the blueshift journal

EDITOR'S NOTE

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There is always someone else who has been through what you have been through. Destiny is finding that story through any medium available. Maybe it comes from your hairdresser sighing, thinking back to "where her own hunger started," or from imagining your grandmother as a young adult. Today, I can offer you the written word and visual art, conjured up from the experiences and lives of so many brilliant creators. Today, you may need to lament with the parents of a runaway child, or someone to hold your hand when you are walking alone, nervous that any shadow could become "the weight of another." Destiny may lead you back here when you are in a classroom and it feels as if “every cell / is a weapon” and you “still don’t know what to do with [your] hands in history class.” Use these pieces to learn from those who have been through your experiences: pull from them advice, knowledge, wisdom, a way to cope, a way to heal, a way to keep pushing forward in these worrying times. I urge you, keep a diary in a physical journal, for even your own words can guide you.

I have been with Blueshift since the first year of its inception, and I have watched it catch fire and flare. I am honored to inherit the position of Editor in Chief from Tyler Tsay, and I hope to continue fulfilling the vision that Tyler, Claire Carroll, and Lily Rockefeller had in mind when they brought this journal to life with the rest of the Blueshift team.

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Robert Esposito

Editor in Chief

August 25, 2017

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