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Category Archives: Collage Essay
Collage Essay: On Grief
By Dave Hood The loneliness without you is beyond belief I can’t come to terms with this feeling called grief ~Paul Brown Loss evokes grief. And grief expresses itself as mental pain and suffering, sorrow, depression, mental anguish. The most powerful … Continue reading
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Collage Essay: On Self
By Dave Hood What is “self?” For most people, self means personal identity. Self answers the question: Who am I? Self is also part of the psyche or mind. It is a collection of experiences and memories, thoughts and emotions, … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation of self, art, Buddhism, Carl Jung, Collage Essay, Dave Hood, death, definition, essay, mental illness, non-self, obliteration of self, self, self image, soul, Spirit
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Segmented Essay: On Love
By Dave Hood What is love? According to Webster’s dictionary, love has several definitions: First, love is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties, such as maternal love for a child. Love can also be … Continue reading
On Sex
By Dave Hood What is sex? Sex means different things to different people. Hunter Thompson said, “Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.” Mae West said, “Sex is an emotion in motion.” Woody Allen said, “Sex is … Continue reading
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The Segmented Essay: The Photograph
By Dave Hood What is a photograph? It is a representation of reality, and expression of the creative impulse, an abstraction of an object or thing, an illusion of sensory details, a manipulation of pixels into art. *** The photograph … Continue reading
Writing Creative Nonfiction 