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Tag: Emotion

  • Essay

Black Panther Review – Step Into the Spotlight

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 18, 2018February 23, 2019

The beauty and achievement of Black Panther, and why I cried like a baby at the end of it.

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  • Essay

Museums, Retrospect, and Disappointment

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 16, 2018

My visit to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, and how looking at the objective science of natural history helped me stare down my own personal history.

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  • Essay

Favorite Five: Stories of Characters Accepting Their Mortality and Death

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 3, 2018February 3, 2018

My favorite stories of characters facing their own mortality and deaths.

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  • Essay

Save Yourself – The Dangers of the Depressive Hero Complex

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 31, 2018April 7, 2019

How Bojack and Doki Doki Literature Club show us the perils of trying to “save” someone with depression

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  • Essay

The End of the F***ing World As I Know It (and I Feel like S***)

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 8, 2018

Netflix keeps up a strong track record of accurately and empathetically representing depression with The End of the F***ing World (so far).

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  • On Writing

Curtain Call

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on November 29, 2017February 5, 2019

Discussing the past two years of non-stop writing, the value of a break, and what- if anything- comes next.

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  • On Writing

On Writing – On Being in Love

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 29, 2017March 29, 2017

I’ve spilled some digital ink already on heartbreak and its effect on my work, so…

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  • On Writing

Dueling Banjos

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 6, 2017March 27, 2019

Wherein I discuss the inner conflict of emotions commanding attention, and drawing lines between different emotions, projects and messages.

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