Master's Writing Project
The final page of An Exile Forged, Pg. 42

Shattered surface tension.
A numbness embraces
senses beneath the frigid cove waters.
Thoughts seize
against encroaching stillness,
as the last glimpse of light
ebbs in gasp effervescence.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pg. 38-41

Inspired by "House of Leaves,"

Within a book of fine paper, each page becomes a membrane between past and future.

As the pages press together, we can see imprints of prior ink, and portend words yet spoken on the next page.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pg. 36-37

Inspired by Renee Gladman's Prose Architectures.

The road of prose pursuing Orsin's journey passes through the gates of Waterdeep; an edifice constructed from echoes of abuse - a wall of twisted hurt

made to look normal.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pg. 33-35

Amidst the bedlam of blade and blood,
the bold find purchase in the bosom of man.
But even with strikes of metal and bone immortalized,
blood sets betwixt a winding way ahead.

We could've rebuffed this brutality sooner.
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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pg. 32

Eyes of burning coal scorch beyond the midnight thicket; scouring opportunity from scores of still-quivering cadavers
soaked scarlet by the fletched black rain.

I must say, this page fits spooky season perfectly
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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pg. 31

A projectile punctures the peace.

Festivity dies with a sudden sobering reminder of a violent reality.

Survivors sink, submerged awash in waves of adrenaline and isolation.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 27-30

A cacophony of plate & crockery rings across amber fields.
The scrumptious hums of satiated mouths bids distant strangers to feast.

Collectively channel your suburbanite wine mom Jesus:
live-laugh-love thy neighbors.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 20-22 & 26

It's such an innocuous thing,
the quiet pity swelling behind the eyes, watching the subtle passage of time on a body, as entropy molasses motion.

Yet as leaves fall, their detritus tones portend tomorrow's dawn.
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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 15-18

These next visual poetry pages feature calligrams forged from formatted text:
Orsin recalls faded images from his past; each a pavestone on a trail of tender memories guiding him along his grandfather's footsteps.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 12-14

Starting off with a three-page spread of visual poetry and fragmented family tree:
An explosion in the mines left infant Orsin without a father, an event which motivated close ties to family and legacy as he grew up.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 8-11

This next bundle of pages is a 4 page vertical spread, meant to display a sort of temporal progression through a narrative event; the discovery and excavation of an ancient runic sword belonging to the Giants.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 6-7

With these backlit pages, I wanted to reflect the obscuring nature of bureaucracy, paperwork, and corporate speak; how walls of labyrinthine language are designed to disguise and deter us from action and meaning.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 4-5

Though a bit more graphic, the next pages of my project make up a two-page spread whose words and poetry highlight the animalistic violence and viscera of a society in decay, warped by its own hands.

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Master's Writing Project
An Exile Forged, Pgs. 1-3

The introduction of my project, designed to incorporate exposition and showcase its premise.

I took inspiration from ergodic lit like "House of Leaves" and visual poetry such as "Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War"

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For real!! My entire grad project was inspired using visual elements and formatting just like this and it was some of the most fun I've ever had tbqh

To assist with the presentation of my dad's cancer prevention research to the public, I drew a cartoon referencing fish oil's reliance on the ALOX15 enzyme for its anti-inflammatory properties.

Learn more from the publication below:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40818741/

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