Essays & Thoughts | Verge of Verse

Category: Essays & Thoughts

February 22, 2017

Laugh Without Fear

An Essay by Julianne Day Ignacio I have reached that age when I just laugh if people ask me whether I have a boyfriend yet..

February 6, 2017

An Honest Look at the Middle

The middle of anything is an awful place to be. No one seems to care about the middle for it possesses neither the miraculous inspiration..

January 30, 2017

Annotate.

I ask every student I tutor, “Do you enjoy reading?” They look up at me from their phones internally preparing themselves for their English tutor’s overdramatic..

January 20, 2017

How To Reset & Refresh

Tips for the demotivated on how to start the year off right. We’re now a few weeks into 2017. It’s the end of an era and..

January 16, 2017

Wet Paint

I just learned that C.S. Lewis did not write nor say, Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back..

September 7, 2016

My Dream Job.

The last job I had made everyone say “Oh, that’s interesting! What a cool job!” but every burst of admiration made me wilt. I did..

September 7, 2016

Restart.

I hate playing Monopoly. When I was younger, at one of my family parties, my older cousin and I were paired as a team to..

August 19, 2016

I promised Grandma.

Unsolicited, my grandmother warned me to be careful in my choice of spouse. She told me that she does not want me to regret my..

On Media & Design

May 13, 2016

Final Thoughts on Media Design

What is it that I am trying to investigate in my media practice? What I am most passionate about? I am most passionate about storytelling..

On Media & Design

May 13, 2016

Wabi-sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers… in a Nutshell

What is wabi-sabi and why is it difficult to define? Wabi-sabi is a Japanese beauty aesthetic that focuses on the internal, imperfect, and the incomplete..

On Media & Design

April 29, 2016

Designing the Interactive Space (Part II) : TheBrunchNYC

For the last few weeks, I have been designing a brunch website called “TheBrunchNYC” (name still pending revision upon further reflection). My aim is to design..

On Media & Design

April 15, 2016

Designing the Interactive Space: TheBrunchNYC

TheBrunchNYC “Let’s Do Brunch!” www.thebrunchnyc.com Your online resource to discover the best brunch spots in New York City and share your stories. TheBrunchNYC is a..

On Media & Design

April 8, 2016

Rough Cut: “WHICH MAC STORE?”

Here is a short video I made for my Media Design class, based on the storyboard from my previous post, while exploring concepts in..

March 18, 2016

Sound As Story & Shape: “Look On The Bright Side”

I experimented a little with creating this narrative excerpt of the short story I wrote in my previous post, “Look On The Bright Side”. Aside from..

March 11, 2016

Look On The Bright Side: A Photographic Short Story by Julianne Day Ignacio

Andy could never sleep. Dreaming terrified him. Closing his eyes meant opening the gates to hell. Strange bursts of color would splash through his mind,..

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.