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The Mind is blue
​Jazirrah Davis-Carter January 2026

Blue is a cool color, a cold color, a color cried through the eyes
Blue is labeled sadness, labeled chaos, labeled vast
Blue is as vast as the ocean, a blanket of snow across a plain
Blue flows through faucets into cups like neurons into the brain
​
Ideas and thoughts appear as that product


Simple things: what to eat, sleep, wear
Complex things: what to be, perceive, dare


When you dare to confront the mysteries of life
When you dare to face the troubles held in the body's cage
When you dare to see the variety of sights the world has to offer
When you dare, your inner fears are pushed to the limits
Limits that breathe emotion


Calm breath: happiness, acceptance, fulfillment 
​
Harsh breath: Anger, guilt, emptiness


Emotion is a combination of calm and harsh breathing that you have throughout your life
​ Emotion is formed through experiences in the brain


The brain, which is synonymous with the mind
​
All this to say: The mind is Blue


Jazirrah Davis-Carter

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      • White Hair Braiders
      • Ignorance is bliss, and open ignorance causes blisters
    • CREATIVE WRITING >
      • Tired Peppermints
      • Where I found Red Snow
      • my love is not unconditional.
      • What Happened? (Then and Now)
      • Popular (Wicked)
      • The Epitome of the Expression of Form
      • Approval
      • The Dust Under My Bed
      • Hate This And I Love You
    • Artist Corner >
      • Dog.
      • When you have a bat, everything looks like a ball.
      • Deathbott Character Art
    • Media Reviews >
      • “Carpe Diem, Seize The Day.” - A Media Review On Dead Poets Society
      • Welcome to Derry: Season 1
      • Sweet Home: Season One
      • The World Is Wonderfully Wicked
      • They Could've Made Anything, but They Chose This Book
      • The Amazing Digital Circus
      • Get Out: A Staple in Horror After Nearly a Decade
    • Sports Panel >
      • Boys Swim: Senior Highlight
      • Girls Swim: Senior Highlight
      • Girls Basketball: Senior Highlight
  • Featured Article
    • The Concept of One Individual
    • Know Your Rights: What To Do Around Ice
  • Teacher's Corner
    • Teachers Corner: DeVaul
    • Teachers Corner: Ejzak: How to Combat chatGPT? Embrace the Same Anti-Authoritarian Teaching Practices We Should’ve Been Doing All Along
    • Teacher's Corner: Mr. Hazzard's Love Letter To Brooks
    • Teacher's Corner: Gordon
    • Teacher's Corner: Wilde
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      • Two
      • Young and Pretty
      • Chimeras: Growing Up in Majority-White and Majority-Black Schools
      • My Favorite Color Used To Be Pink
      • Good Mother
      • Cancel the Mouse: Why New Disney Sucks
      • Is Hope the New Punk Rock?: Superman Movie Review
    • 10.25 >
      • Ignorance Is PURE Bliss
      • The Subjectivity of Creativity: How Wrongful Interpretation is Dangerous
      • Petty Games
      • If You're So Wise, Why Do You Come Off So Passionless?
      • How Animal Farm by George Orwell Still Speaks Today
      • How To Train Your Hyper-Realistic Live Action Reboot
      • Absense of August
      • Art fight Collection
    • 11.25 >
      • The Overconsumption Cycle
      • My Experience Being Painfully Insecure.
      • An Age-Old Question
      • They Hate Us Cause They Ain't Us
      • Transgressions Against the Father
      • Watership Down
      • The Black Phone 2: More is Less
      • How Fish Became Gods