The Drawing Issue by unionjournal

Fall 2020

UNION Journal

The Drawing Issue

EDITOR’S

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Kai Jenrette Jami Tortorelli Connor Fulton

It’s funny to think that we were sitting in the Foundation lobby offering donuts in return for submissions only a week before school would shut down. Originally, we wanted The Drawing Issue to investigate and celebrate work in progress, leftovers, remnants, stains, the residue of art-making. Now, it will be a nice reminder of where we left off: what everyone was working on when school stopped and the things we left behind. A lot of people were separated from the work they submitted to this issue, whether it was left in the studio or lost in a move. In some cases, the picture used in this issue is the only document of the work. In other cases, people have likely forgotten what they sent us since so much has changed since submissions opened in February. This issue has been through a lot of twists and turns. It was significantly postponed because we wanted to wait until a relevant moment to release it. With school starting again and people reconnecting, now is the time! We originally planned for this to be a print issue, but it became a digital pdf after we realized that printing and mailing wouldn’t be viable. The digital issue has benefits, however, since we could include more submissions than ever before, way more than we could have printed! The length is made easier to manage by the navigation links placed throughout (you can click a contributor’s name to go to their page!) The staff of UNION has also changed a lot throughout the process of making this issue. Almost all of the staff have graduated during the making of this issue. Congrats to Ariana, Danny, Mia, Nicole, and Sophie!

Angelo Barth Laszlo Horvath Travis Moon Hannah Taurins Devan Colley

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Chong Gu Jessica Martinez Danny Polonsky Calla McInnes Win Knutson Mia Lockhart David Sami Melissa Binari

Matthew Li

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Zoe Ziirsen Ara Hao Ashton Carless Ezekiel Binns Paolo Menasti Nicole Lidner Isaac Islas Cox Willem Smith Clark Dov Diamond Connor Lowry

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LETTER

W e h t t Enza Iwase a d Bir Ana Hierro

Nick D’Ornellas Andzelika Beretsko

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Leeza Belkina Taesha Aurora

“you, me, US” brings together self-reflexive works and different forms of portraiture. “Dial Tone” focuses on work using patterns, repetition, language, symbols, and systems. “iSpy with my little eye” forefronts detail and focuses on work that reveals itself slowly or has a meditative quality. “Bird at the Window” includes work with a focal point or specific attentiveness and a relationship to nature, harmony, or symbiosis. The work in “(4) Missed Calls” reminds us of getting distracted while drawing and tuning the world out, with a focus on graphic works and works in books. “The rabbit jumps out of the hat” is about things coming together, layers, and synthesis through design.

Ariana Freitag

Josh Gilman Jermaine Carter

Michael Lange

Eric Goins Isaac Leahey-Leow Talya Krupnick Nora Ashwood Cristian Pagan Babe Enet Arnauld Sylvain Reid Chambers Kiani Ferris Jessica Floyd Zekiel Maloney

Anna Fiacco

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Mia McDonald Christien Vargas Ruby Miller

Ty Pawlowski Joelsy Hernandez Dayi Tofu Gunnar Kortenbach Michelle Jimenez

LOVE, The UNION Staff Nicole Lidner Ariana Freitag Sophie Schneider Mia Lockhart Calla McInnes Danny Polonsky Yeji Kim

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Jefferson McCarthy

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed their work!

Index

Kai Jenrette

you, me, US

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Kai Jenrette

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Kai Jenrette

you, me, US

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Kai Jenrette

you, me, US

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Kai Jenrette

you, me, US

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Jami Tortorelli

you, me, US

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Jami Tortorelli

you, me, US

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Am I dead?

Is this what it’s like?

Connor Fulton

Why am I so cold?

Hey what happened? You and I were gonna grow old together. We were gonna... spend every night together for the next 60 years and never go to bed angry, remember? You broke your promise, Carly. Why did you break your promise? IT’S NOT FAIR! IT’S NOT FAIR! I’M NOT READY TO LET HER GO, OKAY?! I’M NOT! I NEED HER!! Damn it, I need... I need tI need to hear her voice. And I need to.. hold her in my arms. God... why? why... why would you do this?

No... No. Just like you did with Hope.

I told myself I would never do that again. I-I told myself I would neverI wasn’t gonna let anybody in like that again.

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Listen, I felt the same way when Isabella died. I felt the exact same way, you just gotta let it out though. I wish there was something I could do or say to make it go away but its not gonna happen! You’re just gonna have to walk this hell by yourself, just like you did with Hope.

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Angelo Barth

you, me, US

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Laszlo Horvath

you, me, US

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Laszlo Horvath

you, me, US

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Laszlo Horvath

you, me, US

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Travis Moon

you, me, US

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Travis Moon

you, me, US

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Travis Moon

you, me, US

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Hannah Taurins

you, me, US

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Devan Colley

you, me, US

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arguing begging boardgaming (mahjong) boardgaming (chess) chatting

Chong Gu

cooling copulating cycling dancing drinking drinking (water) (dog) drinking (water) droning eating exercising exercising (taichi) feeding fighting fishing gardening grilling jogging kissing napping parking peeing performing photoshooting picnicking playing playing (dog) (dog) pooping primping reading relaxing running (dog) scrolling shopping sleeping skateboarding skating smoking stalking (baby) strolling sunbathing tripping waiting walking (dog) walking watching (bird) watching (dog) watching

