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SELLADORE "I was astonished when someone first showed that by writing cellar door as Selladore one produces an enchanting proper name.” - C.S. Lewis “Your language too has soft and beautiful words, but they are not always appreciated. What could be more musical than your word cellar-door?” - W.D. Howells “The modern small home or apartment has ... deprived today's child of ... the pleasant summer afternoon activity of sliding down cellar doors. Just what happened to the slanted cellar door in this efficient age isn't clear; although cellars have remained, nothing has disappeared more quietly from modern life than these cellar doors.” - William Chapman White “This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that ‘cellar door’ is the most beautiful.” - Karen Pomeroy “Sell a cellar, door a cellar, sell a cellar cellar-door, door adore, adore a door, selling cellar, door a cellar, cellar cellar-door. There is damned little meaning and less sense in such a sentence, but there is, unless my tonal balance is askew, twice more rhythm and twice more lovely sound in it than in anything, equally idiotic, that Miss Gertrude ever confected.” - George Jean Nathan “I’m like you ...I remember everything.” - André Aciman “No. It’s not a name. It’s something else. Selladore, it’s not a princess’ name, it can’t be. Selladore… is a place… It is a place which is revered by all who know of it. A sacred place marked at its centre by… by trees.” - David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford
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Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tracklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,8 Space Rainbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Anonymous Pomegranate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Elizabeth Chen-Baker Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Anonymous pt. 1 - with me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Erika Rossi pt. 2 - collective enlightenment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Erika Rossi Tunnel Between Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Anonymous Dove as it Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Anonymous esso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Anonymous Untitled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Anonymous Roseboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 BMJS Broken Rainbows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INTRODUCTIO Within these pages are entire worlds, constellations of meaning and purpose brought to bear upon us by the students of Elmwood. There is a startling array of techniques and styles fraught with humour, passion and intent. Though each piece says something different they are similar in that they all say something, meaningful and forcefully. We started this journal for this express purpose, to give the students of this school an opportunity to regain control over language, to exert agency where there might exist passivity. These authors have tamed language to meet their emotional ends and, in so doing, give you the reader an understanding that such things are possible, no matter your age or intent. We ask simply that you read these words with an open mind, an open heart and with the understanding that, should you choose to express yourself as well, we will be waiting for you with the next issue. Sincerely, Your Editors
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Heartstopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adiescar Chase
Heather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conan Gray
Promise of the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Howl’s Moving Castle
Great Fairy’s Fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legend of Zelda
Merry-Go-Round of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howl's Moving Castle
Waltz of the Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tchaikovsky
HandClap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fitz and The Tantrums
I'm Yours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Mraz
I Love You 3000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephanie Poetri
Eyes Blue Like The Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sista Prod (feat. Subvrbs)
Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clean Bandit (feat. Zara Larsson)
Wake Me Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avicii
Hey, Soul Sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Train
Sweater Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Neighbourhood
Shut Up and Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WALK THE MOON
Best Day Of My Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Twenty One Two
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Another Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Odell
Stereo Hearts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gym Class Heroes (feat. Adam Levine)
Kings and Queens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ava Max
Can’t Hold Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Ray Dalton)
Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Charlie Puth
Are You Bored Yet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wallows (feat. Clairo)
Play Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Melanie Martinez
Mariposa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Peach Tree Rascals
Infinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jaymes Young
Galway Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ed Sheeran
Rockabye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clean Bandit (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) Sweet but Psycho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ava Max
Viva La Vida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coldplay
Primadonna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marina
Say My Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Guetta
We Are Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
fun. (feat. Janelle Monáe)
Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Calvin Harris
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pt. 1 - with me Erika Rossi
I can’t imagine Spending a moment in your gaze Penetrated by your light, The kind that connects me to you After spending an absurd amount of time Somehow getting lost in you, It begins to scare me We have molded back into one Our energy fields have escaped I want to see you in your body again, To fight my own demons I want to fight them with you, On you, Beside you. I want you to show me something. Can you come with me?
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pt. 2 - collective enlightenment Erika Rossi
The sun burns through my eyes as I climb the bright green hill, all colors at my disposal melting into one. My eyes are burning Burning Away with the shadow All that I have loved and let go of The ego stands at my front, Longing to make love to it’s closest soul Wanting to become one with it once again But I only know how to treat her as equal And I do want her I force away the hands of gravity as I enter, Burning up upon entry, In a way this signifies that it is my destiny. The Earth spins below my self, and shrinks in disproportionate proportions. It bends down to my size Knowing exactly what I can take I feel my eyes burning Burning sensation traveling down to my crown My centers And then back outward As if I had never owned a physical form But felt touch like electricity. An electrical current that connected myself to something greater The only thing that signalled to my mind, it didn’t exist. You’re not real. There is only one thing all humans are capable of. (why) Must I take from the collective.
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esso, Anonymous
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From under oppressive currents we rise.
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Broken Rainbows BMJS It starts off slow, a light bu-bum in my chest, I can barely notice it. Then you do something stupid. Smile at me. Touch your hair. It starts speeding up, bu-bum, bu-bum, bu-bum.
I ignore it. I have to. No one can know. My eyes flicker over your movements. Small things. A twitch of fingers. A parting of lips. A nervous tilt of your head.
Faster. Bu-bum, bu-bum, bu-bum, bu-bum. It’s harder to ignore it now. I’m quite sure it’s pushing against my ribcage. I can barely breathe.
I close my eyes for darkness but you bloom, full of colour, before me. Bu-boom, bu-boom, bu-boom, bu-boom, bu-boom. The sound rises in my ears and I’m sure the whole world can hear it. I’m not sure I care.
Bu-bum, bu-bum, bu-bum. The colours bloom before my eyes and I smile. The rain was always the best part of the rainbow.
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WRITERS Bianca Sugunasiri Erika Rossi ARTISTS Bianca Sugunasiri Elizabeth Chen-Baker EDITOR Bianca Sugunasiri DESIGN COMMITTEE Bianca Sugunasiri Emma Farquhar Stella Fisher Storm Voloshina IMMORTAL FOUNDERS Megan Sweeney Safa Siddiqui PAST EDITORS Abigail Butler Hannah Gerring Sophia Swettenham Linnea Dalvi Madeleine Klebanoff O’Brien Zaina Khan 23