By: James Aitchison Empty the heartwithout love.Empty the soulwithout purpose.Society buildscruel walls,society celebratesinjustice.Strength rises fromthe steady soul,the calm andunhurried mind.Know that power restsin your detachment.
By: James Aitchison She was arguably one of the most innovative film directors and editors in the history of cinema. Her creative black-and-white images continue to inspire film and commercial makers to this day. But in 1930s Germany, she was…
By Mitali Chakravarty The buoyant chatter in avian voices was so loud that thepark walkers were silenced.The treetop was screaming out the city’s violencethat only birds could observe through the day.Would they now debate, discuss, and advise policy measures? (‘Parliament…
By Michael Pattinson Yumi met Claire the way a mirror catches light: unexpectedly, naturally, and immediately revealing. It was during an exhibition opening at a small gallery in Nakameguro, one that featured a collection themed around “Emotions with No Translation.” Claire stood…
By: Suchoon Mo 1 The soundless misty rainthis stillnss of night is mine 2 I have two desiresmay I give you one of them? since I met youI need only one 3 she has no faceneither does the wind she…
By: Yurii Tokar I first noticed third-grader Vitalik Karvatsky when I lined up the children in a column of two (to make it easier to count) in front of the bus. It was supposed to take twenty schoolchildren of…
By: Dalton Henderson “CRACK” “Don’t take ONE step closer!” The bullet sliced through the air above his head, a sound that had unfortunately become familiar. Luke Hendry ducked behind a wagon and rotated the cylinder of his revolver, half as…
By: Bruce Levine Filling the void Of eternal dissolution Evading the cavity Of human dislocation A parody of civilization In a hand-held box Glorifying nothing The emptiness thereof A synapse shorted A circuit-breaker broken A complex evolution Darwin rebuffed The…
By: Pallavi Manoj Dixit The Shared Path Life is a fast-moving race,Where everyone’s on the run.Can we lie to ourselves and claim,That we’re different from everyone? We’re just like the rest in this chase,Holding on to our own pace.When we…
By James Aitchison His rule in Romania lasted 24 brutal years. Incredibly, it ended on Christmas Day 1989 when he and his wife were executed by firing squad. Like many dictators before and since, Nicolae Ceausescu (pronounced Chow-shes-ku) refused to…