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Listener Lyric Essay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A lyrical essay is an essay written in the style of poetry. The assignment to create your own lyrical essay was assigned to us after reading Citizen<\/em>. We were tasked with interviewing someone on their life experiences, and creating an essay based on them. I interviewed someone with OCD (I promised to keep their name anonymous) and this is the essay I created based off their experiences with their OCD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no \u201cwe\u201d <\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The water soothes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The water cleans<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The water hydrates the voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our hands are contaminated<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wash them<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t listen to it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\tIf we do not wash our hands we will kill our family<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>Anything we touch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ignore the rising pit in your stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Embrace the fear, it will be gone soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t listen…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\tOur jacket sleeve could\u2019ve grazed the rat poison on our way out the garage<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no \u201cwe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>We touched that part of the sleeve when we were taking our jacket off<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no \u201cwe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>There is rat poison on our hands, on the walls, in the air. It\u2019s suffocating<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no \u201cwe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>We\u2019ve have contaminated the world. We are a disease that will <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
kill them all<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is<\/em><\/strong> \u201cwe\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s latched itself to your brain and began digging its malicious claws into you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The brain stops working. Stopped churning and moving. And so do you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The voice eats away at the very essence of you, and all that\u2019s left is hand washing, picking, pulling, and cracking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cracking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cracking of the skin around your thumbs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cracking of the reality around you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cracked holes that make you afraid to live<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tAfraid to touch anything<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\tAfraid of contamination<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\t\tAfraid of death<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your fear has consumed you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your sister is afraid of you, as she sees you screaming on the kitchen floor begging your parents to wash their hands, you think you\u2019ve sentenced them to die<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You deface an amateur family portrait she\u2019s created. Your stick figure self is scribbled out with three letters looming across the top of your head, controlling you like a marionette. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
O<\/p>\n\n\n\n
C<\/p>\n\n\n\n
D<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is who you are now \u2013 you are no longer yourself \u2013 you are your illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You scream into the abyss, and the abyss screams back <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You need help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\tDon\u2019t talk to that therapist, there is nothing wrong with us. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t<\/em>\t<\/em>\t<\/em>She doesn\u2019t understand. We are contaminated. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no \u201cwe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tWe need to die<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
She tells you to split your brain from the voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\tIt\u2019s the only way to protect your family<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pry its claws away from your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\t\tWe need to die<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
you are not the voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\t\t\tWe need to-<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a malignant shadow consuming you, your life. And you must break free from its grip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\t\t\t\tWe need-<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Give it a name, it will help you defeat it faster<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tWe…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no \u201cwe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is only \u201cyou\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And you<\/em> will defeat this <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There will be a day the voice won\u2019t be there<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just make sure you\u2019re there to see it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Introduction to Podcast Unit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Podcasts are an accessible source of content that many people like. It integrates communication and technology, two core values of Freestyle Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We chose to make our podcast about plants because of a podcast we listened to early on in this unit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
About this Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our podcast is about plants! Bella and I talk about our favorite plants, provide tips on how to grow plants, and educate listeners on the many health benefits from keeping plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Podcaster Bios<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bella and Elen are seniors at Freestyle Academy. We are both film students, and enjoy plants. We made this podcast in hopes of encouraging our fellow students to grow and appreciate plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This podcast was very difficult. I don\u2019t like hearing my voice, and I had to hear it a lot over the course of this project. I also am not very good at using Pro Tools and Reason. We had to make our own music for the intro and outro and I didn\u2019t know how to begin. But there were a lot of positives that came out of this podcast too. I learned how to be patient with myself when I misspeak or stutter. I also learned how to be ok with the fact that it doesn\u2019t sound professional. I\u2019m a student, it\u2019s a student production. We don\u2019t have a massive budget which covers expensive microphones and writers. Mistakes are going to happen, and you have to deal with it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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