Scarphelia

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• The Lingering Magic of Good Reading

  

  I always marvel at powerful words can be. Every sentence ever written is just a different combination of the same 26 lines and swirls, that if we look at in... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Blogging Origins - A Decade Documenting Life

  

  Earlier this month I was gratefully reunited with the most important friend of my teenage years.We first met nearly ten years ago, which is as terrifying as it... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Dropping Out of Uni - One Year On

  

  sourceWhilst keeping us hooked on documenting and publishing every moment of our present tenses, social media seems to have recently grown a little fixation wit... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Post-Publish Thought-stream of Every Blogger (or Maybe Just Me)

  

  - Okay that's it. I think I'm done. Wait, does that even make sense? I've stared at this for so long I can feel my eyeballs aging. This is just one long bloody... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Processing Tragedy

  

  Because of the design of social media, it's so easy to get caught up in the notion that it is our duty to articulate response to everything we see. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• One Simple Way to Bring Peace to a Chaotic Mind

  

  Before I start, I just want to make it clear that this is not a sponsored post or anything. I've just quite genuinely discovered something which has changed my... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Storm on the Horizon

  

  I’ve never really felt like a blogger.I write, on a blog, so I guess I’d call myself a writer, but at the same time, the only place I write is on my blog. So…... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Monday Mist

  

  Sunday night bleeds into Monday morning, as I reach the station a half hour early in an attempt to instigate some cosmic positivity, only discover the only trai... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Virtue of Being a Nobody in a Sea of Somebody's

  

  It's a curious conflict of ego, when you enter a situation and immediately realise you're the least important thing about it.A year ago it had rendered me... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Becoming A More Dedicated Writer

  

  It's unavoidable and dirty, something we bury deep down to hide even from ourselves - but the truth is, most of the time, watching other people succeed in... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Kindness of One in the City of Strangers

  

  Truly, New York City is home for the strange. I could have never anticipated just how many strangers would end up looking out for me during my time there, and... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Deconstructing Jealousy

  

  It's widely understood that 'comparison is the thief of joy', and nowhere is that more applicable than online. Whilst inundated with the dazzling highlights of... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Origins of the Name 'Scarphelia'

  

  I was 17 when I began to write her. The story had begun with a memory and ended in tragedy, but it seemed all my stories had to if they were ever to end. She wa... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Difference Between Following Your Dreams And Pursuing Them

  

  It’s strange, to be able to recall one tiny snippet of the internet with such detail, but about a year ago, I saw a tweet by one of my favourite writers which... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Simple Birthday Wishlist

  

  The above photo absolutely fills me with joy, because it is a collection of all of the handwritten letters I have received since I started pouring my brain... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Analogue October

  

  Lately I've pretty much gone insane. Ironically the only thing that stops me succumbing to pure insanity is the recognition and acknowledgment of my own madness. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Plight of the Lifestyle Blogger

  

  Come New Year's Day, I will have run this blog for 3 years. Since it's conception in the early hours of 2013, this blog has seen endless changes - from being... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Aren't We All Just Trying To Make Great Telly?

  

  I've unavoidably been spending a lot of time reflecting back over my time in New York.I had the singular most incredible, enlightening and life-changing... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Little Bit More Than Just A New 'Do

  

  "Since the disintegration of her parent's marriage she'd only loved two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Can't Quiet My Fears, But Maybe I Can Shout Them Into Silence

  

  Here are some things I can't get out of my head.1) I fear that my own prematurely self-realised potential will be my downfall2) I fear I am such a jumbled mess... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 SELF EXPRESSION