Drawing is one of my favorite hobbies. It’s an activity I used to indulge in often, when my creative spark was alive and burning. I remember how free and excited I would feel to be able to color a drawing that I sketched the day before, using the new Copic markers my dad bought for me. There is so much freedom in the realm of art, which is one of the things I like so much about drawing. In elementary school, I was inspired to create books with my own characters and little gra

For the longest time, to me, dancing was just movement. It was the idea that there were steps to follow, counts to learn, and, honestly, just making shapes with my body. Through time, somewhere along the way, it became something more. It was no longer just showing up, following the counts, going home, doing it again the next day. It became something that made me realize what I was feeling on the inside could truly live outside for people, for me, and I could do this through m

December 28th, 2025, 5:30 AM, we’re up early to catch the northbound Amtrak to San Francisco–the San Joaquin Gold Runner. My sister and I planned this trip impromptu. Only about three days prior did we get our train tickets, as well as our tickets to the de Young Museum. Poorly planned was the commute–mom’s tire was too bald to drive on the 180, so we opted to take my sister’s car, but the rear-view mirror had fallen off. Into my Ford Flex we piled, window ticket and all. Upo

Last month, I wrote about a jazz musician named Roy Hargrove who became a well-known figure in Jazz. I really enjoyed writing and...

Last year in October, I took a trip to San Francisco's Legion of Honor with friends I met in an art class here at Reedley College. Our...

Did you know cat guts used to be utilized for the manufacturing of guitar strings? The term “catgut’ is quite misleading, as the...

Early Life Sandro Botticelli, commonly known as Botticelli, was born in Florence, Italy in a small town named Borgo Ognissanti....