by Kayla Norris | Jan 2, 2015 | Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart
“What do you think, Peeta?” I finally ask him. “I think… you still have no idea. The effect you can have.” –Katniss and Peeta, in Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins It was my last night in New Zealand before I left for Christmas break in Hawaii. The stars already...
by Kayla Norris | Jul 5, 2014 | High School, Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart, University
Oh Aslan, Aslan. I understand now. I understand. It’s been so long. So long since I watched a movie of Narnia. Since I saw you. The oh-so-familiar scenes of Prince Caspian flash across the flatscreen TV. Sunlight pouring across forest floors, glacial rivers...
by Kayla Norris | May 17, 2014 | The Creative Heart, University
I remember Clarisse’s words, straight from Modern World Literature in freshman year of high school. “Have you ever watched the jet cars racing on the boulevards down that way?” “You’re changing the subject!” “I sometimes think...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 27, 2013 | Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart, University
Swiftly, swiftly, the wind blows gently. Daftly, daftly, my heart believes its woes. “What do you want?” She cries, the ship from season past. . . I say I’m sinking in schoolwork like the 1912 tragedy So many things could go wrong So many things do....
by Kayla Norris | Jul 6, 2013 | Relationships, The Creative Heart
Disney classics like Robin Hood (1973) make us crave something beautiful. A longing, an adventure, a beauty, a battle, a happily ever now. Yet for some reason, for some life-shattering reason, it’s torn away. How did we come to this? How did we come to believe...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 13, 2013 | The Creative Heart, University
Rough brainstorms and penned outlines on loose sheets of paper clutter my desk. It’s all the prewriting stage for a 1200 word essay on Gifted and Talented Learners. I’m back at BTI now, which means I am the student again, doing the work teachers tell...
