ORENDA Magazine Vol. 1 Issue #3

SEP 2020

RENDA

VOL. 1: MERAKI

Issue #3

ORENDA MEDIA www.theorendamedia.com

SUBMISSIONS orendamediainfo@gmail.com

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I want to start off by saying, I'm overwhelmed by the amount of support and love ORENDA Magazine has gotten over the past couple of months. Since COVID-19 started, I wanted to find a new way of giving creatives a new platform to display their talents and inspired by LUCY'S and so many other digital magazines, I decided to start one. In these past couple months, I've gotten to meet some incredibly talented creatives and so many of them have such incredible work. We got a total of a little over 250 submissions, even after we closed our submissions. This volume of ORENDA Magazine is themed "MERAKI" which means to put some of yourself in your work. We asked creatives to send us a collection of their work for us to publish that best represented them and their work. I'm excited for the future of ORENDA Magazine, and I hope those reading this enjoy the talent of the 90+ creatives incorporated in this volume.

Ezzah Rafique Founder/Editor-in-Chief

@mediaorenda

@orendamedia

@orendamedia

ORENDA MEDIA www.theorendamedia.com

SUBMISSIONS

RENDA MAGAZINE

orendamediainfo@gmail.com

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I want to start off by saying, I'm overwhelmed by the amount of support and love ORENDA Magazine has gotten over the past couple of months. Since COVID-19 started, I wanted to find a new way of giving creatives a new platform to display their talents and inspired by LUCY'S and so many other digital magazines, I decided to start one. In these past couple months, I've gotten to meet some incredibly talented creatives and so many of them have such incredible work. We got a total of a little over 250 submissions, even after we closed our submissions. This volume of ORENDA Magazine is themed "MERAKI" which means to put some of yourself in your work. We asked creatives to send us a collection of their work for us to publish that best represented them and their work. I'm excited for the future of ORENDA Magazine, and I hope those reading this enjoy the talent of the 90+ creatives incorporated in this volume.

Ezzah Rafique Founder/Editor-in-Chief

@mediaorenda

@orendamedia

@orendamedia

Vol. 1 Issue 3

Meraki Edition

Founder/Editor-in-Chief Ezzah Rafique Design & Layout Director Mohja Filfil

Communications Director Iman Tanzeem

Social Media Director Sofi Murillo

Contributors in this Issue Ezzah Rafique, Galib Rahman, Jessy Perez-Perez, Sydney Jackson, Peyton Hudson, Elizabeth Watkins, Orchee Sorker, Paul Lee, Shelby Stotler, Jamal Bonaparte, Brianna Cardis, Victoria Jolley, Zachery Robinson, Omar Arroyo Ramirez, Hannah Ryan, Gabrielle Dunn, Dom Di Palermo, Cody Morgan, Bryan Nelson, Georgie Godinez, Grace Rodrigue, Zara Sah, Ryan Scott, Nicole Moriarity, Tom Nethersole, Tristen Rothrum, John Grega, Danny Martin, Caroline Araiza, Astra17 (Spencer Astramecki), M00dydesigns (Bethany Moody), blossom et bloom (Yasha Siddiqui), & Teri Anderson

FRONT COVER: Caleb Nelson (Photographer) with Stone Griffith, Jessica Erickson, & Callie Conley (Models) BACK COVER: Paulina Rajski (Photographer) with Claudia Rajski (Model)

MERAKI TO DO SOMETHING WITH SOUL, CREATIVITY, AND LOVE TO PUT SOMETHING OF YOURSELF IN YOUR WORK

Photographer Ezzah Rafique

@ezzahphotography

Model Tazmeen Rizvi

@tazmeen.rizvi

GalibRahman Portraits

Photographer Galib Rahman

Model

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Ash Leon

Model Belle

Model Kuhokee

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SELF PORTRAIT Photographer & Model Jessy Perez

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@jessyperezperez

NMH "I make rap music but it’s more like soft or lofi really, nothing real hype or anything, just chill stuff. I got into music because I had just met someone named Edward Morfin and he said he could produce and mix music for me, and I had never thought about music seriously prior, so I said why not and started with him. You can find my music on Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, Amazon Music, etc."

Model Evie Hussain @evie.hussaini

Model Allison Tran

Photographer Sydney Jackson @jessyperezperez

Photographer Peyton Hudson

@peytonscowphotography

Model Remi Rice

@remi_mae3

Model Shelby Howell

@shelby._howell

Photographer Elizabeth Watkins

@_elizabeth.w.photography_

Model Sydney Howell

@sydneyy.howell

Photographer Elizabeth Watkins

@_elizabeth.w.photography_

Model Faith Baker

@faith.eb

Photographer Orchee Sorker

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Photographer Orchee Sorker

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Model Tanishi Sorker

Exotic

Photographer Ezzah Rafique

@ezzahphotography

Model Laiba Piracha

@k.laibaaa

The Hidden Secrets of Princeton Photographer Paul Lee

@paul.lee.19

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Shelby Stotler

Jamal Bonaparte

@photographs.by.shelby

Model

@jamalshootstoo

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Tayla Figueroa

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Brianna Cardis

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Model IIman Tanzeem

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John Grega

Digital Artist @from_above_clothing & @johngrega

"My Creative Journey" Danny Martin @martdann

To be a creative is to be forever critical of the work you put out into the world perfection is an archetypal characteristic of artists everywhere

