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12 Days: The Spirit of Christmas, It Lies Within Your Heart.
Around this time last year, I was just over a month into therapy and really still uncertain how I felt about it. I knew what I was doing...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Dec 25, 2020


12 Days: Lots To Say, No Courage To Say It.
In the wake of losing her daughter, Joan Didion spoke of embracing emotional pain. "I myself have always found that if I examine...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Dec 24, 2020


12 Days: Notions From The Other Side; Part 2.
Here's "Notions From The Other Side" Part One. Notions From The Other Side. — INTROSPECTION (tumblr.com) Fulfillment has always been a...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Dec 22, 2020


12 Days Of Indiscretion: The Water
The pool began to feel comfortable again. Though the day was overcast, the heat hung in the air like a kitchen with the oven open. It was...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Dec 21, 2020


12 Days Of Indiscretion: Working Title & Introduction.
If we've come to learn anything about the idea of planning, it's that said idea is nothing but a brutal example of how we use the concept...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Dec 20, 2020


Dissecting Lessons From Grief
Innocence, as I have come to understand it, maybe the single most figment of being we are all capable of possessing.

Cheyenne Nielsen
Aug 26, 2020


Serendipities In Unruly Timing.
I truly began to savor the book just a few pages in. This simple task played into the unmistakable accent of "timing" in this entire process

Cheyenne Nielsen
May 3, 2020


Visual & Visceral: 5SOS' Return.
CALM, in terms of being a collective piece of work, is not a single piece of work.

Cheyenne Nielsen
Mar 24, 2020


Are You Lonely Looking For Yourself Out There?
Four days prior to the release of Songs That Saved My Life Volume 2, an album that introduces some of the Alternative Rock genre's most...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Mar 17, 2020


I've Experienced 3 Deaths in 2 Weeks & I Don't Know What To Call This.... by Fall Out Bo
"Your thought that death is contagious is not at all factual..... unless you're in China right now." Like a black Chiffon in a gentle...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Feb 8, 2020


Learn How To Show Up: 2019.
I was someone I no longer recognized. For a moment, let us pretend that I've been able to pick myself out of a metaphorical line up....

Cheyenne Nielsen
Jan 1, 2020


Where Are You, Christmas?
Lately I've been asking myself a lot of questions that could, under a single umbrella statement, be easily summed up as "why me?" Though...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Dec 12, 2019


You're Made Of Everything You Do.
"Every little action of a common day makes or unmakes character." After months of anticipation and a day of mentally preparing to cry,...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Nov 14, 2019


When You Need A Break & The Zombies Told You So.
My interest in the art of the essay became apparent when I realized it was easier to dissect my own experiences and exploit them for...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Oct 1, 2019


Finding 'The Point.'
Memories of my childhood remain virtually non-existent; a very chest-gripping realization for someone who fawns over the sentimental...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Jun 28, 2019


Phases
My comprehension swayed towards the notion that if you truly cared to reach out to someone, you would reach out and "check on" the

Cheyenne Nielsen
May 24, 2019


You Are In Control. || Grievous Gallery
Admittedly the most peculiar comparison is comparison itself. In a time we're expected to not pair our proses with another for the sake...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Mar 12, 2019


A 20 Something, or Two.
There's no glorification in being mentally ill to some capacity, although it seems to be the romantic tale to sell in a time where we're...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Jan 24, 2019


Stories Without Details: A Brief Summary of Twenty Eighteen.
In order to put such a pivotal year into words requires an understanding of a single thing: in what way it changed my ability to...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Dec 30, 2018


Half Empty Ink Pen.
Why would you believe you could control how you're perceived when at your best you're intermediately versed in your own feelings? We lost...

Cheyenne Nielsen
Nov 24, 2018
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