In the spring of 2019, my family visited the grounds of Dachau, which was one of the first concentration camps used by Nazi Germany during the Second World War—now a memorial site dedicated to remembering the experiences of the thousands who were persecuted there. It was an eerie, heart-wrenching experience. While I was familiar with Holocaust history, being on the very site where such horrific abuse and hate were enacted was an overwhelming and powerful experience.
Read moreBoiled in Blue Hour
I dip the egg into the boil. My hands start to sag in the steam, and I quickly draw them out of the billows, and toss the shell into the faraway trash bin.
Read more“My Body is a Crumbling Temple”
My body is a crumbling temple,
It does not look it from the outside,
Not when I paint its exterior in brightly colored hues,
Or when I cover my skin in golden bangles and decorative dangles.
Rarely do the monuments from centuries before now
Look as old as I feel anyhow.
Read moreRinging a Peal
I listen to the bells of the Bergen Cathedral, ringing out even louder than the seagulls are laughing. If I were in that bell chamber with those massive church announcers, I could be judged. The sheer sound of a thing can kill. Resonance too powerful to withstand.
Read moreHumor Grotto: “Imagine a Place Where Everyone Gets Better Every Day” EP Interview with Daniel Holdridge
Daniel Holdridge, a Covenant College senior known by most for his bright orange beanie, released his EP “Imagine a Place Where Everyone Gets Better Every Day” on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Holdridge started creating music about a year ago, but he has been playing guitar for three years. Holdridge’s artistic process varies greatly, but when it comes to music, what he enjoys most is playing with other people.
Read moreAURORA: Spirituality and Norwegian Influenced Art
Ever since first hearing the ethereal voice of Aurora on my Discover Weekly, I have been enamored by the spiritual incentive and challenging art of the singer from Norway.
Read more“Untitled Grief” – An Original Play
On Saturday, November 18, Covenant College’s theatre department presented “Untitled Grief,” an original play written by senior Sara Rogers and directed by alumna Emily Cothran ‘21. Rogers wrote the script between her sophomore and junior years as a way of processing her hearing loss, and she wanted the play to reflect the idea of grief as a universal human experience.
Read moreSmoke
I am the smoke in the spotlight
Read moreHozier “Unreal Unearth”
Imagine this: a hammock, sunshine and Hozier. You know what that sounds like to me? Pretty perfect
Read moreDecember 3, 2023
I have a story to tell;
Read moreKiss the Rain
Inspired by the song “Kiss the Rain” by Yiruma
Read moreGarden
I saw a garden in bloom
Where birds sang an everlasting chorus
Where streams shine under the moon
Pouring into the river of life around us
Read more"On a Walk in November"
The crepe myrtle leaves have decided to fall today.
They carpet my path with their corpses of crunching wax;
They never lost color but still they fall all away.
Though brittle, these trees are not fit for the ground-man’s ax.
They doff all their glory, to die, yet to live come May;
In feigning their death they prepare for the winter’s pax.
The squirrels in their fervor among the dead garments play,
Oblivious to Eucatastrophe in their tracks:
The dead lie in wait to be broken, come spring’s new day!
Netflix’s “All the Light We Cannot See”
On Thursday, November 2, Netflix came out with a television adaptation of Anthony Deorr’s novel “All the Light We Cannot See.” This show appeared in just four episodes that mimic the odd chronology of the novel.
Read moreThe Now Dr. Tahere
Congratulations to David Tahere in the music department for his successful completion of his doctoral thesis and officially becoming Dr. Tahere!
Read moreMountain Affair: Talent Show or Battle of the Bands?
Mountain Affair’s Shift From Variety Acts to Music Only
Read more“Frankenstein” - A Capstone Presentation
The novel “Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelley, published in 1818, has been referred to as the beginning of the science fiction genre. Throughout the years there have been many interpretations and iterations of “Frankenstein,” from musicals, to movies starring all sorts of A-list celebrities (like Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy in “I, Frankenstein” in 2015). A wikipedia page with an entire list of all of the films and tv shows boasts over 100 adaptations.
Read moreMovie Reviews for “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”
The long awaited “Oppenheimer,” directed by Christopher Nolan, has risen to the tops of the charts to become the second-highest-grossing R-rated movie (behind “Joker” 2019) and, as of September, it is the highest-grossing biographical film (surpassing “Bohemian Rhapsody” 2018).
Read more“On This Mountain”
Pixar’s “Elemental:” Accidental Disabled Representation
Early into the movie, the main character Ember (a girl made out of fire) says that the “world is not designed for her” and there are multiple times in which she and Wade set out to do something only to find that it is not accessible to her (usually because it is made out of water).
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