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seeing the light of day than anything else

But why does that exist

perfection in my head is not self

but there to please other people

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serving

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That pressure to put out

It has kept more pieces of art from never In my personal journey

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,

that narrator of

It was conditioned by society to

create for other people to get the most praise possible and avoid judgment at all costs

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This perfection mindset

is based upon the fear of judgment from other people and leads us astray from why we started in the first place

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for the love of expression

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I used to base my success on the number of likes my work would receive

led to burnout and losing interest in the craft love of process is a broken system

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You see I set out in

2020

straight from those times

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The reason I was able to figure this out

with a goal in mind

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and that led to deep depression

Photography was meditative for me in times of stress

and the art I would produce was purely out of passion

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to learn how to tell my

to being forced to drop out of college because of an autoimmune disease

able to go into nature and capture the beauty of life surrounding us

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and it

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For

I went

and battled

I have been able to heal myself of most mental and physical wounds through holistic means

out of that darkness rose my creativity

instantly

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The last decade of my life was filled with ridiculous adversity and so many hardships

years I was crippled with anxiety to the point of extreme isolation

that for years

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I realized that creating for other people s praise and not for the

and perfection is an indicator of that

is because I had a realization from my past story to the world

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,

and

because I was

It started so organically and I fell in love

As my journey continued I would hit walls

because my motives would change into that perfection mindset I described where I would value likes over everything

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The

2020

goal has given me the awareness I needed to get back to my roots and reminded me why I

started taking photos in the first place as a weakness

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.

Telling my story has not been easy because vulnerability can be looked at

but it gave me a reason to share the content I wanted to stay hidden forever

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content has sparked a new passion inside where my success is based solely on expression performance

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And now that and not on

My current project is a documentary film about redemption and rising from adversity

complete that goal I set out at the beginning of the year go against the grain

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and get back to the roots of creating without regard to others opinions

disappears when you create out of pure love for your work based in love

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and it will

My hope is to inspire people to live life on their terms

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and pure love for yourself

it is already perfect

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,

to

Perfection

because if anything is

Drug Lord to Dad to Possible Cult Member

By: Caroline Araiza @caroline_araiza_freelance

Astra17 By: Spencer Astramecki

spencer.astramecki@gmail.com Astra17.redbubble.com @spencerastramecki

I believe that colors have a huge impact on others, and I feel it’s not used enough within street fashion. My goal has been to use my own art designs in a colorful way. I see the most dull clothing lines everywhere and don’t see why the never thought of it as dull in the first place. Vibrancy tells people a story as well as I do.

Black and white is OVERRATED! Redbubble has been my favorite place to upload fine designs to the public and have been shipping orders all over the United States, and many other countries including the UK. I create clothes, art pieces, accessories, you name it I got it. I never thought this would be a second job for me, especially a job that I love. Something about creating artwork yourself and seeing others truly happy with it is a feeling like no other

M00dydesigns By: Bethany Moody @M00dydesigns

ABOUT: m00dydesigns is an embroidery business. I make custom made t-shirts, jumpers, hoodies and face masks. The audience for the business is anyone who loves to get creative. I am able to bring peoples designs to life and allow them to showcase their designs on material. In contrast, I create my own designs which I believe reach a range of audiences. Such as a One Direction collection WHY?: During lockdown I gained the skill of embroidering. I bought a pack of needles and some coloured thread and started my first project on a pair of jeans. This then made me realise the passion I have for embroidering and I knew I wanted to carry it on. Three months later, I have invested in an embroidery machine, in regular contact with wholesalers and have an instagram that is growing everyday.

WHERE?: I have an Etsy page ‘m00dydesignsShop’, however most of my orders are made through instagram.

blossom et bloom By: Yasha Siddiqui

The focus of my business is to create unique pieces of jewellery, primarily with flowers encased in resin. All the flowers used are washed, dried and pressed by me. Every piece is thought-out and carefully made over 48 hours to ensure texture and optimum appearance. All packaging is recyclable, and I get all my resources from UK- based businesses to support our economy.

I’ve always being inspired by art and creativity. I’m an engineering student, so my life is mainly maths and physics. I don’t get to express my passion for design often. This is the biggest motivation for me to start this business. I get to put art and design and my passion for flowers together into beautiful pieces of jewellery that I can be proud of. People can shop through my Depop shop (@blossometbloom) I have new additions every week!

Art By: Teri Anderson @tinyteri13

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