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WL Volume VII, Issue II
Letter from the Editor
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My Managing Editor, Farrin, and I were sitting in the Writ Large office brainstorming ideas for a theme for the magazine. This is always one of my least favorite parts of the process. It’s challenging to come up with an idea that will spark conversation and inspire different perspectives, but be broad enough to go in multiple different directions, and then also not be something we’ve done before. I was stuck on the idea on an individual’s effect the community, but I wasn’t able to put that concept into words. Farrin’s face lights up, exclaiming, “Handprints and Footprints!” Thus this theme was born, Handprint and Footprints: The Human Impression. This brainstorm was ironic. Looking back on it, I see how Farrin left her impression on me. She is effervescent and creative-minded, meanwhile I would consider myself to be more reserved and concrete, but such radiance is contagious. We are a collection of impressions made upon us, compounded experiences shaping the person we will become. Regardless of age, we never stop growing.
I encourage you to embrace this growth, and always be mindful of the impression you are leaving. Our mission with this issue of Writ Large was to compile a series of articles that highlight these impressions. I hope that these articles cultivate a sense of purpose in you, readers, and inspires you to imprint your impressions deeply.
Elizabeth Grover, Editor-in-Chief
Foreward

By Danielle Lawson
Why is it today
We focus so much
On the individual
when life is so much more
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My words, slurred
My vision, blurred
I take the train home
At 5am
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A man sits next to me
I sawy and grab a pole
A woman sits next to me
Protects me from myself
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A woman outside the grocery store
Asks me for some meat and cheese
Who am I to deny such a
Simple request
When we cannot predict the
Action of an individual
But we can guess
The patterns of the human race
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How many will be born?
How many will die?
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How many will become homeless,
Addicts, get married, thrive?
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Who am I to deny
Meat and cheese
When that woman could be me
When that woman is me
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The world is so small and
We are so much more influenced
By everyone around us
Than we could ever think
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Individual actions
Are not removed from the whole
No matter what they tell you
We are all one
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There is a human spirit
It lives in all of us
It is connected
It is beautiful
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The smallest actions
Can have the biggest influence
Love Thy Neighbor
And you will love yourself
