"How I express my creativity"

Creative self expression is, above all things, an art; it allows a person to translate intangible feelings and emotions—the essence of their being—to something the world can see and, at best, understand. For me, expressing my creativity is executed in an array of behaviors, including singing and the arts, but most predominately, through writing.
My greatest love will always be the manipulation of the written word. As a 9-year old-child, I would often sit wide-eyed in the hallway with my girlfriend Leila during those precious increments of “free time”, penning elaborate short stories of Barbies, witches, and laughable relatives, our curious minds filled to the brim with elan and youthful enthusiasm. Writing was an outlet, a release—some otherworldly place that I was welcomed into; a place far transcending the mediocrity and unevenness of a seemingly prosaic life.
As a young teenager, I discover...