Creative Macération
| Contributors:
Adélaïde Walton, Alessia Redwine, Amélie Kaufman, Anika Hundley, Bailey Bramer, Cheyenne Fykes, Christian W. Poole, Christina Bishop, Elinor Gass, Elliott Grassi-Montoya, elm, Erika Neemeyer, Helen Gross, Iruka Nwosu, Kaia James, Lilia Myers, Madeline Paige, Maeve Gilmartin, Sammy Aldover, Schuylar Daniel, Sydra Minkoff, Trinity Brindeau, Violet Sibley, Violeta Báez, Virginia Kostmayer
Letter From the Editor
Dear Reader,
When we began conceptualizing this issue, we knew that it would reflect our current environment, a time of transition. As autumn falls, the vivid blues and bright greens of summer shift into soft browns and burnt oranges. Undergoing the changing of seasons is a natural part of being alive. Though conceptually simple: temperatures dropping, days shortening, plants bearing fruit… all caused by the Earth rotating on its axis to slightly tilt away from our Sun’s warming nuclear fusion – simple – the emotions evoked can be quite complex.
Joyful for the crisp air and the crunch of leaves underfoot in one moment, one mourns the loss of carefree summer days the next. Thrilled to burrow into mounds of blankets with a movie and bowl of soup, waking up to grey skies or cold drizzles is downright gloomy. Going through our collection of contributions, we noticed this range of human experience presented. Rather than shy away from unhappy topics and present a world through rose-tinted glasses, we encouraged our creators to delve further, to plumb the depths of the sentiment behind their inspiration.
In that vein, our theme urges artists to sit and stew on their ideas until they are ready for harvest and expression, to allow projects time to mature before sending them forth to be shared and consumed. In this 7th Edition of our literary magazine, we hope this will extend to the reader as well. Let these pieces soak into you, softening rough edges with the comfort of relatability; possibly even inspiring a Creative Macération of your own.
Avec mes remerciements,
Charles P. DeLeon-Franzen