Carpe Diem (Spring 2024)

Followed by our annual Open Mic in collaboration with La Pluma— hosted for the very first time at Lynbrook— a night full of bright stage lights, smiles and craft conversation, this Spring, we are proud to bring you Carpe Diem, an issue encompassing months of creative exploration into what it truly means to seize the day in our modern world.

With the help of cozy workshops at Peet’s and writer-artist collaboration, we embraced the warm weather on sun-streaked road trips, stacked stones atop each other with past loves, and enjoyed warm whispers of memories. We tasted the apples of Eden, gathered the last fragments of today, and led rebellions in the spirit of carpe diem.

We invite you to hold this issue in your hands, flip through its art-adorned pages, and feel its liveliness leak through the ink and into your life. From waltzing in the flames to enjoying cool forest shade with the Earth Mother, we truly hope that you will find something you resonate with, and bring its manifestations of light into your daily routines. We gift you paintbrush strokes and stories, light in darkness, and hummingbird heartbeats to weather your storms. We can only hope you answer the call.

So, dear reader, will you join us in seizing the day?
Love, your 23-24 Editors,
Kyrsten & Annie & Emily