THINGS INTERNET
#005
This is the first issue of Things with a non-Boston based artist on the cover but this feeds into the issue’s theme perfectly. This issue is all about the Internet, the very thing that makes this magazine possible. Having Orion Carloto on the cover made perfect sense as she is someone who gained prominence through internet platforms. Mandusu and I worked hard to set the focus of such a broad theme on millennials and how they use the internet. Millennials - people who grew up in the 2000s - are developing as teenagers in world where Internet fame has actual power. They are growing up in a world where social media can give their artwork exposure or their business a start. They exist in an age where anything is possible, all the time, just by clicking a few buttons. They exist in a space where age is no longer limiting and previously distant ideas are at their fingertips. My mom likes to tell me about when she was a teen in the 80s and how she was confined to what was around her; she didn’t know about jobs like art curating or nail polish naming because there was no article on Twitter to read or even a Google search. She knew what was in front of her and only what was in front of her. She never had the opportunity to create an online magazine since there was no “online.” I remind myself of this whenever I make a new friend on Instagram or look at how the magazine has grown because of Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. Many of these internet platforms are being invented while millennials are in their teen years and this issue explores how they’re using these new platforms to shape style, art and culture. It was interesting to think about how something I use in my everyday life has affected how I create and share my creations and how millennials create and share their creations. Thank you for supporting teens and their artwork and enjoy.
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boston teens on style We interviewed the stylish attendees of our September meetup on social media’s impact on the current fashion game. Photography by Sienna Kwami
Name? Ishrat Qureshi Age? 17 What inspires you? Everybody that I’m with and everything that I see and family - mainly friends. And Nature and other artists. Like people all around the world Who’s your favorite artist? Feggy Min, she draws a lot of KPop artist and rappers in a serious way but she also has these really cartoony things in the background. How would you describe your style? I buy things and then I put them on. How would you describe fashion today? Fashion is , like, clothes and what you wear. It’s just things that to you is fashion.
How has social media impacted fashion and style today? People are wearing the same kind of trends now because of social media. Yeah, it just spreads and then you wear it. Why do you like being young in 2015? Because of social media! I got to meet so many people through social media, we’re at a meetup right now and the only reason I would ever know these people is because of social media and I really like that idea. And people that I love, like my best friends - we met through social media. And it’s just a great thing because it opens up a greater career path - like artists in the past would have to, like, die or something [to be well-known] but now you can be well known through social media.
Name? Sarah Pardo Age? 17 What inspires you? Other kids my age making art out of their struggles. How would you describe your style? Cute and comfy, fall is my favorite season because I get to wear sweaters and leggings every day. How has social media impacted fashion and style today? I think social media has made it more fashionable to get clothing from less conventional sources, like thrift stores and etsy. The “90’s” trend has also been made more popular by tumblr and instagram as well. Why do you like being young in 2015? I like that our generation actively tries to educate itself and promotes self love.
Name? Ella Snyder Age? 16 What inspires you? Nature. I love natureWho’s your favorite artist and/ or designer? I really love the photographer Abe Morrel, i love photography and he inspires me so much. How would you describe your style? My style changes on a day to day basis. I get a lot of inspiration from New York Street style and also Korean style, I always look it up on Tumblr and Pinterest. How would you describe fashion today? Fashion today, I think it’s evolved so much, you see people walking down the street in the edgiest coolest outfits, and you also see people walking down the streets in yoga pants and Uggs - not trying to show shade but, like, everyone’s fashion is so different. How has social media impacted fashionable style today? Social media is the entire basis of a fashion and style nowadays. I can’t name a single person who doesn’t get outfit inspiration from places online. Social media is style and fashion.Why do you like being young in 2015? Being young especially in Boston, there are so many options for young people nowadays; there are so many great things to do, so many free things to do - especially in Boston. And just being young nowadays is a fun, happening thing.
Name? Ruthie Block Age? 16 What inspires you? I’m inspired by the really incredible young creatives that are making art accessible to everyone. Who’s your favorite artist and/or designer? Billie Zangewa and Gordon Bennett How would you describe your style? Wine Mom’ Safari Chic How has social media impacted fashionable style today? Social media has made it possible for the individual and original looks of young people to be publicly expressed to a wider audience, impacting and enacting a massive movement of teen style. Why do you like being young in 2015? I like being young in 2015 because this year has brought so many incredible role models to young people like me. Though we still have a long way to go, 2015 has been revolutionary in the production of young artists of color with powerful voices, and I’m so fortunate to live in an age where I can draw inspiration from people that feel so familiar.
