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Tag: spring 2020 issue

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As We Move Into the Evening Hours: thoughts on classic blue

July 20, 2020 kitsch

By Stephanie Tom When we talk about targeted advertisement, we usually talk about college students being consistently barraged with YouTube ads for Grammarly and Chegg. Or parents of young children being assaulted with ads for Disney+. Or Americans with McDonalds. … Continue reading As We Move Into the Evening Hours: thoughts on classic blue

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The Marvelous and Indestructible Water Bear

July 20, 2020 kitsch

By Zahavah Rojer All across the world, there are invisible immortals. Tardigrades, also known as Water Bears or Moss Piglets, are a phylum of plump, microscopic invertebrates that live pretty much anywhere and everywhere on earth. They eat plants or … Continue reading The Marvelous and Indestructible Water Bear

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Life Frozen in Time

July 20, 2020 kitsch

By Jamie Anderluh We think of glacial water as iridescent, turquoise, glassy. In reality, it’s often thick and cloudy and filled with sediment. They call it glacial milk. It carves. It unfolds into rivers and lakes. It carries the weight … Continue reading Life Frozen in Time

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Quick Little Story About Me Falling in Love

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 kitsch

By Evelyn Kennedy Jaffe He’s lying next to me and my chin is resting on his shoulder when I have the urge to tell him that he has pretty eyes—and he does, they’re rich brown and I want to keep … Continue reading Quick Little Story About Me Falling in Love

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Memories of Something Calm and Constant

July 20, 2020 kitsch

By Emma Goldenthal For most of every year, the ocean exists only for me in photos, memories, and scattered conversations. Yet in all the strangeness of these past weeks, I have found myself paying early visits to the Westerly beaches … Continue reading Memories of Something Calm and Constant

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Crater Lake

July 20, 2020 kitsch

By Eve Hallock To be distant and vast is to be blue Just like sadness and distance, there are infinite shades of blue, and they can change in an instant in relation to surrounding factors. Clouds, rain, steps forward or … Continue reading Crater Lake

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Swimming Pools

July 13, 2020 kitsch

By Vee Cipperman Long, dark strips run up the bottom of every swimming pool. Four of them sit between the floating lane dividers, undulating, darker blue than the tiles around them. They terminate in crosses and move with the water.  … Continue reading Swimming Pools

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Here is a Puddle

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 kitsch

By Ruby Que Artist’s Statement Here is a puddle is a three-day, site-specific installation exploring trauma and reclamation of one’s voice. The gallery is transformed into an underwater world with mixed media elements: 1) large panels of blue crystal organza … Continue reading Here is a Puddle

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The Big Brick House That Could: A Love Letter to Lodge

July 13, 2020 kitsch

By Anna Grace Lee Two weeks into self-isolation, I was sitting in the backyard with my housemate Emma when a rainstorm began to brew. As the clouds broke, we ran inside for shelter, and I suddenly felt overwhelmed with appreciation … Continue reading The Big Brick House That Could: A Love Letter to Lodge

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