Harlem Had a Renaissance Too

  I officially had my last week at Columbia! It was an amazing experience which I am so grateful for. I've been familiar with the campus all throughout my high school career but now I see I've seen what goes on in the classroom and I am so excited to apply for college. I think I was the only student at 12:00 am on August 1st excitedly waiting for Common App to update so I could see what the writing supplements were. I'm just really passionate and excited about this next chapter of my life that I'm about to embark on... College! Oh, I also went on a walking tour of Harlem that was really cool and those are what the majority of the pics on this post consists of. Have a great summer, all!

I Like Things.

   Have you ever read Sylvia Plath? I have. I really resonate with her desire to be everything and do everything. I also relate to her fear of jeopardizing what she loves because she has to choose what she wants to do with her life.

  This is what I love. This is who I am.

• My best friend
• My family
• The Arctic Monkeys
• Creative Writing
• "The Lovers" by Rene Magritte
• Photography
• Feeling warm and fuzzy inside
• When I've just woken up, and my feet feel so comfy under my duvet
• The color red
• When I've heard an amazing song for the first time
• Sketching
• Going up on planes
• When I am under water
• Touching the floor of a pool
• Chocolate lava cake
• Chocolate
• Laughing
• This blog
• Dancing even though I am a bad dancer
• The sun's rays shining on my back
• My arm hair
• When I am somewhere new
• When I am walking down the street and I really take in where I am and I am so mesmerized with my city--- my home.
• Watching a good film
• Filming with my camera
• When I'm inspired and I have to get my thought out on paper because it is genius
• Release from stress
• Reading a book or play that makes me think
• When I get goose bumps after hearing something profound 
• L'homme Run
• When I look in a mirror and I like what I see
• When I read something I wrote and I like what I see
• Learning new languages
• Speaking new languages
• Music that makes sense
• Music with no lyrics but still makes sense
• Exchanging ideas with others
• Feeling accomplished
• Finding things I thought I lost

   That is all I can think of right now. There are so many components to one person and I think that each person should embrace them all. Feel free to share your own likes, dislikes, etc. or not. That is okay too. গুডবাই এখন জন্য! 

Socrates said What!?

   I have been given an amazing opportunity to work with a college professor at Columbia University this summer. I was able to participate in a socratic seminar, visit an exhibit on activism, and bask in Columbia's gorgeous campus. This program will have lasting effects in both my studies and in my ideals. I have flipped through the pages of various writings by Plato, Thucydides, Aristotle, Hobbes, and Lincoln while juggling what it means to be an activist and a citizen. This has come to be an enlightening summer!

Tchao for now!