My notebook is a penny. I am the penny, and while I am empty, and lost like a penny with a hole in it, the message in/on the bottle is my hope (Olileanya in the Igbo language) and hope is the concept of my South. The message is addressed to God and to my future self, hoping they find me. The pillars of white and brown represent my faith in God and trust in myself, they help keep me open.

Jolly Chidiadi James is a Nigerian self-discoverer. He is currently studying computer engineering at the New York City College of Technology. He loves to write short stories, poems, plays and study philosophy. He is on a journey to tell the greatest story ever told: his story.