Welcome insomniacs, dreamers, late-night schemers, stargazers, workaholics, club kids, night-shift workers, sleepless wanderers, and up-’til-dawners, to everyone burning the candle at both ends, whose midnight oil has long since turned to the wee hours of the morning: this is for you. 3am may be Hemingway’s “dark night of the soul” but it is also a time of night when people are out having fun, people are putting finish touches on projects that they have poured their soul into, people are at their most vulnerable, and intimate moments abound in the dark. We at ISO hope you enjoy a peak into our communities’ sleepless moments. Love, Nina & Katie
Night The time I feel truly alive I feel rejuvenated Liberated I feel like I can fly There is no chaos nor drama Stillness 3 am Sitting in my room Looking out the window Observing a beautiful city Beautiful New York City No people No sirens No endless loudness It’s just me Me, myself, and night Shallow lights Merely a few sounds Equilibrium I feel like I can fly Fly far away to Neverland Where 3 am is inescapable Constant period of time 3 am I am begging you Don’t leave me Stay And let me fly away Masha Bordovskikh
Bright Ink When we met I hated you But now you walk me home And since we talked that night My clock has been stuck at 3 am I don’t know you But you’re as broken as me And being broken together is better Than being broken alone It’s high noon But we live for the nights The dark is a friend When you know the stars Is it me, Or is the moon shining brighter Tonight Maybe we’re not ok Maybe we’re damaged But damn if we’re not Taking the world by storm Show the brightness in dark Let the glow and the ink meld And hope that it comes out With shine woven through the blackness Nina Dietz
ISO STAFF: Editors: Nina Dietz and Katie McGowan
Head of Design: Alyssa Dickson and Clara Reed
Faculty Advisor: Editha Mesina
Photo Editors: Melody Ball
Isabelle Beauchamp
Masha Bordovskikh
Roxanne Dierking
Chloe Duguord
Eric Hart Jr.
Kavya Krishna
Paige Labuda
Rou Leonard
Rachel Ombok
Alina Patrick
Katina Pennington
Kendall Ross
Lauren Stone
Emilio Miguel Torres
Callie Willliams
Grace Whitecomb
Sophie Yewell
Derek Koffi-Ziter
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Chloe Dugourd / cover
Tejan Rahim / left
Paige Labuda / right
Rou Leonard / left
Ari Adams / right
Kevin Carneiro
Cora Rafe / left
Natsha Fenga / right
Katina Pennington / right
Raymond Zrike / left
Sammy Nelson / left
Crispin Tan / right
Jeff Thomas / right
Ari Adams / left, right
Rou Leonard / left
Katina Pennington / left
Raymond Zrike / right
Sammy Nelson
Nina Dietz / left
Jay Arora / left
Kevin Carneiro
Paige Labuda / right
Tejan Rahim
(Waffle House Photo)
(Starlight Photo)
Clara Reed / left
Kendall Ross / right
Katie McGowan / right
(Camo Guys Photo)
Shantal Kim / left
Demian Albrahim / right
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Deborah Willis The Department of Photography and Imaging Tisch Undergraduate Student Council