[im]permanence: a multimedia supplement to Silent Voices (XLV), 2024-2025
editors’ note
Every single thing that exists in the universe exists in a state of impermanence. From the warm summer’s breeze and the setting sun, to your first heartbreak and the scab that covers a scraped knee before one day falling off, everything we experience exists only temporarily. Since nothing lasts forever, a certain kind of freedom is born. Pain, insecurity, stress, and suffering eventually fade away, and mistakes can be made because they most likely won’t matter in a few years time…
[dis]order
12 Steps Back
Kyla Granville ’26, short film
Despite taking daily medication, Julie struggles with crippling anxiety, and each new day feels identical to the last. When dependency on her medication turns into addiction, Julie’s most valuable relationships are put in jeopardy. She must make a choice: lose the addiction or lose those closest to her.
[a]typical
The Pits of Youth
Pate Jones ’26, short story
“A man who sees with his eyes is, in truth, blind. These were the ideas of Plato, a man you surely know and one we shall speak on today. I understand that some of you have anticipated this unit of Greek philosophy, but I, for one, am dreading it.” …
[re]vitalize
Pain of Perception
Gabriella Harrison ’25, essay
The world is full of distractions. In this day and age, you could probably spend your entire life without looking up and acknowledging your existence. But why is that? Why do people find it so difficult to perceive themselves? …
Paths
Chance Love ’28, Lauryn Love ’28, Avye Garcia ’28, choreography
Paths is about the journey of becoming closer with one another but finding your own way at the same time.
[in]organic
[em]body
This I Believe
Olivia Brill ’28, essay
If you asked me what “home” means, my mind may come to a house, an apartment, or any kind of place one would live. If you asked me on a deeper level, I would say that home is somewhere where I feel loved, proud, open, and peaceful, and hold a deep connection to. Home is a word that I hear a lot, and I feel as if the deeper meaning can be overlooked. I believe in the concept that “home” does not have to just be where you live; in fact, home can be groups of people, your identity, places, and more. I never fully understood this concept until I was a teenager going to Camp Barney Medintz…
