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Dreams: Letter from the Editors

Why do we dream, what do we dream about, and why? These questions have become significant during our pandemic-present. Where do we wish we were? What do we want our future to look like? What have we been promised, but never received?  With our final magazine of the year, our ...
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Lavender and Poppies

Do you like lavender or poppies?  Both will put you right to sleep.  Dreamfields lush with flower trances  In valleys six feet deep.  Those who sleep to dream to die  Live in honourary toasts.  While girls who’ve died within my dreams  Become like living ghosts.  If dreams are the subconscious mind  Existing in between  ...
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On the Prairies, Lying Down

Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still preferred vertical compositions over horizontal. He believed verticality was an expression of being alive. He once commented on his home of the Canadian Prairies: “When there were snowstorms, you either stood up and lived or laid down and died.” I am nine years old. My dad ...
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Lucid Dreaming to Unpack Gender Dysphoria

When quarantine began in March of 2020, everybody in lockdown took a nosedive into new hobbies. Most notably, Dalgona coffee reigned over Instagram, then sourdough, and as people got frustrated with that, they leveled down to focaccia. Those not interested in the kitchen returned to childhood games, TV dramas, and anime. I redownloaded Reddit and ...
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Painting

Immortalizing memories that have since turned into dreams
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Steps for Self-Soothing

My winding, relentless efforts towards one night of deep, uninterrupted sleep
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Ode to a shoe

Currently seeking a pair of size 10 Jeffrey Campbell loafers
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Explore: Letter from the Editors

Dear reader, While not being able to print our magazine was certainly an upsetting limitation, we engaged in exploring right along with our contributors to create a digital experience outside of our ordinary online pieces. Their work inspired us to take chances, to dive headfirst into the unknown, with the ...
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I’m not fearing anymore, nor shameful

Exploring culture as a second-gen immigrant
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L’Appel du Vide

(The Call of the Void)