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an online zine For anybody who has ever felt “different”. % * Fruithoofd TF, 2017. Collage on paper Sophie Vanhomwegen @sophie vanhomwegen www. sophicvanhomwegen.be DEAR READER... \What is normal? The word is ironic, fo” how can we be normal if that means we have leamed to suppress ‘our desires to blindly follow society's set of rules? Is i normal +o follow others? To convince ourselves that anybody whe strays is lost? Is it normal to wan to fit in? Is it normal to want to stand aut? Dearreader, Dic somebocy build the boxes we ere put in? The boxes we must check off? Or are we frantically ) running in circles, desgeralely trying to convince ourselves thal we have shaped our lives? e What race are we in? What is the prize’ Is anybody actually winring? We have learned to let others make decisions for us, for as children, we had no limitations. Boxes were rocket ships that could fly us to the moon. No idea was ridiculed, no decision was wrong in ourminds. Is no wonder we were happier - we were normal. We were free, waive nave more control as we get older. but we submit instead. To children, nobody is different. CChilFen do not initially deine others 9y their abi ity fo conform; “hey see normalcy as existing as an individual unlil/augh elherwise. ‘And what is different? Does it separate us? Connect us? Define us? What if ditferences were celebrated? Not ridiculed? What if the box builder did not decide what was Tight or wnat was wrong? What if we didnt let them? Tn my first curation: Discover, | encouraged individuals to discover themselves through art: | believed that selection process was limiting, debilitating, | wanted all people to be able ta produce works without boundaries. With this curation it was my mission fo do the same, ‘Thank you for giving these works impact. For allowing the authentic beings behind these pieces to find freedom. For acknowledging that differences are beautiful. For eccepting the contrast of pieces. Of personalities, Of perceptions. OF people. To the artists, thank you for refusing to hale back, For putting a piece of yourself into something external and allowing people all over the globe to hold enta i! forever. Lel’s continue to take the boxes we are given and fly thar, like rocket ships, fe themoon. | hope you go on an adventure, Much love, sam YY * “All work is the propriety of its original arfist, Thoughts and opinions expressed in the works in this publication belong fo each individual and ndependent authar.* CONTENTS VISUAL ARTS Frithootd | Soohie Vanhomeegen cover IMolted My Foce Before sas Cool, Athena Katerina..5 Drip Aranda Bera 6-7 Unttiod dare Michele Hong. 8 Untied, Javie Michele Hong. 9 foureyes, Jasmine Kur A2 Explor ng Porazectives, Athena Katerina. 43 justi yourself Valentina Caballer..13 Untied Lec 17 Spreaving, Lea Sago Palin Lesh deen. 19 Love Yourslt Emily Morse... 24-25 busking silence, Artes, 26-27 = Unttiod Loke Philips. 28°29 Igthime?, Sawtoop Sandhu, 82 Aber Halosseen, labellaFsimons 33 Virago, Sawroop Sendhu.. 36 Whe dows ny bouy belong 62, Arar Maglioceo..37 A Simple Connection, Aloxa Zhong. 40 Platitum Grile Amanda Benoim 41 Frithoot | Sookie Vanhomwecen 45 Untied, Luke Prillps..46 relecton, Aey Larlesman.A6 Blus Moon Issbella ites mmans..47 Untiled Loca Wr! ace 50 FOUR THE SILENT, Arveis 54 * PHOTOGRAPHY Forest Eyes, Alexancler Lam...10-11 Class, Simean Tamber...16 Fide & Seek, Simran Tanber...16 QUIE!, Adem Ibrahin...20-23 On the Outside Looking In, Abigail Tung...30-31 Through the Crowd, Abigail Tung...33 Gropes, Becca Serena...34 Pride Flies, Becca Serena...48 Silert Pesce, Alexe chang...52 POETRY take it For me, Bryn MeCuteheon...14 Untitled, Roscoe...38-39 teeth, Bryn MeCutchoon...41 Snow in Autumn, Ashley Landsman. 42-43 Calling All Humans, by Anether tuman...49 WRITING Dear Reader, Rebecca McLaren...1 The Hallway went Si ent, MLXr.. 35 f Wishes carre true, WLXr...44 something “diferent” to spice ua your playlist, Matthew Conache’..4 Only If Adina Vlasav...28-29 ‘ something “different” to spice up your playlist Matthew Conacher @matteonacher x I Melted My Face Before Ather Li 7 = Drip Lip ‘Amanda Benaim @art_amandabenaim