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Chen, Ching-In Islam, Noor Alnaaz Alnaaz 2025-08-01T22:12:46Z 2025-08-01 2025 Islam_washington_0250O_28285.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1773/53316 Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2025 Homebound ~ was envisioned as a novel in verse. It’s a story about a girl remembering the home she left and reimagining the reasons of her move. The propulsion of the narrative leans on its landscape. Environmental disruptions like floods, landslides and seasonal storms mirror her turbulent life inside her home. My protagonist’s name symbolizes blue. Her name Akakhi translates to the color sky blue. She wants to chase the sky. She leans into this idea of being sky like. As a creator I lean onto colors in my writing. I do so at the risk of being called out as the cat who loves the box of mangoes! I write because the clamoring thoughts inside corrode my calm. I compose poems because language feels inadequate. This push and pull between the possibilities and limitations of what words can and fail to convey—opens space for discoveries—creates a tension. This tension evokes a thrill I like to latch onto. I call this the creative high, the joy felt during the process of creation. application/pdf en_US CC BY-NC-ND errantry movement novel in verse poetry Creative writing Interdisciplinary arts and sciences - Bothell Homebound Thesis Restrict to UW for 5 years -- then make Open Access 2030-07-06T22:12:46Z embargo