Where words fail, music speaks, but in the world of cinema, where pictures fail, music speaks. Film scores elevate themes and touch the audience in unimaginable ways. It is the music that echoes in people’s hearts long after they leave the cinema. Among those artists responsible for such a crucial […]
Tag: Arts & Culture
Open Mic: Photography by Anastasia Nguyen
Meet the Photographer How old are you? I am twelve years old. Where do you live? I live in California. What classes are you taking with TPS this year? This year, I am taking Life Science with Mrs. Selby. What is your favorite thing about photography? I like being […]
Open Mic: Striking a Pop Balance by Ruby Sprinkle
In almost all of her previous works, Taylor Swift stuck to a very specific music genre and aesthetic. Despite her best efforts at keeping a calculated, controlled narrative, Swift’s persona soon caught up to her in 2016. After Swift called out Kanye West for using her name in a song […]
Analyzing Poetry in Context
“I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” When I was young and first came across these lines, I thought, “Oh, what a […]
Fact or Fiction? The True History of Thanksgiving
Plymouth, 1621. Pilgrims, who had arrived on the Mayflower one year earlier, and a handful of Native Americans from nearby tribes gather to celebrate a successful harvest with an extravagant feast. Three days long, the event includes many of the traditional Thanksgiving foods Americans enjoy today: pies, mashed potatoes, cranberry […]