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Dial Tone Index

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Chong Gu slow

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Jessica Martinez

Dial Tone Index

Jessica Martinez

Dial Tone Index

Danny Polonsky

Dial Tone Index

Danny Polonsky

Dial Tone Index

Calla McInnes

Dial Tone Index

Calla McInnes

Dial Tone Index

Win Knutson

Dial Tone Index

Win Knutson

Dial Tone Index

Mia Lockhart

Dial Tone Index

Mia Lockhart

Dial Tone Index

Mia Lockhart

Dial Tone Index

David Sami

Dial Tone Index

David Sami

Dial Tone Index

Melissa Binari

Dial Tone Index

Matthew Li

Dial Tone Index

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Zoe Ziirsen

iSpy with my little eye Index

Zoe Ziirsen

iSpy with my little eye Index

Zoe Ziirsen

iSpy with my little eye Index

Ara Hao

iSpy with my little eye Index

Ara Hao

iSpy with my little eye Index

Ashton Carless

iSpy with my little eye Index

Ezekiel Binns

iSpy with my little eye Index

Ezekiel Binns

iSpy with my little eye Index

Paolo Menasti

iSpy with my little eye Index

Nicole Lidner

iSpy with my little eye Index

Nicole Lidner

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Isaac Islas Cox

iSpy with my little eye Index

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Isaac Islas Cox + Willem Smith-Clark

iSpy with my little eye Index

Chronological analysis of the activity systems in relation to the experience of the individual.

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Isaac Islas Cox

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Willem Smith Clark

iSpy with my little eye Index

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Dov Diamond

iSpy with my little eye Index

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Connor Lowry

iSpy with my little eye Index

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Connor Lowry

iSpy with my little eye Index

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Enza Iwase

Bird at the window Index

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Enza Iwase

Bird at the window Index

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Enza Iwase

Bird at the window Index

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Ana Hierro

Bird at the window Index

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Ana Hierro

Bird at the window Index

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Nick Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ornellas

Bird at the window Index

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Nick Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ornellas

Bird at the window Index

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Andzelika Beretsko

Bird at the window Index

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Andzelika Beretsko

Bird at the window Index

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Leeza Belkina

Bird at the window Index

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Leeza Belkina

Bird at the window Index

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Taesha Aurora

Bird at the window Index

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Taesha Aurora

Bird at the window Index

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Ariana Freitag

Bird at the window Index

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Michael Lange

Bird at the window Index

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Josh Gilman

(4) Missed Calls

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Josh Gilman

(4) Missed Calls

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Josh Gilman

(4) Missed Calls

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Josh Gilman

(4) Missed Calls

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Jermaine Carter

(4) Missed Calls

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Jermaine Carter

(4) Missed Calls

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Eric Goins

(4) Missed Calls

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Isaac Leahey Leow

(4) Missed Calls

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Isaac Leahey Leow

(4) Missed Calls

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Talya Krupnick

(4) Missed Calls

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Talya Krupnick

(4) Missed Calls

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Nora Ashwood

(4) Missed Calls

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Cristian Pagan

(4) Missed Calls

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Cristian Pagan

(4) Missed Calls

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Babe Enet

(4) Missed Calls

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Arnauld Sylvain

(4) Missed Calls

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Arnauld Sylvain

(4) Missed Calls

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Arnauld Sylvain

(4) Missed Calls

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Kiani Ferris

(4) Missed Calls

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Jessica Floyd

(4) Missed Calls

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Zekiel Maloney

(4) Missed Calls

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Zekiel Maloney

(4) Missed Calls

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Anna Fiacco

(4) Missed Calls

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Mia McDonald

the rabbit jumps out

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Christien Vargas

the rabbit jumps out

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Ruby Miller

the rabbit jumps out

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Ruby Miller

the rabbit jumps out

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Jefferson McCarthy

the rabbit jumps out

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Jefferson McCarthy

the rabbit jumps out

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Jefferson McCarthy

the rabbit jumps out

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Ty Pawlowski

the rabbit jumps out

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Ty Pawlowski

the rabbit jumps out

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Ty Pawlowski

the rabbit jumps out

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Joelsy Hernandez

the rabbit jumps out

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Dayi Tofu

in the city now known as Quatrinº was untroubled. The Dog’s name, which is not terribly important this moment, was Church. It was quite a large dog indeed. Its legs reached upwards of five thousand feet, and its head weighed as much as fifteen fully grown humpback whales. However impressive its size, it was no match for the spectacular beauty of the night-time lights that shone across the land. The dog knew that to conserve its energy during the day in order to watch the night lights decorating the horizon. It knew the clearest and most appealing viewpoint was a specific spot right above the city of Quatrinº. To the large eyes of the Dog, nothing was as magical as the yellows

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and blues shining in the distance, so whenever the lights appeared, it would rise and make its way to that perfect spot to observe them. Unfortunately, as you and I both know, nothing lasts. One night, the lights did not appear and never would again. The large Dog, now in its old age, would return to the same location in hopes that this disappearance was a mere accident. But, the lights that shone were from Quatrinx , the sister city of Quatrinº, which had just fallen into ruin. Many years and generations were born and passed at Quatrinº before the Dog finally accepted that the lights would not be returning. By this time, it could not even remember why it was going back time after time.

the rabbit jumps out

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Dayi Tofu

the rabbit jumps out

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Dayi Tofu

every morning is the same (if the sky looks different)

bemoan a childhood underneath dreams so intimate and piercing to shredded

of breath, but today unremembering thoughts lap at the invisible walls of my mind, not unlike the ocean.

the rabbit jumps out

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Gunnar Kortenbach

the rabbit jumps out

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Michelle Jimenez

the rabbit jumps out

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Michelle Jimenez

the rabbit jumps out

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