The Dark Side

Sahana Miduturu ’23

When you look at me I might seem enjoyable amazing caring sharp pretty friendly normal But I have a dark side hidden under my shadow never uncovered filled with hatred jealousy anger sadness attachment desire

Need to stay in the dark so the sun will never shine on me and my shadow will never show just stay in the crowd become invisible to make sure the dark side will never be revealed

Day and Night

Avery Schneider ’23

My Name

Kesariya Nallari-Jhala ’23

My name is for me. It feels soft like a flowing river in the spring. It runs off your tongue as if it were wind. It feels stiff, stern like a guard protecting a jewel. It is sharp, a shark’s tooth. But smooth like bamboo. It is strong too, like a lion on the hunt for food. It’s a golden color, the sun’s bright light illuminates it to bring it to life. If I could change my name I don’t think I would. It would feel as if a bus turned sideways to block the road. If my name was anything else I would feel icky, like I was stuck in something sticky. Any other name just wouldn’t be mine. The skin I would be in wouldn’t be mine at all. My skin would fall off as if it were a snake’s. Though instead of making another just for me, I would find a discarded one instead. Like a hermit crab who is on the verge of being extinct. There wouldn’t be time to pick and choose, I would need to grab one and run with my bare back heating up like a fuse.

Japanese Maple

Kesariya Nallari-Jhala ’23

On Second Thought

In the Tide Pool

Nina Cohen-Perlmutter ’23

a hot summer day the stream on the side of goose rocks beach swept our worries away.

where it smelled like rotten eggs, where our feet sank into the dark sand, where one step farther in the murky-brown water would take us much deeper, where we collected seashells and crabs and counted how many we could catch.

a couple summers after the worst thing that could ever happen to our family happened. we would walk what felt like miles, eventually arriving at the stream.

The Beginning or the End

Almost There

Reflection

Into the Darkness

Morning Dew

Macbeth’s Painting of Fear

Spring 2022 Contributors

Lila Abruzzi … My poems are inspired by moments in my life that I can’t stop thinking about, so I write them down. My drawings are doodles that I make in class. I continue drawing them to see where they go.

Ilana Brauner … When thinking about the theme of shadows and textures, my brain immediately jumped to nature. I included two photos that I took outside, one of a giraffe with a striking pattern, and one of a flowering tree with delicate petals.

Gabriel Burd … My artwork was made using Adobe Illustrator and was inspired by “Walter,” a famous Internet meme.

Audrey Chuang … My three poems are all inspired by moments in my life. “Procrastinating” was inspired by the many relatable moments I’ve had in which I have procrastinated to get my work done, and my poem “How to be a disappointment” was inspired by my mind wandering on the days when I would lie in bed all day if I could. I hope you enjoy this issue of Echo.

Nina Cohen-Perlmutter … I hope you enjoy the writing and photography I put in this magazine. For this issue, I took photos of anything in nature or in my house that I found especially captivating. Most of my photos are of flowers since I love spring when the trees finally bloom. My picture, “Luminance” was the reflection on my living room wall of the one way sign on the end of my street when the sun hit it, and it would make that beautiful rainbow light pattern. I also wrote many poems about memories. Thanks for reading Echo.

Sebastian Colberg … I love taking photos of light and shadows and I hope that you like them as much as I do.

Maddie Cutie … I think that flowers are a really great example of shadow and texture. I had a lot of fun drawing them.

Perin Fine … I really love taking pictures of anything and everything, and I love sharing my art. Some of the pictures are from trips I’ve been on, and some of them are just from pretty springtime moments. My painting is of a place that is really special to me, and my poem is something we worked on in English class that I liked a lot so I decided to put that in too.

Angel Geng … My love for landscapes and abstract art really inspired me to do the artwork that I submitted to this magazine. All of the colored artworks are abstract while the black and white ones are more fixed and rougher. They are inspired by images seen online.

Evan Griffith-Ebrahimi … My poem was inspired by my friends and family and how I hope they have the courage to be themselves.

Allie Haile … My art is based on my feelings and I used whichever colors suited my emotions.

Sophie Jean … My art is inspired by my feelings and interests. Together they create exceptionally good work.

Sahana Miduturu … I thought about how the theme could be expressed in so many ways, like how shadows can be conveyed in a literal sense and an emotional sense. I chose to make art and write poems that had a mix of the different interpretations, so I could have fun exploring the different ideas around the theme of shadows and texture. I hope you enjoy my work for this issue of Echo.

Kesariya Nallari-Jhala … My photos are inspired by the everyday objects we see. I used angles of the pictures to bring symbolism, perspective, and overall to make the photo look better. I created my name poem out of inspiration from names. Names hold a lot of meaning to a person. Any random name isn’t very important, it is the meaning you give to your name that really makes it yours and one that you can stand behind. With experience and time, your name becomes a crucial aspect of who you are.

Sal Pattisall … My photograph is a macro picture of my dog Taz’s eye. I really like macro photography because it can capture a small part of a much bigger picture and I like that sensation of zooming in.

