Issue VII

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By Morgan Stoermer My dog follows me to the bathroom. And you know what? It’s one of my favorite things. He will get up from his comfy spot on the couch, wander down the hall, and lay down on the bathmat, just to be close to me. To have

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Our Mantra

By Peyton Weeks My submission is a collage titled “Our Mantra”. The quote in the center of the piece is a mantra that has carried my family through generations. I feel that this connects to the theme orbit because the quote reflects how I’ve carried myself through life. As

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Smoke

By Dina Mistry Summer and winter touch my lips like leaves vanishing out of sight. They don’t stay the way I want them to be. The leaves dance with the wind, sing with the birds and I stand there, knowing it will all leave me too. My beloved both

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Calmer Waves

By Reebie Flowers It's safe to say, “ the calmer one's spirit is, the safer one feels.” Isn't it brave to believe the severity of the importance of nervous regulation? In the state of longevity, if terms are lived day by day. How can one

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Yvonne is back

By Josiane Kouagheu March 26, 2026. Cité de Billes. Douala. Cameroon. Yvonne is back with tenor voice at the peak of the border. and when her apron stifles, she water her threats with the shadows of the sun. Yvonne is back. not the penitence. not the sentence. not the silence.

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My brother, my torturer (xxxxxviii)

By Josiane Kouagheu March 27, 2026. Cité de Billes. Douala. Cameroon. if my wall had ears, they wouldn’t have been in my face, waving like crazy idols. they would have been my guardians against the sleeping guitars, the toxic angels & rebels of my brother. if only the nights

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The melting pot of destruction

By Josiane Kouagheu The melting pot of destruction (iv ) March 27, 2026. Cité de Billes. Douala. Cameroon. the darkness. like doorbells’ ears. they clothe the eyes of my photos and the loads of Mes videos. and they slow down like empty bottles. when they are hot, i cannot back up

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Circular Boundries

Meet The Artist Orbit involves circular boundaries and repetition, so these pieces can be considered doing so beings such. Bio Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Lithuanian/Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and

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"In Our Orbit"

By Teresa Shemitz Meet the Artist

The Latino Arts of Long Island Organization

By Tabitha Batu-Tiako

This Present Moment used to be the Unimaginable Future

By Chiara Ansioso

The Art of Hands

By Kiersten White, Sydney Holton, and Nicole Dees Dance performances and choreography by Sydney Holton and Kiersten White. Videography and editing by Nicole Dees. By using our hands, we are able to tell stories across language, time, and cultures through gestures and body language. Dance is another way we use

Unity Forever Held

By Morgan Stoermer Video essay with original photos by Morgan Stoermer. Taken at the New York City Women's March held on March 25, 2025. We use our hands to fight. Not in violence, but in declaration. Our hands hold the pens we use to write. Our hands turn

Hands Too Heavy to Hold

By Blue Dampf Lately, I feel like every hand I touch turns to stone. It’s as if the warmth I mean to offer somehow stiffens into pressure. I reach out wanting to hold, to soothe, to connect. And yet, all I seem to do is solidify what was once

What Does Home Mean To You?

By Allyson Cabreza and Brittany Enos We use our hands to fight. Not in violence, but in declaration. Our hands hold the pens we use to write. Our hands turn to fists as a sign of support, resistance and power. Our hands hold signs and posters. Posters that share, encourage,

Holding Hands Across Time

By Leah Lederman Holding Hands Across Time0:00/53.3573331× This experimental audio piece is a reflection of how different generations continue to be represented and carried on by future generations. I used my great grandfather's interview done by the Shoah project about his life experience as a

What a Shame!

By Emma Winton Single- Listen on Jumpshare

On Being a Bum

For the fortunately restless By Elise Uhlar For my entire life, I have suffered from the sort of restlessness for which there is no cure, and only one prescribed form of management. Last spring, this condition would begin to claw at my mind’s tender corpus. New York I love

Of Hands and Human Things

By Maura Strickland This piece connects to the theme of hands by exploring how they embody connection within human nature.

Turtles don’t have hands

By Meredith Kelly

Ink Stains of Liberation

Tattooing Palestine’s Resistance in NYC By Peyton Weeks Inside a small tattoo studio, the atmosphere is filled with creativity and purpose. An artist, dressed in all black attire, a blue bandana, and adorned with tattoos, leans over a client, their hands moving with care and precision as they bring

On not Re-Reading

By Ben Schlotman I will never re-read A Prayer for Owen Meany. I have only fond memories of my bony eighth-grader’s hands turning the thin pages, taking in every word, every scene, every 1950s cultural reference I didn’t understand. In the immediate aftermath of reading it, for at

My Flowers that Never Die

By Emma Johnson Photographs of my flower collection that grows over time, just not in length. They were made through crochet, which is my favorite art form because it keeps my hands busy, relieving my stress. Crocheting is the ultimate artistic medium to me because it acts as both a

Somewhere In-Between

By Abigail Abbott-White My hands are working hard to make a difference— yet seem to land somewhere in-between, to where they are and where they have always been. My hands plucked debris off of Rockaway’s shores, mindfully searching for every colorful speck. Some you may recognize, some you may

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Projects eligible for submission include podcasts, photos, videos, and illustrations.  Podcasts should be at minimum 5 minutes and maximum 30 minutes. Please upload an mp3 or mp4 version of your podcast. We also accept video versions of podcasts.  Photos include photo essays, a feature from your portfolio, and photo series.