Volume 13 (2016)
About Digressions
To err is to be human, for certain. Unjustly tethered to bodies, we are spirits yearning for a realm ungoverned by law and order. We mess up, mess around with our bodies, make a mess, and recklessly demand freedom of expression despite our tendency to harm ourselves and one another through words and action. But to be human is to be able to encapsulate in art the fleeting qualities of life that make it so precious, and this is perhaps the greatest redeeming quality of our species. We write memories of our mistakes, depict in paint the color of our sins, tell stories of our deepest regrets, and photograph the faces that reflect our own fragility. And from our art, we learn, we grow, we forgive, and witness the flowers bursting forth from our bones. The night melts into day, and life begins anew. In this 13th volume of Digressions, a star-crossed and inauspicious number, we are lucky to bare the shades of lust, vice, immorality, and imperfection that darken our souls, but also create a stark canvas for the starry dreams of perfection we will always chase.Full Issue
Editor's Note
Editor's Note
Faren Rajkumar
Poetry
Sacrilegious
Juanita Castro
Death's Epiphany
Kyle Boltson
Friday Night
Tory Njardvik
Everything I Am Not, Or May Never Be
Dymun Fengshui
Do Not Be Alarmed
Faren Rajkumar
A Midday's Contemplation
Ezana Assefa
Woman of God
Romartine Virgile
Alive Again
Anonymous
A Reflection on What He’s Done, and Continues to Do
Nicole I. Chavannes
The House of Bodies
Tory Njardvik
Consummation
Daniel Arguelles
A Life Of __________
Dymun Fengshui
Artwork
Balboa Bars
Lucy M. Schwartz
Behind the Painting
anna c. evora
Dymun Fengshui (Jonathan Back)
Jonathan D. Back
Life is the Bubbles
Lucy M. Schwartz
Photography
Purple Flower
Cherrie Ali
Hand of Glory: I Get Nervous
Alonzo O. Williams
Hand of Glory: Strange Motions
Alonzo O. Williams
Shelf Life
Faren Rajkumar
Love Is Beautiful
Alonzo O. Williams
Fiction
Her Thoughts on Love
Nicole I. Chavannes
A Love Story in 100 Words
Grace Ducanis
Editorial Board
- Editor-In-Chief
- Faren Rajkumar
- Managing Editor
- Juanita Castro
- Editorial Staff
- Tiara Baldoni
- Kyle Boltson
- Desiree Casanova
- Nicole Chavvanes
- Hannah Dean
- Emily Harrington
- Amanada Kaplan
- Tory Njardvik
- Marketing Director
- Faren Rajkumar
- Design Manager
- Emily Harrington
- Cover Art
- Kati Pyles
- Faculty Advisors
- Dr. Kevin Dvorak
- Dr. Molly Scanlon