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Inkblots XXIV Metamorphosis The John Cooper School 2021 Inkblots 77544 Cover.indd 1 4/28/21 1:07 PM METAMORPHOSIS 77544 Guts.indd 1 4/28/21 12:38 PM WRITING PROSE Conglomerates of a Good Morning Basia Siwek 9 Th e Song and Silence of a Prince Karson Smith 18 Pieces of a Girl Lost in Time Katie Lynn Miller 20 Honoring Basia Siwek 24 On Death and One Direction Annabelle Ross 29 Malignancy Kirthi Chandra 44 Roses and Ivy Phoebe Hollingsworth 51 Th e Moon and the Sun Lauren Harkness 56 Branches Ellie Drinkwine 58 Free Fall Adelaide Herman 60 Venus was a Boy Abby Prettyman 67 An Ashen Face and Hands Tori Osmond 70 Th e Anti-Hero Eats Misanthropy For Breakfast Karson Smith 73 Purity and Its Damaging Eff ects on Women Amelie Godfrey 79 I’ve Been Sleeping on the Bones of Worms and Abby Prettyman 82 Bathroom Tiles Consider the Lamppost Preston Rowley 87 Renounced Emily Hamer 92 My Poppy Phoebe Hollingsworth 93 Holidays in South Texas Basia Siwek 95 My Tennessee Mountain Home Izzie Kneen 99 Hatbox Miles Miller 103 Housewife’s Th ird Eye Basia Siwek 107 2 3 77544 Guts.indd 2 4/28/21 12:38 PM POETRY Goldfi sh Crumbs Saylor Hark 10 Streams of Unconsciousness Abby Prettyman 12 Tracks Ellie Drinkwine 14 Sculpture Kaitlin Hinch 15 Cows Annabelle Ross 23 My Evangeline Phoebe Hollingsworth 26 seconds Maci Flanagan 30 Wrinkly Toes Saylor Hark 32 Sleepy Silhouettes of a Sad Song Maci Flanagan 37 Hollow Hearts Lani Liang 39 Mercutio Put His Cigarette Out on Romeo Abby Prettyman 40 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: After the Reception Katie Lynn Miller 42 Como Tu Katia Guerrero 48 Water Droplets Adelaide Herman 53 to the one i love, Lani Liang 55 inside a car Maci Flanagan 62 loneliness Emily Hammer 66 Odysseus Leaves Calypso Katie Lynn Miller 71 Nine Lives Ellie Drinkwine 75 Adoration Ellie Drinkwine 77 Abandonment Phoebe Hollingsworth 84 I Saw Susan B. Anthony at Th e Polls Emily Hamer 85 A Better Haircut Abby Prettyman 90 Th ree Haikus for Moments in My Mind Tori Osmond 97 My Mother’s Daughter Abby Prettyman 101 God Must be Drinking Diet Cherry Coke Abby Prettyman 109 2 3 77544 Guts.indd 3 4/28/21 12:38 PM VISUAL ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY Umbrella METAMORPHOSIS Sebastian Plaza 16 METAMORPHOSIS Daring Sebastian Plaza 17 Danaus Plexippus Nicholas Harris 19 Trapped Alexander Harris 22 Th ree Times Saylor Hark 28 Rewind Saylor Hark 34 Blue Ellie Drinkwine 36 Shattered Sebastian Plaza 41 Illuminare James Donald 43 Aureole Marielle Sauber 53 Sweet Ophelia Abby Prettyman 54 Draw the Dark James Donald 63 Ripples in Reality Abby Prettyman 67 Man Smoking Sebastian Plaza 72 Kaleidescope Ellie Drinkwine 75 Emergence Olivia Sauber 78 Cimex James Donald 84 Fearless Emily Hamer 86 Linear Distortions James Donald 89 Together Sebastian Plaza 91 Extrospection Marielle Sauber 94 Mustang Amelie Godfrey 98 SHORT FILMS One Th ought Will Corson 64 Inside a Box Annabelle Ross 105 4 5 77544 Guts.indd 4 4/28/21 12:38 PM PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS Don’t Sass Me Liz Liner 8 Gemini Feed Abby Prettyman 11 Genesis Tori Osmond 13 METAMORPHOSIS Inner Demon METAMORPHOSIS Chiya Jauhari 21 Crocodile Tears Tori Osmond 27 Funny Faces Liz Liner 31 Suspension Abby Prettyman 33 Apollo Kirthi Chandra 38 Panic! Kirthi Chandra 39 Stop Smoking (We Love You) Series Kirthi Chandra 46 Emergence Peyton Lien 50 Butterfl ies in Stomach Tori Osmond 59 Manic & Mellow Kirthi Chandra 61 All Eyes on Us Liz Liner 65 Miles Tori Osmond 68 Scream Chiya Jauhari 74 Torn to Pieces: Part Two Tori Osmond 81 Yellow Bellied Tori Osmond 96 Why the Long Face? Katie Lynn Miller 102 Eyes on You Tori Osmond 108 Drowning Kirthi Chandra 110 SCULPTURE Spiral Arch Graysen Baxter 15 Paper Cranes Katerina Endom 24 Directions Allie Ronchetto 49 de Noche Sofi a Gilroy 52 Obscurity Laurent Moran 57 Wave Sofi a Gilroy 69 Isolation Sam Liebbe 83 Luminous Lair Miles Miller 88 Sunrise Sunset Allie Ronchetto 97 Fly Fishing Brian Mekelburg 104 4 5 77544 Guts.indd 5 4/28/21 12:38 PM DEAR READER, As you delve into the voices of our talented student body, I ask that you wel- come the sublimity of change. Remain open to the acceptance that in the intrinsic pursuit of happiness, the cycle of change never ceases to end. Th ere is a delicate art to transformation, just as there is to any other skill. Envision yourself as a caterpillar, bright-eyed and eagerly consuming all that inhabits this new world. Clumsily mimicking the