Endless Green

Photo by Emily Karasick By Emily Karasick Living on a college campus, it’s easy to stay within the walls and world of your college. My friends and I dream of endless green, native plants, and feeling the lightness of a golden afternoon. But even in times of exploration, we carry the morning and everything to…… Continue reading Endless Green

Parasitic Blain

Photo by Megan Du By Megan Du One day I had a strange dream in which I was watering my garden and suddenly the spikes of a plant pierced my skin and made my leg start to bleed. I went to the hospital to have the swollen and painful blain examined, but the doctor was…… Continue reading Parasitic Blain

Collecting Dolphins and Heart-Shaped Rocks: An Excerpt

Photo by Michelle Anna Boire By Michelle Anna Boire This series of photographs is from a larger project I created in 2009 in which I studied the connection between the conscious and sub-conscious. My focus was on memories, and how they are formed, with an emphasis on oral history and the re-telling of memories. The…… Continue reading Collecting Dolphins and Heart-Shaped Rocks: An Excerpt

Flower Cycle

Photo by Sigra DeWeese By Sigra DeWeese Flower Cycle: Lilacs  This is not sweet love  It is not hope or  Longing looks  It’s the stringent  Smell of fear-sweat  Prey in my own neurons  Because nothing  Makes a heart race  Like the unknown  Flower Cycle: Pink Rose  You ask how long you have to wait to…… Continue reading Flower Cycle

Rediscovering Photography in the Desert

Photo by Eryn DuChene By Eryn DuChene Having never traveled further west than Buffalo, NY, I boarded the plane to Las Vegas not knowing what to expect. The only knowledge I had of this place was from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the alluring presence most bring up when talking about “Sin City.”…… Continue reading Rediscovering Photography in the Desert

The Way of Nature

Photo by Charlie Davies By Charlie Davies I wrote this text as a celebration of change.  In nature, I see so many examples of change. Birds molt, caterpillars metamorphose, water shifts its state, even some rocks transform into others. Some natural phenomena seem almost artificial, like bioluminescence in fireflies or comb jellies. I have always…… Continue reading The Way of Nature

Girls Like Me

Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Kleigh Balugo In May, I wrote an essay called “Girls Like Me: Finding a Cure for Yellow Fever.” Writing it helped me cope with a past relationship where I was fetishized for being Asian. Since then, I’ve been thinking a lot about my place in the world and how my…… Continue reading Girls Like Me

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Photo by Cecilia Kegler By Cecilia Kegler I was about 8 years old when my sisters and I were coming back from a friend’s birthday party when my mom drove us past this old victorian house on Lake Cherokee. I remember my mom pointing to it and telling us that one day we’d live there…… Continue reading 614

Serene

Photo by Aian Tabor By Aian Tabor These are photos taken of people I’ll probably never see again, and they probably didn’t even know their photo was being taken. To me, these photos hold a special place in my heart. They were taken when I was going through a particularly rough time in my life, but…… Continue reading Serene