The Leya Papers

Jul 18, 2024

Back to the year 2000

In the new millennium Leya continues her online blog, now named The Leya Papers. Witness her online journey and subscribe to receive the latest Leya blogs or read her recent posts on this page.

The Leya Papers #7 | transform into trouble

Vera Calmer

Oct 31

The Leya Papers #7 | transform into trouble

One of the reasons I’m hesitant about relationships is they somehow influence everything you are. When I was in middle school there were a lot of classmates who were involved with someone. Being boyfriend and girlfriend somehow gave you a status at school. When I entered my fourth year, I had my first boyfriend. It wasn’t love, but we w…

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The Leya Papers #6 | the possible question

Vera Calmer

Aug 8

The Leya Papers #6 | the possible question

Lately I’ve been questioning my choices in life more. Not that I doubt or want to quit anything, on the contrary. However, it doesn’t hurt to evaluate your way of life every once in a while. This is what a philosophy study does to your brain as is meeting other students and people in your world.

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The Leya Papers #5 | into the night

Vera Calmer

Aug 3

Stan was afraid I got a little down and he took me to the Woo again where I met Hidde. He was there with his friends and was surprised to see me. This night I wasn’t up for show and sensation and somehow he noticed my mellow mood. Believe it or not, but we spent the whole night together in the city. While Stan hooked up with some girls,…

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The Leya Papers #4 | the high of reality

Vera Calmer

Jul 28

The Leya Papers #4 | the high of reality

According to Stan, my third blog is what he needed to make my website a sensation, but I don’t want to live to create a sensation. I live, I write and you read. That’s it. I don’t want to live for my blog, let’s make that clear. What happened at De Jaarbeurs wasn’t calculated or created, I lived in the moment and after that I decided to…

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The Leya Papers #3 | a silver sensation

Vera Calmer

Jul 26

How can we hang on to a dream? For me a dream should feel untouchable, unattainable. That’s how it is now since I met Hidde. As I’m not in the city all the time, it’s impossible for me to see him often. I want to believe that is a good thing. When I’m back in my studio on Thursday I don’t hear from him and I don’t see him. I decide to l…

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The Leya Papers #2 | wig of power

Vera Calmer

Jul 23

It’s funny how one day you can feel strong and powerful and the next day vulnerable and useless. The experiences couldn’t be further from each other, but each one of them are part of my reality. Strangely I can feel vulnerable on the inside and seem powerful on the outside. It seems like the wig of power remains on me through every chal…

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The Leya Papers #1 | strange phenomenon

Vera Calmer

Jul 19

A new millennium means a new beginning. To start over with whatever you want to change in your life. As you can see I’ve changed the name of this blog into the Leya Papers. Since it’s not 1999 anymore I thought it was better to change the name and now the name is the Leya Papers. It’s a name that has so many opportunities and gives me t…

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