Campus Culture

Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression is a biannual publication of MTSU’s Honors College. Each semester a student-led committee receives entries of creative work, such as art, photography, short stories, essays, short plays, song lyrics, poetry, audio, and video from students and recent alumni. mtsu.edu/collage

Contemplating Flight

Sculpture

Sarah Comer

Through the Looking Glass

Drawing

Nhi Diep

i am my mother's daughter

by Cassie Vistoso

when i am with you every solid ounce of my teenaged pride resurfaces and bends itself around our differences

where you are bold and sharp and talkative i follow behind you, still and subtle and enigmatic when you said you could not bear a sky without sun i fell in love with the rain

but when i am alone cupping my life with my own two hands and people ask about my parents i say “i have my mother’s face, though you might not notice it at first. her expressions are my own” when people find the sharp edges of your passion in my blood i say proudly that “i am my mother’s daughter” where you were brave and loud and full of fire i am following behind you full of flame

Rusty

Acrylic on Canvas

Jillian DeGrie

Shafer Canyon Overlook

Photography

Jessejoie Curada