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BURIED IN THE DUST
Title
BURIED IN THE DUST.
Creator
Farrell, Jessica, Kesler, Thomas, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
In July 2012, I left America for the first time to travel to Madurai, India, for a month-long journalism internship. The inspiration for the poetry in this work is deeply rooted in my experiences while in India, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Not knowing why I chose India to travel to for my first time abroad, I realized much later that I needed to be there in order to transition into the next stage of my life. I always wanted to experience what life was like without the amenities the...
Show moreIn July 2012, I left America for the first time to travel to Madurai, India, for a month-long journalism internship. The inspiration for the poetry in this work is deeply rooted in my experiences while in India, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Not knowing why I chose India to travel to for my first time abroad, I realized much later that I needed to be there in order to transition into the next stage of my life. I always wanted to experience what life was like without the amenities the Western world is accustomed to (hot showers, washers and dryers, reliable electricity, etc.). Through isolating myself from the familiar I woke up to a simpler, happier perspective on life. This isolation also stirred mixed emotions in me that I wasn't aware of until I began writing about the experience in these poems. The feeling of being watched by everyone was common and sometimes frightening or disturbing. This vulnerability was uncomfortable even though the experiences and realizations I had outweighed the negativity while I was in India. The intent of this thesis is to explore how I've grown and what I took from the trip while comparing my Indian experience to life before and after my visit. With unconventional structural elements, I set out to put life and movement on the page to represent the chaotic, beautiful India and the emotions that carried the weight of each poem. Just from one month of being surrounded by strangers who stared with stone eyes, a language I didn't understand and memories of a life I didn't miss as much as I thought I would, this thesis follows the imaginative perceptions of a sleeping person through her evolution into a waking life.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFH0004390, ucf:44980
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004390
Press Anywhere: Stories
Title
Press Anywhere: Stories.
Creator
Barnes, Brendon, Poissant, David, Hubbard, Susan, Kesler, Thomas, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Press Anywhere is a collection of short stories that depicts the various inadequacies of the third millennium male. Each story concerns a man, a boy, or a family on the cusp of change. These characters, burdened by their family tragedies, try to shake off their histories and renew themselves. But, in one way or another, home always finds them. Set in a shared universe, some characters appear in multiple stories, including one boy who dreams of an unlikely superhero to save him from an abusive...
Show morePress Anywhere is a collection of short stories that depicts the various inadequacies of the third millennium male. Each story concerns a man, a boy, or a family on the cusp of change. These characters, burdened by their family tragedies, try to shake off their histories and renew themselves. But, in one way or another, home always finds them. Set in a shared universe, some characters appear in multiple stories, including one boy who dreams of an unlikely superhero to save him from an abusive sibling, and a man determined to outlive a family curse.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFE0005129, ucf:50712
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005129
Forced Outage
Title
Forced Outage.
Creator
Jackson, Caitlin, Stap, Donald, Kesler, Thomas, Roney, Lisa, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
ABSTRACTThis collection of poems explores an inner emotional life contrasted with a plodding existence inthe external world of day to day business as usual. The poems embrace the importance of notingmoments of beauty and grace in an otherwise bland landscape, and mourn the difficulty ofholding onto such moments as life moves forward.These poems lead the way down bumpy emotional roads and explore the struggle to makehuman connections in simple circumstances. Most important, they attempt to...
Show moreABSTRACTThis collection of poems explores an inner emotional life contrasted with a plodding existence inthe external world of day to day business as usual. The poems embrace the importance of notingmoments of beauty and grace in an otherwise bland landscape, and mourn the difficulty ofholding onto such moments as life moves forward.These poems lead the way down bumpy emotional roads and explore the struggle to makehuman connections in simple circumstances. Most important, they attempt to capture the beautyof the connections that come from these struggles, and the triumphant promise that we are notalone.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFE0004694, ucf:49850
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004694