OCTOBER
TOPIC: Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing
Reflection gives us an opportunity to look back with greater understanding. This month explores memory, experience, identity, and the moments that have influenced who we are and how we see the world.
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WHERE WE ARE MAGAZINE: ISSUE #4
NOVEMBER
TOPIC: Compassion
Compassion asks us to consider how we respond to ourselves and to others. This month explores empathy, understanding, kindness, and the ways compassion can change how we move through difficult experiences and relationships.
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DECEMBER
TOPIC: Reflection & Rest
Rest is more than stopping. It can be a necessary part of creativity, recovery, reflection, and renewal. This month explores stillness, restoration, boundaries, and the value of making space for ourselves before beginning again.
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WHERE WE ARE MAGAZINE
Issue #4 | Where We Rest
Description
Where We Rest, Issue #4 of Where We Are Magazine, explores reflection, compassion, and rest as parts of the creative and human experience. Through artists, writers, poetry, creative work, and community perspectives, this issue considers what we learn when we pause, what we carry forward, and what it means to give ourselves and others room to rest.
Included in This Issue
Artist of the Month features
Community submissions
Poetry and creative writing
Artist process and behind-the-scenes work
Community and organizational stories
Exhibition documentation
Creative perspectives related to reflection, compassion, and rest
Prompts for This Issue
Reflection: What experiences, memories, or moments continue to influence the way you see yourself and the world?
Compassion: What does compassion look like in practice—for yourself, for others, or within your community?
Rest: What does rest make possible? What happens when we give ourselves permission to pause?