Match Your Carpet By Wilma Ploen Hultén
It’s all selfies. No, but really. When I take pictures, I delve into my own mind and investigate my own experiences and all the feelings that come along when growing up as a girl in this world. I think about the things I found scary as a child, like breaking rules set up by teachers or parents, start wearing makeup and look at the lighters with half-naked ladies on them in the green sweet stall by the school. Sometimes I actually do take pictures of myself but sometimes just other objects that feel just as much me as my own body. By having control over the camera, I’m making myself the subject and I’m deciding how I want to be portrayed. My thoughts, my body hair, my self-image, my confirmation needs, my tumblr followers, my introvert-ness, my physical things. Most of the time, I use a digital camera. Internet is my platform. For this specific photo series, Match Your Carpet, I have been thinking about the urban expression “your curtains don’t match your carpet” which basically means the color of hair on your head doesn’t match the color of your pubic hair.
An Interview With
Orion Carloto By Mandusu Sidibay / Photos by Orion Carloto
Imagine the person reading this has absolutely no idea who you are. How would you introduce yourself to everyone, and why did you choose each of these things? Hi. My name is Orion Carloto. I was born Vanessa, but Orion seemed to be much more fitting. I’m really good at making myself laugh and making a mean cup of coffee, but I’m also really bad at introducing myself and describing to others who I am as a person. So in that case, I’ll let you figure that one out yourself. How has the social media changed the way you present your art and the way your art is received? The internet most definitely gave me an outlet to express what I love to do and makes it easy for me to
share my ideas and things I create. Because everyone that uses social media is so diverse, it’s easy for me to understand that either people are going to really enjoy what I do, or really hate it! Getting over the fact that there will be people that dislike the things I put out made it easier in a way to freely express what I love doing. Sounds weird, but once you get the mindset that not everyone is going to like you no matter how many crowds you try appealing to, it makes doing almost anything seem very liberal. You have a very prominent presence on social media, with 200,000 followers on Twitter and 130,000 subscribers . How do you use this role? I try using my internet pedestal as a place to help relate to others and educate them. There’s a lot of people out there that believe it or not do not really
have a figure to look up to and teach them the ropes, so that’s why I try becoming apart of their lives. I like helping others, you know? A majority of my viewers/ followers are only a few years younger than me so explaining to them how to get through experiences I’ve gone through can help out more than you may think. In regards to how much you share on social media, is there a limit to how much you like to share and how much you like to keep private? I do find myself sharing a lot of my life online, it’s the only way to get people to really trust you and I’m so okay with that. I want people to know that I’m being genuine and authentic with them. Of course, there are also portions of my life that I like to keep off the internet, not because I don’t want others to know, but because I like to keep things private for the sake of being sane. When there’s more to discover about a person, it makes conversation a whole lot more interesting. As millennial teens, we are the first generation to purely be able to use the internet as a form of expression. How has the normalcy of sharing your art online affected your writing? Does it make you more excited to write because of how quickly you can share it, or does it make you more hesitant? At first I was very hesitant. I wouldn’t let a soul read a thing I’d write. Writing is very personal to me because a lot of it comes from a place of deep sorrow or internal battles. I’m the type of person that wouldn’t mind if you judged every nook and cranny on my body or personality, but the second I hear one negative thing about my writing is when it seriously damages my self esteem. Of course growing online and becoming more aware of the internet has kind of helped let go of a lot of that fear. I don’t expect every single person to find interest in the things I write, but I share my pieces in hopes of showing others a little piece of me or even inspiring. So now that I understand social media platforms and its users more, it gives me a thrill in hitting the share button. In your online biographies, you often call yourself a writer and a poet. Who or what inspires you to write? A lot of things inspire me. Watching old films and reading books. Literature was just always my favorite study in school because it came easier to me than anything else. As far as poetry, what first sparked my interest was reading Shel Silverstein in primary
