explains their relationship well. Even though they are apart from each other, they are still connected by the chorus and the people in their lives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Sun, Moon, and Stars are the main three symbols in my story. While the Moon and Sun part is obvious, I animated stars glistening in the background sometimes. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ghost\/spirits of Awers and Earl respectively haunt the two. Awers is literally haunted by Earl&#8217;s spirit, and sees her despite not wanting to. On the other hand, Earl cannot see Awers&#8217; spirit, even though she wants to. Awers&#8217; Earl spirit does not have eyes, this is because Awers always felt judged by her sister. Despite not having eyes, Spirit Earl always had a judgeful stance anyways. This isn&#8217;t very obvious (due to my artstyle), but Spirit Awers doesn&#8217;t have a mouth, this is also supposed to symbolize that Earl wants to hear what Awers has to say but can&#8217;t.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fun Fact: There is only one reference to Baby Earl in the entire animation, and it&#8217;s at 0:43 in the background advertisement!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fun Fact: On the day of presentations, I wore a sun and moon light jacket (?), with star arm warmers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And more! Just look for them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Presentation!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"25 26 p4 Explorations Celebration AbiP\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EBiFVZ4rXSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reflection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, I think my project turned out fine. I worked on it too long and I felt very stressed in the end to reach the deadline. A lot of my friends like it though and I learned a LOT about animation, grit, and tweening especially! All three skills I&#8217;ll be using in the future for my animations. Here are some sub segments from my overall process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TWEENING IS THE GOAT!!!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artist using tweening app discovers tweening, I know I know. I&#8217;ve been using ToonSquid for almost two years at this point, but I never explored tweening besides the basics. In my hell hole that was walk cycles, tweening genuinely saved me so much time and made the animation process ENJOYABLE. I cannot express how much I&#8217;ve learned about transform hierarchys and bones due to this project. I will use both of these things in my future animations (especially bones! Those subtle movements are AWESOME!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No seriously, why did you choose to do walk cycles?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can&#8217;t remember. <br>I know, so anti-climactic! My original idea was that it would show them &#8220;walking&#8221; (literally) through life, and also a way to show a time skip (like when Awers goes through her immense glow up), and how they changed over the years (or didn&#8217;t!). The walk cycles, are, fine, I wish I was a little bit more creative with the scenes in general but I like the storytelling behind it. With Awers, she goes through an immense character development, and becomes more of her true self. With Earl, she doesn&#8217;t change at all (other than growing into adulthood), same hoodie and sweatpants that she wore as a teen. But! Even though she didn&#8217;t grow herself, she helped the world around her mend (as seen by the broken houses turning into fixed ones!), as she wanted.  If I could redo this project, I would probably add a montage of moments from her life instead of a walk cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This unit in English was probably my favorite unit so far. It felt so carefree in a sense and it was made really simple to us which made me feel really good about my writing an exploring poetry. Poetry can quite literally be anything and everything, you can write it and format it in any way, and I found that really fun and enjoyable- especially since I learned a lot about my writing process from my documentary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Moore was a lovely poet and a lovely speaker to have over in the English classroom! She was super nice and you could really tell she was a poet haha, she complimented us very specifically and I think we all had a blast having her over. Through her poetry workshops, I learned more about different types of poetry (Ars Poetica and Cento poems), here are the two I wrote below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"738\" data-id=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-6.21.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-6.21.57-PM.png 549w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-6.21.57-PM-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"786\" data-id=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-6.22.12-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-6.22.12-PM.png 593w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AbiP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-6.22.12-PM-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we started to write our final poem, I decided to make a new one. I don&#8217;t exactly remember why I decided to do this, I believe I just wanted to write some more poems! Here are a couple more drafts I wrote.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-container-core-quote-is-layout-c982a6be wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Makeshift, Mistaken Stars<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes I feel as though there are fireflies inside of me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rushing and gushing to get out of here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I wish I could come with them too,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How often I imagine myself with wings to fly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In deep black night sky,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To shine upon the ground below,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be mistaken for a star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be smaller than this body,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To take up little space, but<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find myself trapping these flickering stars, inside of&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A jar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Am I jealous?