we are ever-evolving in self-love, ideology, virtue, for the universal human theme is growth. And, yet, our heritage serves as a constant reprieve, the home embedded deep into our ancestry and childhood roots. through our art, we celebrate the beauty in religion, culture, and above all, difference – then, now, and forever more.
Interview: The Peahce Project
Arden Yum, Founder of The Peahce Project
This interview delves into one of our generation’s most inspiring platforms, dedicated to uplifting Asian voices.
My Fairytale
Fabianna Rincon ’21
A beautiful op-ed evoking the art of childhood riddled with deep-rooted culture: “Venezuela isn’t the place where the stories whispered to us on car rides home occurred – where the fairytales took place. But the sun still shines in paradise, even when the clouds are covering the light.”
Show Us Your Culture – @deardarlingdesignstudio
The Importance of Heritage Sites
Lindsay Wong ’20
A critically insightful article highlighting the key presence of heritage sites worldwide: “As global citizens, we should strive to conserve these sites and continue fostering a community feeling by visiting and appreciating heritage sites, especially in such a fast-changing world.”
She/They – Naren Chikyal ’21
Modern beauty standards are Eurocentric, promoted by all forms of media, the fashion and cosmetics industry, and by society in general. South asian beauty holds a rich culture and history, one that is under appreciated and vastly underrepresented.
dear brown girls,
Bhakti Patel ’22
A free-verse poem relating the struggle of cultural intersection in art form: “(because fitting in is all we can hope for, because different is punished everywhere) / wait until you learn to love yourself
/ when you learn that you were simply the result of a collision of cultures”
mud & water
Saanvi Nayar ’22
Poetry describing the paradox of colorism and cultural embrace: “as the bleeding sunshine bellows my name / i regard the lecturing mindset of my skin / (too dark, too dirty, not pretty)”
Culture – Shaishavi Patel ’22
The roots of culture and heritage, disregarded by modern society.
To Be Enough
Rohan Lokanadham ’23
A gut-wrenching op-ed analyzing the struggles of identifying with two cultures, and the simultaneous beauty of their intersection: “What makes me “not Indian” and what makes me “white”? I am connected with my culture and heritage, and I am also a product of the American society that I have grown up in.”
hands of faith – Alessia Jakoel ’22
taken on digital; a shot of a child holding a golden star of david, a symbol of the jewish faith.
the len(z) 