We need more than just the BFAs in AAP to do this — we all have something valuable to contribute to this cause, because we, as young people, all have a stake in the future we inherit.
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PERATI | Weathering the Storm
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Weather offers a space to reflect and process the anger and heartbreak of living in a world plagued with destructive forces of violence, hate, and injustice.
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YANDAVA | Fictions of the Self
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“Write what you know” is one of the writing clichés I have come to despise. Often, I find that I don’t know what I think or feel until I write, and even then, in the very moment of writing, I have a vague sense that perhaps I am only making things up, only pouring my experience into the mold of a voice congealed out of everything I’ve ever read or watched or heard, that none of this is really “me” at all, and in the last analysis, I am forced to concur with Montaigne: Que sçais-je?
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PONTIN | The Burning Soul of Psychedelia
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It can be tempting to trace the roots of psychedelic culture back to the plant-eating, headband-wearing hippies of the 1960s, but doing so neglects an extensive and riveting past. Historical accounts tell of smoking hemp seed in Ancient Greece, consuming mushrooms in the Aztec Empire and the Viking cultures of Scandinavia and chewing peyote in Native American societies across the United States.
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GUEST ROOM |‘Blues Is The Roots; The Rest Is The Fruits.’ Unmarked Graves of Bluesmen Get Memorials
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The blues’ connection to the universal themes of hope, resilience and togetherness is a beacon of light in the journey towards a kinder world. The genre is the ultimate protest in its existence; its roots in slavery and reconstruction led a cathartic call to action that ascends chronologically through American history.
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Footprints on the Sands of Time
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It is possible for me now to revisit the me of a year, five years, ten years ago, and watch the outline of the person I have become harden into shape like an image coming into focus.
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LU | Breathing Room: Poetry Edition
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In a week where my words would inevitably have failed me, I’ve compiled a brief list of poetry recommendations instead.
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PONTIN | Whodunit?
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Our suspects are nearly always heightened, hyperbolic variations on what we would consider to be “normal people,” a far cry from what we recognize in our own social circles and in ourselves. They are distant royalty, accomplished and esteemed academics, famed members of the one percent. It is not long, however, before an ironic relationship begins to reveal itself. Even amidst a churning sea of captivating individuals, the detective somehow always emerges as the most intriguing.
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KUDVA DRISKELL | Instagram Poetry and Sweet Simplicity
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But, simply because something might not fit into our polished vision of poetry doesn’t mean it’s without value, and despite my personal dissatisfaction with the genre, I can still appreciate the connections it creates.
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YANG | We’re Collectively Tuning Out
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Despite all the memes we made about possible ways to splurge our “stimmies,” we also couldn’t be bothered to spend extra bucks on new releases that aren’t readily available on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max or Amazon Prime Video.
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LU|The British Black Arts Movement & The Ghosts of Other Stories
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At times, watching Signs of Empire and Handsworth Songs left me frustrated in the face of the seeming lack of difference between the realities experienced by the British Black Arts Movement forty years ago and today.