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Essays

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025)

To Write Happy

  • Will McDavid
Submitted
September 24, 2024
Published
05/02/2025

Abstract

"La La Land is both my favorite and least favorite movie. I ecstatically watch two people hell-bent on not being together fall in love anyway, and my heart breaks every time they fall out of it. I love love, especially earned love. I don’t believe in love at first sight. You may feel an initial attraction that is almost overpowering, but that’s not love. Love is when you learn someone’s whole person, what makes them unbearable but so easy to care about. Where you want to witness their entire life, be there every step of the way, and fight for and alongside them."