Beating Hearts final.jpgIt's early morning, the sun rises on a
small coastal beach town. A young girl still in her pajamas
enters her mother's bedroom. Innocent in appearance, the child
at first embraces her mother. Wielding a large butcher's knife,
the daughter's affection instantly snaps into shocking
aggression as she violently thrusts the blade into her mother's
heart.   After stabbing her mom beyond physical recognition, the
young girl takes a moment for reflection, gazing into a large
mirror while wiping excess blood away from her face. She slowly
travels through her spacious and beautiful dockside home. Her
facial expression is puzzling. A vibrant shade of red painted on
her lips, she seems enraptured with a sense of whimsy but not
without trepidation. Happy, scared, and guilt ridden all at the
same time. The young girl walks past the grisly aftermath of a
homicidal rampage with a newly found sense of freedom, a freedom
earned through the blood of her family members.  But how was it
that such a small g