Letter from
the editors
“My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.”
–Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights
Heritage is defined as “something handed down from one’s ancestors or the past as a characteristic,
a culture or tradition.”. As important as we feel it is to look to the future when it comes to art, it
is also essential to look into the past. What we sometimes forget is that what makes us who we are
often transcends our personal experiences and breaches into the experiences of our ancestors or of
the culture in which we were brought up.
While tradtition and culture is in the midst of dispersing and evolving, EABJM is a microcosm of
how all kinds of people from all kinds of places can fit together and strive to make the world a more
interesting place. The pieces in this issue – all artwork from EABJM students – embrace not only
cultures from our past, but also emerging ones – the ones that will shape the future we are responsible for passing down.
This is our first issue, and we are proud to continue B&A’s long history.
Literature and art are also great witnesses to our heritage. When looking over the submissions to
this issue, we were amazed at how elementary, essential and finally beautiful our heritage ended up
being in our minds. In each piece here there is a story and it is our utmost pleasure to share the
treasures of our wildly imaginative EABJM family.
Sophie Benson is a part time
student and part time althlete. She loves
science fiction/fantasy and microwave pizzas. Sophie has lived in California, Oregon,
New Zealand and now France. Her dream is
to direct Step it Up 8. She currently resides
in Paris, where she is very content napping
with her cat, Mimi.
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Aili Izsak-Niimura is a lifeguard who can’t swim and is a huge
fan of both poetry and chocolate. Before
moving to the City of Lights, she resided
in the Big Apple. Her hobbies include cello,
singing, the poetry club and debate. Her
dream is one day to become the mayor of a
very small American town.
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