school. Just like any other kid, his rhymes and riddles made me laugh and made me feel good! Poetry became more serious for me when I was in highschool - learning about the Romantic era inspired me to get more in touch with my poetic side. Right now, especially in all of my writings, experiences inspire me. So does my sweet boyfriend Michael. He writes as well and his words are so beautiful and raw - reading his work makes me want to become half as good as he is. How has the social media changed the way you present your art and the way your art is received? Social media hasn’t really shifted my views in how I present the things I want to showcase. I still make things more for me and how I see things rather than what the audience wants to see. Of course there are exceptions, especially when it comes to my video content on Youtube. What books have fortified you as a writer? Dirty Pretty Things by Michael Faudet. His words of lust and sorrow moves me in a way that makes me want to become a better writer. I want to make people feel like he makes his readers feel. What are you working on writing now? I’ve been in the process of writing a book for the past year or so. I’ve been doing it by myself and it’s been quite the journey. It’s about my experiences and how I’ve dealt with them mentally and physically. It’s not finished, but I’m hoping with every bone in my body that it’s good enough for a publishing company to want to help me move forward with it and help me grow as an author. I understand that you’re also interested in music. Is music and singing a hobby. or is it among one of your many passions? Singing has always been a little hobby, nothing more. Just recently I’ve been inspired by so many things and people that it’s slowly becoming a passion. Music makes me feel so good, seeing the impact it leaves on others makes me crave taking it a little more seriously.
Orion’s Favorites Favorite book? Right now it’s Just Kids by Patti Smith. I can’t pick an all time favorite! Favorite movie? Eyes Wide Shut
Current favorite song? Northern Wind by City and Colour Favorite word? Gloaming
Favorite food? Pho Favorite person? Michael Morales
the sadness you can’t see, the sadness you don’t know
Photography by Zoe Gilligan / @ saolzoe / zoegilligan.com Modeled by Carla Puttinger / @ carlaaputtinger Dress by Wilfred / bought at Aritzia
With so much of daily life propelled by the internet, I often find myself detoxing from social media. Sometimes it all gets to be just too much, and a break from “#like4like” is in need. However, something that’s been consistent with each vacation I’ve ever taken from the internet is how it ends up weaseling itself back into my life. This photo series is inspired by the internet and its trends continually seeping into youth’s lives whether they like it or not, as well as by what we choose for people to see and know through social media.
Samantha Caballero
An interview with an artist by Valerie Duarte
Last month I met up with the person behind some of the most colorful and playful artwork on the internet. Here’s some insight on her and all the feedback she’s received through the use of social media. Me: This is actually my first interview, so I’m sorry if it’s kind of awkward or doesn’t go as smoothly as you think it would’ve. Sami: It’s ok! I’m awkward so I’ll try my best to not be so weird. Me: So where are you from? Sami: I’m from here, I was born and raised in California… do you mean like ethnicity? Me: Yeah sure that would be good. Sami: My dad is Mexican and my mom is Filipino *giggles* Mexi-pino. Me: Ooo that’s cool. I write for their [Things Magazine] blog but I actually want to submit this to their actual magazine and this month’s theme…is ‘Millennials and the Internet’, so it’s about how the Internet and social media have affected your artwork. I liked you because I found your account on Instagram so I thought, “Ok perfect! Social media.” Sami: Oh cool! Me: I was wondering if that was your only platform? Is that the only place where you share your artwork? Sami: Yeah basically I started on Instagram. I found this app for drawing and I just started drawing and I wanted somewhere to put them up but I didn’t want them on my personal. I don’t know, cause’ I thought no one would like it or something, but I wanted a page for it so I started “LittleBonez” and I just put stuff up on there. And then I drew my best friend for the first time and my friend saw it somehow… I think I gave myself a shoutout on my personal, thinking, “Hey it’s not that bad; it’s ok if people see this”… and another friend saw it and was like “Oh draw meee!” and that’s how it started. Me: Who do you like to draw? Is it only friends? Sami: At first I was doing only my friends until like people saw my page and started asking and sending me DMs and stuff and it just like took off from there. A lot of people started asking me, so social media has a big part in it. Me: Do you have any favorite artwork accounts or any accounts in general? Sami: I like @Megandoods, I don’t know if you’ve seen her page before, but her drawings are awesome. She does them on her tablet too and she doesn’t really draw people, she draws like celebrities or people that she looks up to, like music artists and stuff, but
