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Issue 05 · Inspiration

ManifestoCan you be too Inspired ?What does that even mean, to be inspired? Where does it come from, and how does it manifest?by Ishaan Gangavkar · 4 min read

MusicBorrowed Sounds, Shared Stories“Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time” - Jean Michel Basquiatby Agota Marija · 2 min read

FashionThe Art of Looking: Wild Instincts and Modern Muses“Inspiration, the creative spark, the thing that arrives in a flash, as if it were a lightning strike of genius, a timed revelation, a mood board assembled through Pinterest via fate. Though often spoken about through spontaneous combinations of ideas, the most enduring creative figures understood something quite different. Inspiration is rarely an accident; it is an act of looking.”by Onelia Helene · 3 min read

CultureIn the Shape of HomeHow is home made? Through conversations, traditions, shared histories, and the people who choose, day after day, to carry them forward.by Cholwe Shilukobo · 3 min read

PoliticsWhat The Room AllowsAs writers and artists, we may often place a certain emphasis on the intimate caveats of our pain. Feeling as though the only way to produce valuable art is to drag ourselves through the torture of ripping open those scars again. But what does this perspective truly say about our understanding of art and what it means? Here, history has a lot to say about what art truly means to communities or populations defined by a systemic struggle. Revealing to us the contradictions in our own Western traditions.by Teodora Georgescu · 3 min read

ArtThe Monsters Inside of YouCurry Barker's Obsession and Kane Parsons' Backrooms have, out of nowhere, taken the world of cinema by storm, attracting wild numbers of visitors back to cinemas. In this piece, we analyse exactly where the success of the two YouTuber-directed films lies, why it's worth looking for inspiration inwards rather than outwards and why psychological horror resonates so well with Gen Z.by Emil Voss · 2 min read

PhilosophyWhat the Painting Carried.The same painting. Two encounters, separated by thirteen years. Can inspiration, given enough distance, take shape from fear itself?by Mihika Malhotra · 3 min read