Lydia Scharer … My drawings are inspired by my love of detail, which fits into the theme of shadows and texture. I really love drawing eyes, because you can add so much to them, and it only makes them look more realistic. That is why I chose to make a lot of eyes, but in that process, make each and every one look completely different. I really love to draw, and this time spent in magazine club was very useful and really enjoyable.

Avery Schneider … When I think of shadows and texture I think about the shadows in our own human bodies. The eye paintings are in color to show the depth of the shadows. I also created other paintings and drawings driven by my goal to show shadow. One of my paintings, “Macbeth’s Painting of Fear,” was inspired directly by Shakespeare’s play. Overall I had a great time focusing on creating pieces to show shadow.

Grace Sullivan … I love to draw and write about my surroundings and what goes on in my life, but add fantastical/imaginary details that really bring the piece together. Art is my passion, and I hope that shows through in the things I put in Echo magazine.

Clive Sutton … My images are based on and centered around ambient, low lighting images that can barely illuminate the object or person, which gives an excellent aspect for both texture and shadows in the photos. It took me a large amount of time to create the images, so I hope that you like them.

Editorial Staff

Audrey Chuang, Sebastian Colberg, Madeleine Cutie, Perin Fine, Evan Griffith-Ebrahimi, Sophie Jean, Sahana Miduturu, Lydia Scharer, Avery Schneider, Grace Sullivan

Faculty Advisor

Dean Spencer

Design and Production

Koreen McQuilton

Mirrors • Winter 2022 and Spring 2023

Mirror Acrostic Poem

Sahana Miduturu ’23

Mimics you

Illusion creator

Reflection of you

Refracts light

Opposite of opposite

Repeats itself

Shines brightly

Flood

Nina Cohen-Perlmutter ’23

Maraki Shiferaw ’25

It does not matter if I am short or tall…

If I have skinny legs or my hips are wide…

It only matters who I am inside…

Blue eyes, brown eyes, black or green

What makes me most beautiful cannot be seen…

When you look at me don’t judge me on my parts…

The most beautiful thing about me is My Heart!

A Floral Reflection

Summer Flowers

Nina Cohen-Perlmutter ’23

The Intricacies of a Butterfly

Nina Cohen-Perlmutter ’23

outstretched wings, woven and etched with colors flutter into the swirling azure. simple elegance with careless beauty. fragile yet strong. a symbol of life and death, of grief and joy, of hope and transformation. distinct and vibrant, carrying optimism into the world.

Finally Free Nina Cohen-Perlmutter

South Beach Miami

Madeleine Wu ’23

Gin Beach

Madeleine Wu ’23

Running Audrey Chuang ’23

a hot and humid summer day with sunshine beating on their back their heart pounding out of their chest and heavy breathing in their ears as they continue to run bottling up their emotions weighted down from suppressed feelings their feet thumping on the pavement determined to escape problems so they continue to run sun disappearing behind clouds blue skies dissolving into gray angry thunder crawling closer threatening to create a storm but they continue to run still refusing to give up hope as their body was crumbling down ‘til lightning strikes them in their path leaving them frozen in their tracks once they can no longer run but nothing happens once they’ve stopped there’s no sensation of relief no pride, no overwhelming joy only a single drop of rain as a remnant from their run

Dreams

River of Dreams

The First Snow

Nina Cohen-Perlmutter ’23

the first snow brought peppermint flavored drinks, raw knuckles, frostbite, illuminated houses, early dusk, icy sidewalks and foggy windows.

the beauty of dusted pine trees, the sheltered haven of the weighted branches. the feeling of comfort after coming back to a warm cup of hot cocoa.

Ilana

Winter

Annika Vittal ’24

Winter is coming Winter blues come along too

The light is fading

Evening comes though

To these dark blue winter days

Sun begins to set

Light begins to fade

Sad love songs looped on repeat

There is no escape to this season of grief.

Fall Blossom

Ilana Brauner ’23

Leilani Dorilas ’24

I see myself.

Everyone, including myself, is like a mirror. However I act or change is how I can see myself, and how others see me. We are all reflections of our inner selves. No mirror is the same.

I can be influenced by others, and many experiences can make my surface dusty. Those times are the dust. They make it hard to see myself. I feel the need to cover myself up. Those experiences that I cover up become cracks over time. We are all cracked at one point. Nobody is perfect.

At one point, we can learn to accept those cracks, and know we aren’t perfect. We all have different ways to accept those imperfections and cracks. Maybe it’s by talking, writing, or expressing yourself. For some people, it can be hard. But we can all try.

That’s how we become cleaner.

The Becoming Alex Kadnar

Shades

Perin Fine ’23

at first it was the red of rosy blushes and sunburns under freckles that looked up and faced the gray of the sky that lifted then dropped the rain it was the blue of that rain that filled up to the dock where bare feet jumped up down into the waves that were between the oceans that were between that hands that wanted to hold each other and after was the brown of the wood stain dripping into the same soil that grew my favorite flower which was purple which was sweet and grew from the tree in the backyard circled by the yellow dandelions that were woven into the crowns that made us princesses who met the princes who were the first to ask us to dance the first who let us dance and made us their queens with rubies in our crowns that shone as sweet as the red of the first rosy blushes and sunburns under freckles