F R E N C H C U L T

Icarus

Trainwreck

I Scream

October

Daylight

An Imperfect Mirror

Stars

The couple have been having trysts throughout the seasons. After a year of this affair, emboldened by their secrecy, Greg decided to take Olivia out to a famous lounge known for hosting celebrity events. The paparazzi caught every detail of the affair and blasted it on the front page news the next morning.

Rushing to her defenses, Olivia quickly called her friend over and confessed the whole torrid affair. Her friend, feeling betrayed, lashed out at Olivia. Hallie’s home life only entered further disarray. Upon returning home, she found her parents in a screaming match. Elizabeth made it clear that she had no interest in salvaging the marriage, embarrassed to be made a fool on the global stage. Greg, deciding the only way forward with his new life was to move out.

A couple of weeks went by since the finalization of the Oxiver’s superstar divorce played out in the media when Greg got a call from Olivia. She had asked him to meet up at the very spot their affair was exposed. This time she had something worse to tell him. She was pregnant. Instantly, Greg got down on one knee and proposed to her, promising to fix the chaos he had created.

The Beginning

Olivia Devereaux and Hallie Oxiver

Olivia, a teenage sensation, has been posting her music online for some time now and gained the attention of one of Del Sol Valley's most prominent nepo-babies. Hallie, whose parents are global superstar musicians, instantly became enamored with Olivia and the two became fast friends, sharing many secrets at sleepovers.

As the two became closer and closer, so did Olivia with the rest of the family, or more so Hallie's father; Gregory. Something sinister began to unfold in the Oxiver household as boundaries began to become crossed.

I have always been anxious about things outside of my control. I have always felt that my life was out of control in almost every aspect including my birth, and eventually my death. I am scared of the dark and what I can see and I have struggled with religion so I have never found comfort in feeling so small. I tried to find the beauty in the glittering lights decorating the night sky but I just could not find the comfort.

Every time I looked up all I could see was the endless meaningless of life. Higher power or not, one day Earth will cease to exist as it is encompassed by the unavoidable, all-consuming black hole and we will all die, unknown, and meaningless.

What does it mean to be loved? I thought that if I shattered myself into shards there would be a part of me flickering underneath the sunlight that would draw you near. I did this over and over until I was nothing more than a million little pieces scattered on the ground reflecting all those around me, hoping someone would find their beauty in my broken heart. I became an imperfect mirror who no longer knew their original shape.

Here’s an old scarf I found that I made for finals week that showcases my different emotions during that time period. We had three months where we had to track how we felt for a class and had to do some artsy related project due my last week before I graduated from undergrad.

Red — angry

Orange — stressed

Yellow — happy

Blue — sad

Purple — calm