Author Archives: Adrianna Maliga

About Adrianna Maliga

I'm a Macaulay Honors Student at City College of New York. I went to Brooklyn Tech High School and I played basketball there all 4 years. Throughout my whole life I went to Polish School and learned how to read, write and speak Polish fluently and I even lived in Poland for 2 years when I was 6 to 8 years old. I got to Poland every single summer and work with kids with disabilities, mainly people who have poor or no vision, at a scout camp. During the school year, I participate in a lot of Polish cultural activities, mainly Polish Scouting. I'm a girl scout troop leader in Brooklyn and I work with girls from ages 11 to 15. I love working with children. In college I plan to play both volleyball and basketball. I love playing sports. Currently I am undecided, but I would like to major in something that has to do with biology, chemistry. I'm also good at math and Spanish, so I'm thinking about minoring in Spanish.

Posts by Adrianna Maliga

All of the Lights--posted on Dec 16, 2011
Snapshot to Ekphrasis 2--posted on Nov 21, 2011
Snapshot to Ekphrasis--posted on Oct 19, 2011
Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange--posted on Oct 4, 2011
Adrianna Maliga – Tribute in Light--posted on Sep 16, 2011

Comments by Adrianna Maliga

"Wow, this is great. I really like your ekphrasis, it's as if the character is real even though it is not and you have personified it. I cannot tell what you have personified (maybe the wind?) but it makes it more mysterious and really engaging."
--( posted on Dec 2, 2011, commenting on the post Real Sweetness – Samhita Kattekola )
 
"Try to tell the ekphrasis using your senses. It's off to a good start, but you want to show what's going on. Pretend the picture isn't there, and just use your imagination. To make it stronger, you can use metaphors for the subway (like what you used for the snake) or try to substitute the subway with the snake entirely (make it into a mechanical snake). That would make the ekphrasis more interesting. For example: "The snake like subway slowly, but surely, makes its way into the station and as the carts roll and grind on the tracks it lets out a childlike squeal." Could be: "The snake inched its way into the station. The childlike squeal of the carts as it rolled and ground the tracks could be heard from blocks away." Feel free to use that if you want :)"
--( posted on Dec 2, 2011, commenting on the post The Commuter’s Curse )
 
"I like your photo and your passage a lot, but I feel like your ekphrasis could be more what Prof. George likes to say "Show, don't tell." Try to show the story when you write the ekphrasis, rather than describing what you see in the picture. Pretend that there is NO picture and try to show it the way you want the reader to see it. To me it seems this picture was taken on the train because I think I see roof tops, but I'm not entirely sure. Maybe you want to talk about that in your ekphrasis?"
--( posted on Dec 2, 2011, commenting on the post )