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps, but I can\u2019t help myself in seeing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Them a part of me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or me a part of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe I am jealous. The&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shining lights disappear,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I\u2019m alone in this room as I\u2019ve always been.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Colorblind<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think I\u2019ve never seen color,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because I\u2019ve always seen everything in black and white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t like something,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It must be black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like something,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It must be white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is color? Just something to see with our eyes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe colors are a feeling,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In these words and in this page I\u2019m writing,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colors of purple and dark hazy blue,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though for you, it could be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colors of golden yellow like the white sunset, or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colors of deep forest green, like the black bugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all, colors are a feeling, I think, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White is devoid of all emotion, while&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black is overwhelmed with it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Hollow<\/em><\/strong><br><br>I\u2019ve sat\t\t\t\t\t\tlost<br>By this line, for a while.\t\t\tscared<br>I don\u2019t remember\t\t\t\talone<br>For how long,\t\t\t\t\tforever<br>But I can\u2019t help but stare\t\t\tsearching<br>At the abyss,\t\t\t\t\tin the<br>On the other side.\t\t\t\temptiness.<br>I see the shadows\t\t\t\twe<br>Who clash\t\t\t\t\tfight<br>And bash\t\t\t\t\tkill<br>And eat each other\t\t\t\tto<br>And themselves,\t\t\t\tsurvive<br>And I can\u2019t help but,\t\t\t\twho<br>Reach out every once in a while,\t\tare you?<br>To receive no reply.\t\t\t\t\t<br>And I can\u2019t help but wonder\t\t\tYou<br>If I used to be there,\t\t\t\twere us<br>A hissing shadow,\t\t\t\t\tfighting\t<br>Clawing and biting and gnashing,\t\t\tkilling<br>Eating them and myself.\t\t\t\tto survive.<br>I don\u2019t want to leave them. \t\t\t\tdon\u2019t leave<br>I feel the need to stare\t\t\t\tdon\u2019t stare<br>Or help\t\t\t\t\t\tdon\u2019t help<br>Or save them.\t\t\t\t\t\tdon\u2019t save<br>But for now, \t\t\t\t\t\twe are<br>I sit,\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlost, alone<br>By this line, for a while,\t\t\t\tforever.<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, I decided to settle on the one on the bottom! I wrote this one in my head (the first stanza) while I was trying to take a nap, actually. The poem is about a lot of things, but what I&#8217;m willing to share is it&#8217;s mostly about my creative &#8220;spark&#8221;- which I talk about in my explorations as well. &#8220;A Broken Flame Inside a House&#8221; is about using creative outlets as an escape, but how those same creative outlets can cause you to become just as lost or consume you entirely (similar to my AMV). However, you can interpret it how you wish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>A Broken Flame Inside a House<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s dark.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quiet, in this room that I&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should call my home,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but what is a home? I have lived&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My whole life here silently. No,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I haven&#8217;t found it yet.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I light up a flame, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See my face for the first time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a few years. I try not to dwell on&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dark features on my face,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, observing the gentle flame,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dim, but enough to spark a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feeling inside of me.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s light.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What they never tell you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is that the flame grows ravenous.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feed it too little,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it becomes dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feed it too much,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it consumes you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t look away,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s gentle flames,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eating something inside of me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"25 26 p4 Poetry AbiP\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RxiYkpZHbPc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I tried to keep my poem production very monotone or &#8220;chill&#8221;- but not sad. I kept my visuals relatively dark (as the poem goes!) and picked a song that I felt was relatively slow and quiet and portrayed the tone I was going for. I think overall, my poem conveys the meaning and spirit of my poem well, the only thing I&#8217;d maybe change in the future is the pacing a bit. For this production, I also really wanted to do some small animations. I thought it would give the poem more of a personal and &#8220;alive&#8221; feel, compared to using stock images or static graphics. I also really wanted to put text on screen while my poem read along. While I originally was going to animate every single word, that proved too difficult with Premiere Pro so I opted to only animate the words that\u00a0<em>really<\/em>\u00a0mattered- and the ones that I wanted to stand out the most! In the end, I think that was a much better option visually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Project. For my explorations, I really wanted to make an AMV (Animated Music Video) of my characters. I had already picked out a song, which was &#8220;The Moon Will Sing&#8221; by the Crane Wives, and had already been planning this AMV for the last couple of months. 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