a note from the editor 03

by Ishan Benegal, Editor-in-Chief

Volume 3

fluid | movement | kinetic

A note from the editor

‘And I find it goes around like the hands that keep countin’ the time
Drawin’ circles’

– Mac Miller

It seems rather strange to be at a beginning given the current circumstances. There is solace to be had here, even though it feels as though the overwhelming emotion that is running rampant is that of regression, that of going backwards, that of being stalled. But perhaps it’s yet another indication that our perception of the linearity of time needs to be questioned. Perhaps there isn’t forwards or backwards, but instead only around. Just as the sun rises and sets, and we rise and fall to sleep, perhaps it is the circles we need to focus on, and take interest in. Not the pointed, jagged, and definitive starts and stops, but events flowing into one another, on a repeated cycle. Like the comfort of your favourite song, playing over and over again, on loop. Like your breath, flowing in and flowing out: grounding you, holding you steady, guiding you in times of instability.

With the beginning of our third Volume, we come full circle once more. The emotions and conversations feel new, and yet we are more comfortable in ourselves as we experience them again. This is the merit of our repeated actions, third time’s the charm. And we’re eager for the fourth and the fifth – but I’m getting ahead of myself.


This circle needs to be resolved first.

And we’re excited for you to experience it.


Welcome to Volume 3.

Ishan Benegal

Editor-in-Chief

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Volume 09

clay | chlorophyll | crimson

Grass is green where you water it. LC’s words float along over Misch’s guitar. It’s a phrase that feels so obvious, and I’m sure those who tend to gardens know this more than most, but it seems to land more than before. The impact noticeable, memorable, echoing through my being. Perhaps we’re ingrained to think it’s greener elsewhere. This patch is the problem and not whether we’re watering it. The key is in the watering. How we go about this practice is what defines our patch of grass. No matter where we go, our patch is, perhaps, the same. Some attributes and characteristics have been changed but the essence is the same: Us.

Stepping into Volume 09 of imprint, marks our third year. I am learning that this patch of green that we have been tending to for the last several years will mould, shift, and sculpt. This depends on how we water it and allow it to take its own shape. It has already happened in wonderfully unexpected ways. There is only so much structure or shape we can predetermine. Beyond that, it will absorb what it needs and reject all that is unnecessary. And perhaps, in this practice, we are changed. Our grass is watered as we water that of our writing, our image making, our practice, our magazine.

From light to dark, rigid to supple, new to old, there is so much in between that is bright and vibrant and unexpected. The practice of our magazine has focused on being open to what we receive; being open to deeply listening to what is shared; being open to work taking us to new journeys. This volume, and this year, will be no different. We will continue tending to it as we have done, learning along the way, from past seasons and present ones.

And yet, I know it will be entirely different.
But still.
It will be watered.