One of the themes I often hammer away on in my writing is how people represent themselves. Whether it be to others, to themselves, at a job interview, there's a constant sense of having other people in mind when you are going about your life. This in some instances is useful, if you want a … Continue reading False Reality
Category: philosophy
Relationship Status
Perhaps the most foundational aspect to my life are the people around me. I am a very social person, I tend to meet quite a few people and I am never long without someone, if not to date, at least to talk with. It makes the difficulties of life, those that I've faced and the … Continue reading Relationship Status
On Essay Writing
I have undertaken to write as many essays - near or upwards of 1000 words for this site - as I can muster in the next few months. This is partly because I am tired with the unchallenging, dull nature of writing such short pieces as I have been lately and also because it seems … Continue reading On Essay Writing
Meaningful Art
When we interact with a piece of art, there are a plethora of opinions on how we should actually interpret that which we see/read/hear/feel. Some say it is vital to understand what the creator of the artwork was intending when they created the art. Others say that this is utterly unimportant, instead the viewer out … Continue reading Meaningful Art
Class Confusion: A Chemistry Student in the Literature Department
The first English class I ever took was an introductory course to early 20th-century literature. It was mainly Anglo-American modernism and my favourite Literature class was that one in my first year at Queen’s. I initially came to study Chemistry, but I realized that my real love was English Literature. This has meant I have … Continue reading Class Confusion: A Chemistry Student in the Literature Department
Already August
It's not quite August yet, but doesn't it feel like it might as well be? The year goes by so quickly now, but I guess I just wasn't aware of it as much when I was a kid. March and May seem as distantly close in my memory as the meals I ate last week. … Continue reading Already August
Office Politics
Office politics interest me extremely. Mainly because of the interplay there is between people's emotions and people's ambitions. The elections for student government have been taking place at my school and it's made the whole campus feel on edge. I guess this is not necessarily office politics, but I work at the school newspaper so … Continue reading Office Politics
Living life as I should
It feels good to live life the way you want to. There's something so sweet about seeing the values you care about be beneficial. I am a huge proponent of liberal ideas, something in the vein of JFK. He might've been too jingoisitic but he lived in a time that called for it. What I … Continue reading Living life as I should
Clayton Tomlinson 