she does draw people for commission. And then @ FoxyfriesMe: I follow her too! Sami: Yeah I drew her! And then she saw it cause’ she’s cool and looks at people’s pages- and she saw it and she reposted it and a bunch of people followed me from that. Me: We interviewed her too because the magazine’s mostly in Boston and she lives in Boston. Sami: I saw on your page! She was doing like a walk or something. That’s cool. How’d you get involved with them? Me: I just found them on Instagram and I was looking for something to do since I really want to be a journalist when I’m older…and they let me write for them. Anyway, why did you start drawing? Sami: Well I’ve always liked to create stuff, not just drawing. I used to sculpt…and then I saw people were doing outlines…and I thought, “I wanna do that” so I found the app and I thought it was really cool and I just started doing stuff on there…but drawing is my favorite. Me: How would you describe your art? Sami: Hmmm. I really try to focus on colors. Color is one of the things that I think really makes something…right now I’m working on shading… Me: That’s cool. I was scrolling through your Instagram a little bit and I saw you had a zine… a “Heart of the Harbor” zine. Is that still going on? Sami: Ugh I’m so sad! I have it here with me if you want to look at it. This is the only copy that I have. I wasn’t able to do it…to continue with it. I had a laptop that I was using *hands me the zine* here you go if you want to look at it. My friend-he let me have his old laptop and it had Photoshop on it and that’s how I put it together but my mom didn’t want me to have it. Me: *laughs* Whyyy?? Sami: She thought it was weird that a guy was giving me his old laptop so she made me give it back *laughs* I was sooo sad. So that’s the only one. That was like the rough draft. Me: So you’re not gonna make any more? Sami: I want to. I want to get a job so I can save up money for my own laptop. Me: *while admiring the zine* I think this is so cool! Sami: Thank you! I thought it would’ve been cool cause’ there are actually a lot of artists here on campus and they’re really cool and I just want to put them out there ya’ know? Me: Mhm. Sami: Cause’ artists…I don’t know…a lot of them are
shy and they don’t want to show their work but I’m like “This needs to be seen; This is amazing!” Me: Were you the only artist that worked on it? Sami: Yeah and then my best friend…she contributed… Me: Do you think I can make copies? Sami: Yeah…no problem. This is the only copy of it so be careful. Me: I will, I promise. Did you say when you started drawing? Like at what age? Sami: It was this year…I would have to check my Instagram to see when the first time I posted was… I haven’t been on my @LittleBonez page…for a while because the requests got sooo much and I made a list and it’s so big *giggles*…when I look at it I’m like “Oh my gosh that’s so many people.” It’s so bad. Me: So did you just stop? Sami: Well I like to say that I’m on a break. I don’t like to say that I stopped, I just don’t feel ready to start working on it yet…I really want to do it though. I really want to draw everybody and I feel so lucky that a lot of people appreciate my art and I don’t want to just give up on it. *looks through Instagram* I got a lot of followers from when…the @lohanthony fan page… asked me to draw @lohanthony…and then he saw it somehow and reposted it. I was like “What the heck!” Me: That’s so exciting! Sami: Yeah I was really excited…he has like a million followers. Me: So you’re studying art here? Sami: Mhm. I just changed my major to Graphic Design. Before I didn’t know what to do… Me: But you’re really young so even if you change your mind you still plenty of time to decide. Sami: That’s right. But I think this is what I want to do. I want to become a graphic designer. And that’s cool
because social media really helped me realize that. Me: Do you want to stay here in the Wilmington/Los Angeles area? Sami: I think I do because…I don’t know…even with the “Art of the Harbor” I want to continue that and just focus on Harbor artists and people around here. But what’s cool about the Internet too is if I ever get a job we can just communicate online…as a graphic designer I can work at home hopefully…or just work wherever *giggles*. Me: *looks at Sami’s jean jacket* You have pins… what’s on them? Sami: These two are my art. I bought this pin machine cause’ I wanted to sell stuff… Me: Ooo can I buy one? Sami: Really? You want to? Me: Yeah totally. Sami: Aww yeah! I would make a better one for you since I put these in the washing machine so the colors are kind of washed out. And I like Minions *laughs* I know a lot of people hate Minions but I love them. I have the Pope, Dan Smith from Bastille… Me: And Amoeba? Sami: Oh yeah, and Amoeba. I love Amoeba. I got it from the coin machine… Me: Cool. I think that’s pretty much it. I’ll make sure to make copies of your zine and give it back to you. Sami: Thanks! Bye!!
