by itchysilk | Apr 27, 2026 | THE ITCH
this is a story, some based on reality, other parts, not so much, i’ll leave that to your imagination. A black crow perches in the arms of a willow, keeping watch over the land unfurled beneath it. The ground is gentle – soft with bloom – strewn with...
by itchysilk | Apr 15, 2026 | THE ITCH
What As You Like It teaches us about escape, identity, and the quiet fantasy of starting over. Something of an afterthought Isabel Adomakoh Young as Orlando and Nina Bowers as Rosalind in As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe. (2023) Photograph: Ellie Kurttz There’s a...
by celeste | Feb 20, 2026 | THE ITCH
Pathetic fallacy is a literary device in which human emotions, thoughts, or intentions are attributed to non-human elements of the natural world – such as weather, landscapes, animals, or inanimate objects. When writers describe the sky as “angry,” the wind as...
by Sophie Roy | Feb 16, 2026 | Scratch, THE ITCH
Many people will tell you that grief is what thrusts you into adulthood—that it marks the moment when the world stops feeling padded. It is the instant you understand that love and loss are not opposites but extensions of the same experience. Loss is love. Or perhaps...
