Issue V: Maps Wings By Abby Boldy I wanted to soar. I wanted to feel in flight as I moved around the dance floor. For a dancer, the studio is more than a training location. Because we spend countless hours mastering skills in a studio, this space transforms into a safe, reliable second home.
Issue V: Maps "Woolf's Words" By Tess Herwick Virginia Woolf’s way with words is not lost on generations of readers who seek out her peculiar yet resonant stream-of-consciousness writing style. This semester, I read Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, and To the Lighthouse, three stories with which Woolf infuses her unique perspective in order to put
Issue V: Maps Map of My Ancestral Spirits By Abena Gyampo Artist statement: An illustration of me reading a map with two ancestral spirits guiding me. Above there is a star with a Ghanaian adinkra symbol which symbolizes hope and inspiration because learning about my heritage has been a very long, but also fulfilling and inspiring journey for
Issue V: Maps "Entre Os Lados" By Julia Fisher In “Entre os Lados”, I investigate the particularities of my upbringing as a Texan of Brazilian and British descent. While exploring thoughts of self-identity, and the feeling of disconnect from familial roots due to diaspora, I consider my mother and I’s experience and the lack of
Issue V: Maps God's Calling By Courtney Hahn One of the questions for this submission asks how my pathways have shaped me. As much as I would love to say they are mine, they are not. My pathways are God’s pathways. I come from a loving, Heavenly creator who has painted His abundant love,
Issue V: Maps Physical Pain vs. Painful Guilt By Olivia Kaschak I’ve always considered pain to be an essential part of life. To learn, to navigate our world, to mature—you need to bleed. Pain is a physical reminder of being human. It tells us that we work correctly, that we experience the right reactions to bad
Issue V: Maps A letter to the NRA By Ella Neel At fifteen years old I was taught how to shelter in place from an active shooter. At fifteen I got my driver's permit. I also developed a fear of big bags, and loud noises, and developed a sense of paranoia that never left. I was
Issue V: Maps The Weeping Eyes of a Woman By Roisin Regan I cried on the phone to my mother today, but she does not know that. My mother does not like the woman I have become. I don’t fit the idea of the woman that she envisioned for me. On the phone, I asked her if I
Issue V: Maps "In and Out" By Kristen Griffin Falling in love. Weaving in and out of each other's lives, taking on new roles. Strangers to roommates to friends to lovers to strangers who live together. Memories are everywhere. Feelings impossible to kill. Meet Kristen Griffin
Issue V: Maps Tunnel Vision By Emily Roche My submission is an autobiographic dance performance entitled “Tunnel Vision”. Tunnel vision describes the idea of having no peripheral vision and only seeing in the center of your field of view. I interpreted this concept as it applies to mindset, representing a “one-track mind”, and how this
Issue V: Maps Algo Automatico By Alexis Hernandez Author’s Note: When writing Algo Automatico I found that I reflected heavily on my time flying between both my hometown and New York. While New York is rewarding I have found that there is always this feeling of an automatic switch. When I first moved to
Issue V: Maps Dear Lovely By Sarya Dany Dear Lovely, Do you remember the time when we would wake up at the first peak of sunlight on summer days and go into the Garden picking out the lilies mum would plant? Mum would tell us that each lily we picked represented our love for one
Issue V: Maps Dear 2020 By Alexis Zizzo Dear 2020, Today is truly nothing special, but honestly, none of them are. Nothing has meaning unless provided. You, for example, had no meaning until the life-shattering pandemic declared you the worst year ever. It wasn't until the world shut down that we all really
Issue V: Maps "Love, you" By Libby Dusek Dear Self, Every second I am growing up and never wasting time. I appreciate every single moment of life. I cherish it like my baby doll I held so tightly clingy on with my delicate fingers. Once upon a time, dressing it up into too big clothes,
Issue V: Maps Introversion Within Undergraduate Institutions By Winter Harrison Abstract The purpose of this study is to dive into why introversion in higher education learning is looked down upon and why extroversion is upheld by professors as well as in college courses/curriculums . This study is a phenomenology and uses the primary research method of gathering
Issue V: Maps Mapping out Growth: My College Expedition By Peter Bruno In my years of adolescence, I was never one to receive many favors. I have always had an independent mindset and sought to complete my endeavors without outside help. I realized very early on in life that I was not going to be one to receive major
Issue V: Maps Warning Signs: My Childhood of Isolation and Accommodations By Shannon Maiello Many of the choices of my childhood were affected by other people. Due to the hours both of my parents worked, I was always in aftercare following my school day. This time after school was when I could socialize and be a kid, without the consequences of
Issue V: Maps The Amalfi Coast By Geoffrey Doig-Marx A map took me to Italy. These are my drawings of what I saw and experienced along The Amalfi Coast. It was a different world filled with amazing people, colors, and food. Meet Geoffrey Doig-Marx
Issue V: Maps "En Route" By Zaccai Tomlinson Artist Statement: My submission is a collection of pictures of my travels, I have had the pleasure of living abroad for a few months, and it has shaped me into who I am as a person, each picture represents a different time of my life and how
Issue V: Maps Blossoms By Victoria May My mother was an artist. Memories flow from my childhood as I first discovered my mother's paintings from a sketch of a kitten from kindergarten to a recreation of Duran Duran’s Rio album cover in her final year of college. I was mesmerized by