FEAR OF MISSING OUT FOMO is a term I first heard about last year and I’ve learned a lot regarding its connection to the Internet since then. It stands for the ‘Fear of Missing Out’, which is basically the inner crisis that occurs when you realize you can’t be everywhere at once. This means that people will inevitably do fun things without you there. FOMO has become a major issue, in large part because of the online outlets where awesome adventures are broadcast and shared every single day. You pop open Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Myspace or any other platform of preference and immediately see all of the fun you’re not having. Sure, this can motivate people to stop sitting around, pursue their dreams, and explore their passions, but when all you want to do is kick back and chill, it can be really damaging. If all I’m doing is eating my bodyweight’s worth of pizza and binge-watching ‘That 70’s Show’, it doesn’t make me feel too great about myself when some friends are out seeing First Aid Kit, indulging in gourmet foods, or partying like crazy, and making incredible memories without me. At moments like that, when it hits you strong enough, FOMO can be really tough to deal with. So how do you deal with not doing incredibly awesome Instagram-worthy things 24/7? I deal with it by telling myself that I can’t be everywhere at once. I acknowledge the
importance of the occasional Netflix binge-watch. And although it may not be Instagramworthy, sitting around in my house is sometimes just what I need. Don’t get me wrong, I am definitely one of the people posting glamorous photos of awesome things I did, but it’s because I like to share my adventures with friends, not because I have an intent to make anyone else feel ‘lesser’ than myself. That’s what I remember when other people post those pictures. They’re just sharing their memories and passing on the joy, not trying to rub their happiness in anyone’s face (at least not most of the time). I acknowledge that sometimes I’ll be one of the people posting those photos and sometimes I won’t. That’s life: Sometimes you’re backstage at a First Aid Kit concert and sometimes you’re not. The next time you’re not having an adventure, remember that you can climb Everest some other day. As long as you’re happy with taking a breather from the business of daily life, don’t let the Internet stop you. Put on your most comfortable jammies, rock out to old records, sing in the shower, and do all the ‘uninstagrammable activites’ that you want! Everyone needs to take breaks and even though they’re not showcased on social media as often as coffee shop goodies or concert pics, they can be just as rewarding.
Ella Sab @ellasabo
Screens By Stefan Bottomley
Blue bright light glares from the screen. Thoughts of pills and coatings to help them move down flood straight through. Images of skin tight to the bones of sad little boys and girls. The real threat wasn’t the screen itself but the data stored into by the kids of the internet. Nights were no longer filled with laughing and mixtape noise with the wire phones that connected friends; all we had was random digits that made up usernames. Of course, people sat behind these screens like puppets but they also slumped over more, doze off more, grew darker eye bags–more. Everything that happened was in excess. None of what was happening could be stopped, none of it controlled. For once we were in power, but sometimes I worried that we could be misusing this gift, I saw it as an abused privilege that little spoiled kids had. After that thought, I didn’t second guess it, I just continued. Blue little led lights blared on.
Untitled Vingette By Stefan Bottomley The kids in dirt lived in the out-borrows. Dust fell from their eyelids and tears were swallowed with the grips of dreams. The hair on their heads was always a peachy blonde color with darker bits of burt sienna due to the sandy mist. None of them seemed to have real names–at least none of importance–which made me lose interest. These kids had fought all their lives for compounds of gold but instead had flecks of it in the sallow eyes that filled their faces. Clothes of deep brown and mustards draped over their slim frames and the sight of them in trashy french grays was almost rare. We had mistaken all of their triumphs for failure. That evening the streets grew gloomier. Houses has turned their front lights off to warn unwanted guest. Even the moon seemed to fade out towards the night sky but I knew those kids were still out there, somewhere, trying to break welds they didn’t seal.
