When I first took the time to walk around the University City campus after my brightly lit and heavily air-conditioned lectures, I couldn’t help but think of how beautiful the flora was — the towering...
Hiking is supposed to be relaxing, peaceful, even rewarding. That’s what I kept reminding myself on my first-ever hike, lost somewhere in Wissahickon Valley Park on a warm Thursday morning in mid-March.
When...
Kiley O’Brien, Assistant Features Editor
• June 21, 2024
Johannesburg, South Africa – On a chilly Sunday morning in early June, poet Rabbie Serumula stood under a lapa, a thatched roof pavilion, near the top of the Melville Koppies Nature Reserve, with an...
These vessels are part of a larger organic kitchen set titled, “An Open Eye into Nature.” They combine elements of nature and the external world with ceramic objects that are used in a household environment.
My...
“You don’t mind being thought of as ‘a bit odd.’”
“You admire insects.”
“Getting stung repeatedly and not minding it is in the realm of possibilities for you.” “You accept that...
