Throughout our panel’s pieces, we are both characters and writers. We unmask ourselves and accept vulnerability through writing; we are responsible for telling our stories truthfully to become. By narrating the past, we redefine our futures—and reflect on how our failures are the key to getting t/here.
Royce Luu
Adrift
Royce picks up a stack of career brochures after leaving his guidance counsellor’s office. Glossy faces from the stock photos smile up at him, a stark contrast to how he’s feeling about his own future. He once wanted to drift into the acclaimed programs that these brochures advertised. But, not anymore.
Guide Your Hunger: How Fasting Helps You Reclaim The Reigns
We often lose control of ourselves and our instinctual drives, such as hunger. By painting the scene of how I have been losing control of my consumption of social media, I argue how fasting can be used as a tool to regain control of ourselves and to guide our instinctual drives, instead of being under the sway of our desires. I also emphasize that fasting is only effective if used and practiced with intent, or else it becomes a soulless, repetitive ritual devoid of meaning and benefit.