@jaunknown Social media has connected me with so many talented people who are incredibly inspiring and encouraging. Through social media I have become part of a creative community that I wouldn’t otherwise have access to. @luckystar_zoe social media finds a way to inspire me in a new way everyday. it has connected me to so many unique people and I am constantly amazed by their creations.
we asked “how has social media affected you in any way?” and you answered. @phrolo social media had really made me find myself. i have amazing internet friends & now that i’m starting to find my sense of style, social media has inspired me to wear what i want . @evaisabelw Social media has messed me up a bit but I still appreciate what it could do for me in the future @adinas97 Introduced me to so many friends who I constantly talk to and am able to talk do due to social media accounts.
@sageaflocka anyway i know alot of people feel as if my instagram is just some weird superficial bullshit. and while you arent entirely wrong, what you have to understand is the lack of representation on social medias like instagram do not have to exist. why not try to establish roots on a platform so many see? when i first got into fashion, i followed tons and tons of style accounts and they were all curated and hosted by thin white wealthy females, with enough money to have outfits off the racks of topshop and zara. in every outfit i post im wearing something thrifted or second hand, im asserting the idea that fashion is not wealth but living through style and your own truth. you dont need thousands of dollars in designer clothes to have style, and you dont need to be tall white and thin. and you certainly dont have to wear beige all the time. thats why i post my outfits every day , because when I was looking for inspiration i only found exclusion and privilege. fashion and style are for EVERYONE. If me posting what i wear inspires people who look like me to go hunt for their own closet gems and feel more secure in their representation of their own personalities, then thats what i will continue to do. @sydneytate14 social media has helped me to share my passion for capturing the best moments with my friends in stills or in motion, and helped me to evolve as an artist
@_leavves_ Social media has taught me a lot of social issues that I wasnt aware of about feminism and race and politics. I have also made connections with people from all over the world. @uhneya helped me make so many new friends (irl and on the Internet) and really helped me to grow as a person and become so much more educated about the world than i ever would be otherwise. helped me learn about myself and others and become more comfortable with who i am. also gave me a creative outlet to express myself freely to the world in whichever way i choose. @uhneya also allowed me to connect w the wonderful things mag team and the amazing people in it and enabled me to become a part of it!!
Listen to the Kids By Maria Fernanda Bernal
Art, the concept that encompasses all the achievements created by the human being to express themselve in the world and to the world, since prehistory it has been present, but lately, art and all of it´s branches have been gaining strength, it´s been showing a huge wave and explotion full of art, culture, moral and ethical, led by teens, teens? Yes. Teens. There´s a very wrong concept about teenagers, generally they are associated with laziness, rebellion and ignorance, it is also believed that we don´t like to read or educate ourselves, but with the projects realized lately (made by teens) it is shown quite the opposite, it proves that teens and young people are moving the art world, young people care about change that stereotype and instead, create. We live in the generation of creation and invention, we are a grenade loaded of projects, ideas, passion, love and art, eager to break out to the world. Why teens and art? It is all about growth and I think that as time passed, teens are more interested in issues like these, teens and young people are now photographers, artists, writers, directors, actors, activists, etc so the art world has slowly been filled with teen manifestations, some that I personally admire are: Tavi Gevinson, Petra Collins, 490tx, Amanda Stenberg, Arvida Bystrom, that are recognized because their new proposals, for example, short films, photography series, statements and ideas to the world, there’s lot more all around the world, the list goes on and on. What is the difference between teens then and teens now? Internet. Technology and internet and all of these advances, give us a really important tool to translate our ideas, internet have a really important role in this new movement, thanks to it we can get information that then will transform into knowledge, and each time we are gaining more and more, for example if you need to know something you just
have to google it, thanks to internet we know the ideas of other teens who are in Corea, or even in my own city, also we are getting people to know our ideas, theres a lot of posibilities, thanks to it navigate the world in just one second. It goes further from “I don´t need you, i have internet” or be a “internet princess” it´s not about that, we are using it in the way that it could allows us to discover and also to do new things, new proposals, internet is the media of new and fresh artists to be known by everybody and also to do their job with all of these platforms and technology (that ironically are also ideas made reality by other people) Another important tool linked to internet, is social media, internet allows us to create art, and social media allows us to know and spread our art, art leads us to more art and so on, we are exposed to art constantly, all the time we are acquiring information, we are creating art, and we are spreading it to the world. Like Yeezy said: “It’s about ideas. new ideas. people with ideas.” young people ruling the world with ideas, fresh and young ideas, teens have something that others don´t, they transcend, produce new possibilities, break the schemes of routine, of the superficial, it´s all about new feelings, to see beyond, teens have the sentimental to the fullest, have the holistic look and are the raw material for innovation and transforming the world, they´re visionaries. We are screaming to the world, “Hey here we are!”, is our time, the game has changed, and now, teens rule the world. young people have the power of change, we can change the world, we are the generation of young people who did something, they were carried away by his passion and began to create. Here’s a message to everyone, listen to the kids!