motions of beings around you; Adapting their desires and habits as your own. And after growing and absorbing information, you are eager to utilize all that you know and weave your cocoon. Th is transformation involves an overlooked, gruesome facet of metamorphosis. Th e caterpillar consumes itself, each cell genetically programmed to self-destruct. Th e reabsorption of self and alteration achieves the full beauty of a butterfl y, both physical and behavioral. Even the most transcendent experiences evoke elements of disgust, but just as a butterfl y, we are not programmed to stay stagnant. No mat- ter how much we dig our heels and fi ght the impending changes, the universe still expands—uncaring, disinterested, and cold. In this issue of Inkblots, we especially wanted to take into account the dras- tic consequences of COVID-19 on the student body. Typical rituals of change and progression now bend and twist in awkward ways. Expectations to view and treat this pandemic as the new normal while keeping old everyday routines in place, es- pecially in academic and professional responsibilities, is a daunting task. Th e Edi- torial Board wanted to acknowledge these diffi culties. However, this issue does not solely represent perspectives based on these present challenges. We hope you grow from our student body’s experiences amongst a lifetime of clutter, between excerpts 6 7 77544 Guts.indd 6 4/28/21 12:38 PM from childhood muses and overwhelming dreams, fostered through feelings of sen- timentality and simplicity. Th ese works are interconnected refl ections of our most inner turmoil manifested into art. How far does the mind stretch? Invisible energies take form through con- scious and unconscious thoughts that penetrate the mind in a perfect rhythm, the soft fl apping of a Menelaus Blue Morpho butterfl y’s wings. Energies that radiate into the developmental self-growth. You are one in a collection of people, holding each other metaphysically through the explorations and creations held in this book. No matter how diff erent, or where life takes us after our time at Cooper, we will perpetually endure signifi cant changes, as the state of fullness is temporary. Th e caterpillars weave themselves cocoons, the world amends its stock of gathered facts, the moths emerge destroyed and rearranged, and the universal essence is found in change. Your Editor-in-Chief, Abby Prettyman 6 7 77544 Guts.indd 7 4/28/21 12:38 PM CONGLOMERATES OF A GOOD MORNING 8 9 77544 Guts.indd 8 4/28/21 12:38 PM CONGLOMERATES OF A GOOD MORNING By: Basia Siwek Grade 12 Sunshine seeps through the cracks of the curtains like simmering oil spills in a pan. It illuminates the whites of the walls with a friendly yellow and coats the room in warmth. Still morning ignites the day and stings me with reality as its golden rawness bleeds onto my sheets after dreams transform back into fantasy. Mystery mother moon has left me and the sun greets me, just as it did the day before and the day before that. Luminosity spreads further across the wall—I am infatuated by the fi erce glares and long stares of the morning sun. On days I resent the light the most, it stares at me harder. My natural melancholy chal- lenged by a brightness too strong to shut out. Darkness disappears, the ghosts melt away, and the magic of the night is gone. For another day, I exist in a nat- ural loop, another chance to confront another case of dissatisfaction. My curtains have never closed all the way. Th ey force the light in when I am not willing to see it. DON’T SASS ME By: Liz Liner Grade 12 8 9 77544 Guts.indd 9 4/28/21 12:38 PM GOLDFISH CRUMBS By: Saylor Hark Grade 11 body she’s up, it’s seven shutters open, dust afl oat a happier warmth weekend morning sun tugging at my memory like sand in my hands a few things remain Bad Day by Daniel Powter an easier time muddy twinkle toes goldfi sh crumbs in her car seat she knows who she is chipped pink nail polish trying to be someone else did she picture this? GEMINI FEED By: Abby Prettyman Grade 12 10 77544 Guts.indd 10 4/28/21 12:38 PM 10 77544 Guts.indd 11 4/28/21 12:38 PM STREAMS OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS By: Abby Prettyman Grade 12 illa, Thro insem ugh d s soc Y n k a et o on s c u a am sc a n ad n in i d c n g g I m in c l l el a e te n m d o S sting shore W e , bu s, C ls om lo a d al c ak r I o f ds ed h n r r w te a in o f n a w l, u g y w to tr s loss e an e l s d d l d u w a c p en i t h t h s s u m s p o w e k e W that we exist e e .