Kayla's Corner

  A few days ago I was trying out for cheer over zoom. Normally, we tryout at Troy High but because of the current lockdown order by Michigan's very own Gretchen Whitmer, we were unable to meet in person. I logged into the Zoom call and was greeted by my coaches, one of which sounded a little raspier than normal. If there wasn't a world wide pandemic going on, I would think nothing of it. However, that is not the case, and my mind immediately jumped to COVID. I find it funny how that was the first thing I thought of. I failed to think about the fact that the weathers changing and my coach could just as easily have a cold. I automatically assumed she had COVID. Anywhere I go, if someone coughs or sneezes, I jokingly turn to my friends and whisper "COVID". However, I am always half serious. Its very possible that they could have it. Making these assumptions doesn't just go for me. I'm afraid to cough of even go as far as clear my throat in public because I know ...

The podcast I listened to was  One Last Thing Before I Go.  In the beginning it talks about how during COVID, patients could not see their family while in the hospital so they would make video recordings of things they would say to them. Also, nurses would take notes on the patients who were in critical condition because the family members couldn't visit them and the nurses wanted the family member to know that the patients were seen as people and not just patients and also so family members would know that their loved ones were being cared for in their final days. This reminded me of a Greys Anatomy Episode where a patient made video recordings to send to their family members just in case they didn't make it out of surgery. This was a great idea because family members could have one last thing to hold onto from their loved one who didn't make it. The majority of the podcast was dedicated to the "Wind Phone" which was created by a guy who wanted to speak to his fa...

  This is a painting called The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory . It is painted by Salvador Dalí who was a Spanish surrealist artist in the 1900s. He produced over 1500 works of art in the span of his lifetime.  I didn’t know who Salvador Dali was until I went to the Salvador Dali museum when I was in St.Petersburg Florida a few years ago. I spent a long time looking at all his artwork. I found the colorful paintings very captivating. They were nothing like anything I had ever seen before. With each look at any of his artworks, I noticed something new that I hadn’t seen the previous times. At first glance, I saw only part of the paintings, but when looking again, a different part came into view. I love how his paintings have a lot of depth and so much going on. This is not just the case with what’s visually present but also with the actual meaning of the paintings themselves. One of my favorite works by him is called, The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory...