Exploring her conflicting identity of being the quiet girl with her passion for art, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition “Means to an End” at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College. She becomes captivated by an artist, Debra Broz, who reconfigures porcelain animals into uncanny hybrids that allows her to explore identity. Rollins connects moments of her elementary school speech classes to her experiences in college, where she has finally come to the realization that, like porcelain, patience is needed to grow.
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MULTIMEDIA: Benton Museum’s new “Interference Patterns” exhibit reimagines photography
On Feb. 28, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College welcomed 7C students, faculty and community members for the opening reception of the new exhibits “The Meditative Object” and “John Sparagana: Interference Patterns.” TSL’s Multimedia team captured behind-the-scenes footage of the exhibition.
Noise from the Underground: Dry Cleaning share their ‘Secret Love’ for the uncertainty of today
Andrea Miloshevska PO ’28 reviews Dry Cleaning’s eclectic new album, “Secret Love.” She discusses how the album’s instrumental experimentation and bizarre lyrical form paint a realistic but hopeful picture of humanity.
Inscriptions: ‘Leave Society’ and scabies
Liam Riley PO ‘26 tells some stories about saunas, smoking meats and retrieving a treasure from a spider-infested RV. He discusses the many uses of books and why he loves Leave Society by Tao Lin.
Anime Film Features: Cracking open a desolate world
In a desolate land with ruined buildings and a gloomy atmosphere, there lies a young girl and her egg. Along the way, she comes across an older boy, who joins her in trekking through these dismal wastelands while wishing to see what is inside the egg that she fiercely protects. In Angel’s Egg, Columnist Joon Kim PO ’26 explores a world like no other, finding himself with far more questions than answers regarding the meanings behind this narrative.
Stories Retold: ‘Wuthering Heights’ reaches new lows
In this article, Ava Chambers PO ’28 reviews the movie adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë remade by Emerald Fennell. She praises the beauty of the scenery but laments some major deviations from the source material.
Notes from Abroad: The Architecture of Reinvention
Ananya PO’27 discusses the balance between fitting in and being herself in this article. Through a series of metaphors about travelling abroad and architecture, Ananya details her ongoing journey to strike this balance.
Reading My Surroundings: Lessons from Mount Baldy
Jessy Wallach PO ‘29, writes about Leonard Cohen’s “Leaving Mt. Baldy” and her experience at the Claremont colleges. She draws striking comparisons between Cohen’s stay at the Mount Baldy Zen Center and the promised utopia of college.
The poem of ecstasy: desire and its ulterior revelation in “Futon”
How should we think about love that is both genuine and impure? Leslie Tong PO ’29 explores this question in her discussion of “Futon” by Katai Tayama and the Japanese I-novel.
Office Hours for the Soul: Professor Belinda Tang on pivoting
Three years ago, Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 planned to become a veterinarian. Now, she’s studying creative writing. In this week’s Office Hours for the Soul, Giacoma sits down with Professor Belinda Tang to talk about non-linear paths, KnitTok and the discipline of sitting with uncertainty.