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Couch Lock

No matter how hard you try, the TV doesn’t let you pull your eyes away from it. Your body feels like it’s fused with the cushions of your couch. You’re just so tired, you deserve to take a break. You don’t have the free time that you used to and... More

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Education

That was close, you nearly didn’t make it out of that last one. Sure, mom and dad weren’t too happy about the grades but at least you finished. You didn’t used to struggle this much, but it seems like things just got too hard for you at some point... More

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Exercise

When did this become so hard? You used to be able to do this in your sleep! With every year passing it takes more to maintain and becomes more difficult too. Kicking a soccer ball around isn’t going to cut it anymore.

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Friendship

You’re a little bit scared of opening up, aren’t you? You’ve done it before and it came back to bite you, the friends you thought you knew weren’t like you’d hoped. This feels nice though, you don’t know these people at all compared to your old... More

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Holding On

Fine, if you can’t stop the change from happening, you’ll have to get through it and hope that you’re who you want to be on the other side. You’ll be damned if you do it without a fight though.

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Moving Forward

You look different. Sure, you’re older, but you’ve also grown in ways you never even knew existed. You didn’t get through it unscathed, nobody ever does, but it could have been worse. Lots of people don’t make it through at all. Someday you’ll be... More

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Party

Another year, another lap around the sun. You miss the good old days, surely, you’d be having more fun right now if you were a kid again. Your friends would be over, and your mom would have just finished ordering you a pizza. Sure, you could order... More

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Sleepover

You’ve slept over at their house plenty of times before, but this time feels different somehow. There’s a burning feeling in your chest and your stomach is doing summersaults. No matter which way you turn you can’t seem to get comfortable, and... More

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Aidan Somerville aka. aidan.illu

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“A Monstrous Change explores the ways that the perception of childhood warps and changes as people grow up. Using visual metaphors and allegories for childlike and adult experiences in the form of...” [More]