Our Lady: Art and Writing by Jalen Ash

This piece was inspired by my multicultural background. I thought it would be interesting to create a piece that plays on exploring the Virgin Mary and Our Lady of Guadalupe. I wanted to create a beautiful mask to cover the identity of the figure but still dress her in the traditional garments worn by Our…

Art and Writing by Alex Castellanos

Silencio Por que por 18 años nos han ignorado. Se han cubierto los oídos y los ojos para no ver nuestro sufrimiento y no escuchar nuestros llantos de dolor.  Por qué ahora que nos ven nos humillan. Y ahora que nos oyen hablan fuera de lugar sin saber por lo que hemos pasado Silencio. Por…

The Stoics I: A New and Tattered World

It is at the end of time that our story begins: where ships became cracked hulls, and where shelters became sand. If Man had become the measure of all things, then measurement had no longer existed. A new measurement had to be found, and no one was present to measure. Things simply were, or were…

15th Affair Book Review

By: Matthew Hunter — Do you have a best friend forever whom you trust and value more than anyone else you know? Would you be willing to put your life in that friend’s hands? If you answered yes to that question, you are just like Inspector Lindsey Boxer in that respect. She trusts the love…

The Ruin of a Good Man

By: Maximillian Valdez — I’ve worn a thousand shoes and walked for fucking miles living lives long lost longing looking for their smiles. So we can fucking smile and cool down for a while. Fools on every bench looking grim with the stench to find a fucking wrench to fix the hinges on this bench…