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Adapting US been guile a yeas, With the arrival of the Covid-I9 pandenni, we were all faced swith alo of changes. Ta an uncerluin Lime, we learned hw Lo adjust, how ta keep go. ing inthe fue of fear, We learne€ to adapt, AL Quest, we think that there is no bel place t learn to adjusl Lat on the page. Weve dedicated this suc to the theme of “Adapting” because we Inox tere ane Tats of artnts and swrters al Redeemter learning tivo just thal. sa comenuraly, we ae sil earing te lve in this sime. We lupe thst these i esané these words provide comet in our shared experience of adapting, Sincerely Magda Tooownen Maggie Bord Cover Photos Untitled Nathan Lise Contributors Nathan Reié-Welford Renessa Visser Joslah Chung, jam Winkelhorst elaine Mulder Nathalie Wood Kerlene Annette ‘Anna Balley Kenn Sia Untitled Nathan Lise Past Tomorrows Nathan Lise ‘My emotions leave ne, they stap inthe fourth dimension. They don! progress, ‘hey don't move fon. T move pas ther, Irdlocate then, in space, Bul Lp til all here, Itwoutt give up Tsbl Love all uy crushes, and arm seared othe dark. Collage Lauren Keale Adaptations Kathon Reid Welford 2020 hasbeen all about pling. 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No mate over the brosh ofa mask against our lac, Sl els out of place No cally hurgan the onveraion sees cat Hp but notice the glo ae plexiglass ‘hte we are running Ite and torn arouned because we have lurgotien ane mask in our hast When we ate enjuying cimpauy outside, tree of wautday signs or glass, an fr a hlssfl moment ‘he wirus ceuses to exist, ancl we shi ever to lean i lr a slfe wilh a friend, omy to be tol ro space a 65 moments lke these. of instinctaal bebaviour, that make one thing apperent: adaptations ancl alterations are seriously different than change and caaversion, We have made the necessary adaptations co continue on and function and in doing so have pieced together shallow version of 8 noroal life. Bt despite the scustion, protocel, rales, and carsent living ‘nouns the old-yorld i ol forgotten, Despite being conditioned ta faese‘norrms she we were belare sf shines throug, and in brief moments wher all scems right with the wor, we leL hem out ‘Ubese are the mo ‘ments when we lel down on guaue and ive. live ike se have in the past And that’s what can be said about adaptations i au adaptation bevauswit ea deviation fm wht is usual. Althongh we lena ifs worth ior ourselves and sociely. we are als comscions that ings are not as they ance ‘were oF ar they arc supposed so he, Its this fac! hat makes as lng tor what has been lest, crave i so cesporately, anc hope to reach out and yrnb every hot sliver; because no matter how many mes is conlinues, adaptation is aueptation; and ‘we are Lold, haw nmach the world evn'ves, or how long it wil never feel aera ‘The fill essay can he found at redeemersmadents ca/yuest Sun set enessa Visser Tuning is or lamp ight thickening aciass the laexboards laugbles blur into motiem, Acros the strc, Une skys tarnig pink, Manger, Hike a final ‘reat, sharpens all the Light. ‘Ihe curtained ‘windows, sally yellow, hug inte the dim, Gently Uh en of newborn buds sung aad haze ayy burning eyes. Tle plea, they tight ry longing, Tear avoice, bouncingofthe root 50 T wail but dhe minutes carey notbing, and the ‘warmth wraps itself and curls deep within its walls. Tolase the eae, latina un ocean of tors, Onset of amines, filtered night, heavy sleep tucked inside my room. In measures, drcams slumble ito sequence, excavation of ary albdomen = Tosiny all cur words iat The dark September Rensssa Visser Fall so slow: 1 walk into the foment - who knows hve long ifs been, Something abot the light is warped theres paps the leaves used to fil. Wild grapes, clark persimmon, La learning to resettle, ‘over so slosely.T walls throug the horizental arms of Septeraber lnaze, burn leaves cushioning any feet My tired body leans into the clianh pain hiking up ray laps. Tham ase, she fied trees ‘whine into the wind. Tye been hungry, Teo beea lonely: Te buted my own heart and watched it ‘win ts ween, September is unanswered forgiveness, Bening up eny skin, Sow apple. stained fin evs. On the puth ia bird’ shredded wing, skull intact, elas off tothe side. Srl of rocand fresh Dlood, high inthe grass. Vullunes scale Ue wind, a thousand breaths away, nt reaching fr whats left- romemisrance fading, "ve lost all the green I geew inthe spring, and eng growth thats let has Degun us look Hike death. Tate su, arcing Unrough the Jeaves. Overturn, avergrowy sink mto this cearth and let the sil do the zest. Adapting Josiah Chung, T change rogording the time ‘whnat tne is wove hhaye Tost what fs mine Someringis hese Something Ist pppened a) Tam betler now Ihave the facus arn nat sles, something has cha ‘Yor L move along with the Naw eventually Thave something to show [ean be hard a easier than most ‘My ovind, heart. wanders Int sehat is clewr nar that T ara true and new without, Teer to dente ny own existence Yet tanilly Turn here