Stanley’s Christmas Song

This piece isn’t necessarily a Christmas song, but it is a present to my parents. In this piece I incorporate piano and guitar, instruments that I was introduced to by my parents and taught from a young age. I’m able to make songs like these because of the love of music instilled in me from …

Julia’s Hair Transformation

I have, for no particular reason, always wanted to shave my head. When I realized that I was going to be in quarantine for a significant amount of the foreseeable future, I decided if I don’t shave my head now, I never will. Once I made the decision to shave my head, I allowed myself …

Jaymie’s 2nd Spirited Away Painting

Here is a breakdown for a still from Spirited Away. It’s a quick, blink-and-you’ll-miss it moment when Chihiro and Haku are discovered at the end of the bridge as he is trying to break her into the bathhouse. When the spell that he has cast upon her is broken and the employees discover there is …

Ekphrasis – Stanley

In school we did a project where we interpreted a poem through art. Here is the explanation for the song I created. X Poem: In Memoriam A. H. HY. OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII: 126 By Alfred, Lord Tennyson Stanza: And hear at times a sentinel          Who moves about from place to place,          And whispers to the worlds …