"For Literary Arts 6th grader Vanessa Schulte, sanctuary means being alone." --ALice Stewart, 7th grade
For Literary Arts 6th grader Vanessa Schulte, sanctuary means being alone. Schulte says that for her, “A sanctuary is a place…where I’m…safe from everything, mentally and physically, and it’s just a really safe place for me…[like in my room] I wouldn’t have to…do anything, wouldn’t have to worry, I could just be really calm.” She feels that sanctuary is being by herself and being able to be calm. Like in her room, where she listens to music and plays piano.
Schulte says that she sometimes feels like she “need[s] sanctuary from really…stressful situations. Like where I’m supposed to do a bunch of things, and I just don’t want to do it. And it doesn’t hurt me for that, it just…lets me be in my state of mind.” In her sanctuary, she doesn’t have to do things she doesn’t want to do. She can just be alone, and not have to deal with everything. However, this doesn’t have to be physically being by herself. It can also be a state of mind.
While Schulte has sanctuary in solitude, she also says that her family can be a sanctuary. She says that “...sometimes, it’s like hanging out with my family, but mostly it’s just…a state of mind.” But whether it’s a state of mind, her physical room, or being with others, Schulte finds sanctuary in many different and unique ways, just like everyone else in Literary Arts.
Schulte says that she sometimes feels like she “need[s] sanctuary from really…stressful situations. Like where I’m supposed to do a bunch of things, and I just don’t want to do it. And it doesn’t hurt me for that, it just…lets me be in my state of mind.” In her sanctuary, she doesn’t have to do things she doesn’t want to do. She can just be alone, and not have to deal with everything. However, this doesn’t have to be physically being by herself. It can also be a state of mind.
While Schulte has sanctuary in solitude, she also says that her family can be a sanctuary. She says that “...sometimes, it’s like hanging out with my family, but mostly it’s just…a state of mind.” But whether it’s a state of mind, her physical room, or being with others, Schulte finds sanctuary in many different and unique ways, just like everyone else in Literary Arts.
