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inside cover art by Eliza Kuyk
Boy and Popsicle (Untitiled Photo) by Maggie Sun
Box dr Submis Bri Ma and Margar
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Man in Uniform at Market (Untitled Photo) by Maggie Sun
Object Study: Jar by Jennifer Zhang
Closed Doorway and Window (Untitled Photo) by Maggie Sun
Blue Flowers, Green Leaves (Untitled Photo) by Maggie Sun
Untitle by Kat
Object by Abi
ed Digital Portrait (above) t Kahler Sidewalk by Jennifer Zhang
t Study: Snow Cone Machine (left) igail Noble
An Accompanied Walk (Untitled Photo) by Maggie Sun A Galaxy in Dots, (Untitled Work) by Teddy Oakey
Jar Study (cont). by Jennifer Zhang
Pink Flowers, Open Pond (Untitled Photo) by Maggie Sun
Untitled Drip Painting by Josie Shields
Object Study: Table Setting, by Alexa Pratt
Untitled Digital, by Emma Finley-Gillis
Untitled Poem, by Qiming Fu CREATION: POWER TO THE PATIENTS by Jennifer Zhang In the world-renowned fresco painting, the Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, the scene of God endowing life to Adam is an all-time classic. God floats in the air, offering his fingertip to Adam in a higher stance; while Adam leans toward the ground, reaching to God with his feeble hands. Doctors are always described as a “God-like” profession, saving countless lives through their actions; however, this impression automatically puts the patients at an unequal position. CREATION: POWER TO THE PATIENTS advocates equality and transparency in Doctor-Patient relationships and demands hospital rights. I believe this action will not be successful without each side’s help and unity. Let us join together, and let the voices be heard.
Light spills from smiles. eyes meet, fingers touch. Wordless communication is a clear prism amplify ambiences into beacons spilling spools of rainbow ribbons, enlightening the skies with declarations of love. To love ruthlessly. Like wild horses galloping in empty fields of green Like bluebirds diving in virgin skies of freedom Like clouds wondering without direction but not without meaning tearing and reforming without shape but always with intention Like the breath of trees singing with leaves and blushing with every touch of the autumn heat To Love, without any strings attached. To Love, without a single string attached
Two to Take in the View (Untitled Photo, above) by Maggie Sun A Statue in 2D by Emma Finley-Gillis (left)
Serenade of a Cingulomanic, by Qiming Fu || There is a delicacy when someone allows you to rest your head on their shoulders, an illusion that it was meant to be when their neck caves and dimples to match the hook of your chin. There is an unspoken bliss in how you can melt into someone so perfectly, and they would allow you like settling dough, like they’re a gentle flame that melts your saddened wax walls into a pool of euphoric incense. There is unspoken intimacy when they’re there at the break of dawn next to you when you’re washed with tears and left these imprints of their skin, dried sorrows evaporated on the tips of fingers, had they held you in the night before, cupped your cheeks like an important thing. There is a misunderstanding in the lost words of one who wishes to be left alone in their solemn silence, when beneath is a desire to be held, even if for a transitory moment in all of dsythmia’s eternity :||
Why is Ending Racism a Debate? by Izzy Sanok (left)
Where is the Fish? by Max Ren (right)
Apple and Serpent by Christina Wang This painting mainly symbolizes a satire on capitalism. The golden apple signifies the endless temptation to humanity of capitalists, and the serpent reflects that the dark side of people is their own. The money– both inside the brain and stomach– means that some people only think of money; they consider everything with money, and, when there are lures for them, they just come to it and fall into the trap. Furthermore, the stomach is an endless hole– once the money runs out, it reveals the greed of people.
A Patriotic “Shush” by Emma Finley-GIllis (left)
Pollution in Van Gogh by Ruby Ford (right)
Untited Photog by Mag
Roses by Jennifer Cheng
Comfort Food by Emma Finley-GIllis
Rat Stu by Laney
d Flower graphs ggie Sun
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Tree, and its Inverse, by Eliza Kuyk I learned that I get kind of angry at my art sometimes and, if I’m working with charcoal, it usually goes somewhere kind of dark inside of me.
Object Study: Bone, by Ruby Ford
Lava Lamp, by Maxwell Taylor
Object Study: Rubix Cube by Maxwell Taylor
Untitled Painting by Sky
Hanging Pend by Abigail No
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Roses (Unitled Photograph) by Maggie Sun
Frog X-Ray by Kat Kahler
An Old Soul (Digial Oil Painting) by Emma Finley-Gillis
Untitled Photographs by Maggie Sun
Mr. Phillips, by Abigail Noble
Untitled Digita Untitled Photographs, by Maggie Sun
al Portrait, by Kat Kahler
Unitled Photographs by Maggie Sun
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