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let the ghosts sleep tonight by babette kania
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A Love Letter For October By Penny Mack
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” – George Eliot No one will believe me when I say at exactly 12:00 A.M. on October 1st, an eerie, howling wind began to blow. It was a school night. All my homework was done. I was alone. There was no obvious reason for me to still be awake at midnight. Except that I had promised myself I would be awake to ring in the new month: October. I don’t know when my obsession with October started. I have always loved Halloween, but my reasons for said love have changed over the years. When I was younger it was all about the candy. Collecting the candy, sorting the candy, trading the candy, eating the candy. Of course I still love the candy now, but it’s less important. I like the idea that for one night, ghosts, goblins, witches, sprites, or what have you can all roam the earth together. I’m not a fan of super scary movies; but this kind of spooky, the idea that all these unknown/unseen creatures or forms are out somewhere in the night is thrilling to me. Not to say that I believe in ghosts; I really can’t say either which way. It’s simply the idea, the possibility, that makes Halloween fun for me. I also love the costumes. I put more effort into my costumes than I do most of my schoolwork (sadly). But I love October beyond Halloween. The spookiness (for lack of a better word) extends beyond the last night of the month. I feel like the plausibility of the supernatural lurks around me on every one of those 31 fall days. That pervasive sense of eeriness is comforting and invigorating. It motivates me to get out and explore this newborn, ghostly world. I walk more, I go to the park more, I seek out settings with lots of trees so I can appreciate the vivid colors, the mysterious depths of the forest. But most importantly for me are the memories and feelings I have associated with October. I have a specific set of songs that I listen to
every single October, with a few more tacked on at the end of each October gone. These songs are a sort of time machine that bring back specific feelings I have felt in October’s past, down to the most minute detail. One certain song reminds me of a crush long-forgotten who I daydreamed about while listening to the song many Octobers ago. Another song reminds me of “The Crucible”, the fittingly spooky fall play about the Salem Witch Trials I had just read and was thinking about frequently as I listened to the aforementioned song. I am reminded of fall as I listen to my favorite band, as I discovered them in the last week of October. Music is something very personal and very emotional for me, so it makes sense that many songs are tied to emotions and to a season. Certainly, there are other songs that link to other seasons and other feelings, but I think the reason my fall songs are so pungent and emotionally-charged is that I repeat them every October. I do not let the link weaken or let the emotion fall away. I have drilled these songs and their paired feelings so strongly into my mind and my heart that at this point it is almost impossible to listen to these songs without thinking of autumn. I could go on forever about why I love fall. There are smaller things too, ones that I find most people love about fall: the crunch of dead leaves under my boot, wearing sweaters, cider doughnuts. But I’m pretty sure my love of fall goes beyond those lesser reasons. I see fall as an ending. Everything dies. The trees let go of their leaves, the evening lets go of its later light. It’s a time for reflection, about what you’re letting go, what you’ve let go in the past, and what is to come in later months. So that’s why I think it’s a good time to reminisce on forgotten feelings, missed moments, and past connections. I don’t want to spend my time drowning in memories of the past. But I don’t want to forget it either. Winter will freeze all and spring will thaw it, but fall will take things from you that you need to let go of. Until next year.
OCTOBER SONGS
Some of the songs that are most acutely linked to October for me.
01. TEENAGE by Veronica Falls 02. JUST LIKE HEAVEN by The Cure 03. I FOUND A REASON by Cat Power 04. IF YOU WANNA by The Vaccines 05. CROWDED STRANGER by Girlpool 06. THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT by The Smiths 07. LITTLE NUMBERS by BOY 08. NOBODY ASKED ME (IF I WAS OKAY) by Sky Ferreira 09. EVERLASTING ARMS by Vampire Weekend 10. WALK ON BY by Noosa
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