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most people, whom I cannot blame). I was good at managing time and moving forward in stressful situations. I took that knowledge and chose something completely different as I went back to college. I went to work at a school as an aide and worked with kids. Everyone said I was good. I think, looking back, it was nice that I was able to relate to all those people who needed help. >>> I took steps once more, shedding the weights I had used to protect myself. I grew aware of my failings and used them as a spark, rather than a weight that dragged me down. Life was getting back to normal, I thought. People were out again, and I was going forward. I returned to school with writing in mind and pursued it wholeheartedly. In the end, though, there was that baggage; those bad habits I developed during that time that followed me. Another slump. I was still stuck with my unhealthy eating, stress, and mental health habits. It was painful being trapped after all that happened. Oddly enough, it was Covid– the thing that started it– that saved me. I tested positive during the summer of 2022. It was a minor illness, thankfully, but it gave me a new perspective. Being trapped in a room, entirely alone with your thoughts, forces you to really look at yourself. I learned the hard way that if you look inside, you can see how to change. Ironically, as a person who is perfectionistic and critical of myself, after all, that had happened in those three long years, I found peace in those moments of self-reflection. I learned that the whys were far more important than the hows or whens. We all want these changes, but I think it is the great, big things that loom over us that show who we are. >>> What is normal? I think it is the common safety net we make for protection. It is our ability to deal with the changes in life that we cannot control. Unfortunately, life is weird and unpredictable at the best of times. After all that has happened in the years that felt like an eternity, I learned that it is the upkeep of ourselves that matters. For me, it was the building of healthy habits, and loving the small things that made me happy. I read and wrote and tried new things until I found what truly gave me purpose. I decided in my room, quarantined from the world, that life is short, far too short. It wasn't worth living if I spent all my life missing out. The world is out of my control, and even with all my obsessing, I could never, ever change that. Shit happens, but that does not mean it will be that way forever. 211
I thought I could either let the tide push me down or ride the waves. I am the master of my future, and only I can make my path. The stars were there, beyond the clouds to guide me, and there were many beautiful things to see if I looked for them. I just needed to take it one step at a time. I know now that change is the one constant, normal thing in life. The best we can do is weather the storm and head towards greater things. The Death of a Roach Eric S Cerda It was time. I didn't have much to spare I felt the crawling in my stomach Red six-legged creatures gorging my innards with pincers Summer wind brought sweet lavender we headed toward your silver Hyundai I practiced what to say in hope as you rambled on with a story I watched you with compounded eyes, two thousand glances freshly chewed fingernails dug into my tough jeans as I thought of new ways to speak, but you stopped at the silver door, the crawling spread I tried to say keywords to make you stay But all words swarmed out of my mouth I watched the roach beneath your foot Red ants dug into its tough shell antenna wiggled for an answer to hope You were silent An engine came to life But the roach could no longer hear Over the ants gorging its innards Its final breath released left hollowed out on asphalt Summer wind putrid exhaust 212 Transending Journey @Peace Photography Luis Medina Transending Journey Self Photography Luis Medina
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About S andScript is the visual art
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Letter from the Editor 2023 What wo
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Table of Contents § § § § §
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From the Ashes of Glory - Elizabeth
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Award Winners R O S 1st Bird Whistl
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O P E A W A T R D R Y El Sazón De
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The Middle Ground Photography Emily
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Entropy Brett Wynn Lack of order or
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Falling in Reverse Paper & Pencil D
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A AWARDED R T V P I I S U A E L E C
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caused me to scream once I first sa
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Death is Still with Hands Behind yo
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Thoughts Inside a Gelatin Silver Pr
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Don’t Ignore the Apostrophes Tayl
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Cold Outside Charcoal Zayk Cronyn H
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one will believe you, and there’s
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your friends have thinned out, and
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you are. Standing here: the image o
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Inhale, Exhale Maya Schenne Smoke c
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Tierra Para El Indio Suriano Gabrie
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Inching the walker along in small j
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went clear again. “But she was al
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ack and stared over the old man for
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Redefinition Collin Chadwick Wisps
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Weeds choked the light posts around
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the booth in the first auditorium a
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Comfort & Joy Ride Travis Cooper I
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A Crescent Moon Conner Brooke Lechn
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quickly and deadly. Its arms were l
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Auberich exhaled slowly as he limpe
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Desert Abbie Golden All my life I
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Matryoshki Photography Abby Maki 64
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Is This Faith? Raiden Lopez “IT
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We Were Quiet After That Abbie Gold
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End of Hibernation Watercolor & Ink
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Truth Through the Ages Mackenzie Do
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Sibling Bonding by the River Photog
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Video Call Oil on Canvas Vannia Ayo
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write a few numbers on a small note
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Christmas Light Joy Photography Ian
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The Tide in Your Eyes Damian Cecala
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The Spoken Word India Ink // Digita
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“Remember your manners, and do as
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“So, shall we dine together then?
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Pregnant Anonymous she said she wan
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In The Moment Gouache on Watercolor
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Apollo Sleeps Brett Wynn Apollo sle
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Desert Oracle Ash Hooke How does th
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Walking to the Moon Maya Schenne It
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100 Hello 1989 Me Photography Colla
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DOMESTIC WARS Acacia Chambers Domes
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Uncanny Freedom Ink Marii Ink 104
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Retro Wave Digital Sage Furrer Yep.
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The Closeted Experience Kina Questi
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Them Cyanotype Julia Franco Ramos 1
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Night Time Right Time Photography E
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When We Were Young Photography Leah
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Overjoyed Acrylic Paint and Molding
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Indolence Photography Victoria Rive
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The Last Song Kristin LeBlanc For e
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Mushroom Anagoge Mixed Media / Digi
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FLOWERS IN MY HOUSE Kathleen Willia
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Your Brains on Clothes Cyanotype Ju
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Doldrum Photography Victoria Rivera
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Sending You My Gelatin Silver Print
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Emerald Bay (From my journal) Natal
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Mother and Daughter Gouache Paint o
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Tree of Life Linoleum Print on Pape
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sandcastle culture Ev Essif the lot
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Worship at Dawn Kristin LeBlanc You
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Mon Père Water Color on Water Colo
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Solar Bunker 3D- 2:33 p.m. Old Man
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the first row of doors. A steam eng
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Tread Printmaking Marii Ink 148
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Brunch with the Ex Eric S Cerda “
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“I took three home pregnancy test
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involved do you want me?” “How
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tasty fruit out of Brigid’s yard
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Unless something was out there. “
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