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and won a monumental battle and, in a way, I had beat death. This really put a dent in my parents’ financial savings. My dad was making about less than two hundred and fifty dollars a month because he was still young.

This experience turned me into a critical thinker and someone who always weighs available options well before making a decision. Also, it made me observe my surroundings more, sometimes like a paranoid person, and turned me into someone who could kill a good mood with ideas of the worst things happening. Simultaneously, the event helped me academically because of my fear to leave the house. Consequently, about a year later, I was already two grades ahead of my peers because my parents used the time I spent at home to teach me the basics of science and mathematics.

The thing that makes this event so special for me is that I was able to live for a purpose. There must be something great in the future for all of this to occur without ending in death. It was hard growing up with this story because I felt it should be something I should tell but thinking about it caused flashbacks to the demon-like creatures. The amount of fear I was dealing with was a lot for a young lad and my parents wouldn’t stop bringing up the topic every time we went to church. In a way, though I wanted to erase this event from my memory, what I didn’t realize was that it was a part of who I am. I am currently the youngest among my peers and though I feel that I am growing so fast, I wouldn’t change this experience for anything else. This year, September 17 will be the 12th anniversary. My family and I will go out to celebrate this day as a way to thank God for my life.

Me falling into the well could arguably be the best and the worst thing to happen to me. I want to share this story to show others that everything that happens in your life happens for a reason. There is no such thing as “coincidence” or “by luck.” The only fact is that it helps you grow as a person. Personally, it makes me even cooler than I thought I was and hopefully one day this event can inspire another soul to write their own story that shaped them.

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ceramic Sophie Caillault // 11

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The iliad Literary-Art Magazine is Clarke Central High School’s open forum for student expression through creative work. The goal of the iliad is to showcase work that represents the creativity, skills, and experiences of CCHS students and rising freshmen from our feeder schools. Throughout the year, students submit work, which the iliad compiles into a magazine; all published work was submitted by the creator or with the creator’s consent.

The iliad staff may censor certain elements of artwork that we find profane or obscene. It is our intent to censor without removing significance or changing the creator’s meaning. Edits made to submissions were made to strengthen the piece grammatically, structurally, or for consistency.

As a staff, the members of the iliad have come to a consensus that in certain written works, stylistic and grammatical errors are intentionally made by authors and are therefore left in their original states. This is meant to accurately represent the intention of the writers and to preserve their artistic freedom. Such pieces are marked with an asterisk.

Because of the unprecedented circumstances brought by COVID-19, the iliad Editorial Board was required to stray from certain policies due to the fact that we were not able to meet with students, iliad Staff, and Editorial Board members. The iliad staff was unable to make all edits with the consent of the content creator. All edits that were unapproved by content creators were made with the intention of not changing the overall message or meaning of the piece.

THEME LETTER: WORKS CITED

Cherry, K. (2019, August 08). Achieve the ‘Flow’ Mindset to Get the Job Done. Retrieved December 13, 2019, from https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-flow-2794768

Mutucumarana, H. (2012, January 27). Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Retrieved January 17, 2020, from https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/

EDITORIAL BOARD

Beatrice Acheson Editor-in-Chief Georgia Blue Simmons Managing Editor Grace Lang Visuals Director Rebekah Camp Writing Director Lucy Hines Business Manager Clementine Acheson Outreach Director David Ragsdale Adviser

Pictured (from left): Rebekah Camp, Beatrice Acheson, David Ragsdale, Georgia Blue Simmons, Lucy Hines, Grace Lang. (Not pictured: Clementine Acheson)

STAFF

The 2020 iliad staff met once weekly throughout the year to explore creativity and contribute to this edition of the magazine. Staff members engaged in various creative activities such as graphic design, photography, and watercolor throughout the school year. In addition to engaging in creative activities, the iliad staff learned about the process of creating and producing the iliad. This year’s staff consisted of: Aida Bermudez, Anna DeMarco, Annie Blanks, Connor Allen, Emma Scott, Vicky Lee, Kenzie Howell, Natalie Ripps, Jocelyn Ray, Tomas Dougan, and Daniel Garcia-Pozo.

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INDEX

Greer, Nasia Things That Make me who I am Today 54 Ingle, Liza Regrets 45 James, Trinity Tarot Cards 16 Kurtz, Henry Steel Dice 15 Nguyen, Andrew The Grass Beneath my Feet 13 Ochieng, Amanda In a Cowboy Hat 33 Spanish Moss 58 Peters, Shea Brick Wall 32 Richardson, Melissa Static 43 Ripps, Natalie Mother Nature’s City 34 Nevertheless 60 Robinson, Alexander Aeternum 41 Robinson, Andrew The Search 38 Sams, Lillian Man and the Divine 50 The Little Warrior 55 Scott, Emma Separated by a Cell Wall 26 Sharp, Emma Bright 53 Sims, Chadayzja Wonder 19 Cat Call 47 Tejada, Dalila Land, Sea, Sky 27 Thrasher, Frances Merritt 56 Veeder, Ietta Le Rêveur 47 Walter, Whitley Champagne 35 Watson, Randy Where I’m From 61 Willman, Nicolas iliad Apollo 44

C O L O PHO N

iliad headlines were printed in Oswald Demi-Bold. Bylines were p rinted in Oswald Light. All copy was printed in Baskerville Regular.

The cover artwork is a watercolor painting by Trinity James titled “A Conversation at the End of theWorld.” The inside cover features a digital graphic by Beatrice Acheson. The “Spark” section divider is a multimedia collage by Samantha Broderick titled “How We Learn”. The “Distortion” section divider is a pen drawing by Nate Herbst titled “Electric Guitar.” The “Clarity” section divider is a pencil drawing titled “Long Pose Study #2” by Tomas Dougan. The Editorial Board group photo was taken by Krista Shumaker. All uncredited graphics on pages 10, 30, and 62 were donein watercolor by Beatrice Acheson.

All spreads were designed by Beatrice Acheson and Lucy Hines.

Last year’s edition of the iliad, Anatomía, received thefollowing awards:

The2019 Clarke Central iliadLiterary-Art Magazine rated a Gold Medalistdesignation in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Scholastic Literary Magazine Critique for 2020. Overall, the publication received 834/1000 points.

Southern Interscholastic Press Association: Superior Literary Magazine: iliadLiterary-Art Magazine

Georgia Scholasti c Press Association: All-Georgia Literary Magazine, Superior rating, and General Excellencerating.

The 2019 iliadLiterary-Art Magazinewas selected to receivea rank of Excellentin the 2019 NCTE Recognizing Excellencein Artand Literary Magazines (REALM) Program.

The iliadpublishes all forms of creative work, including butnot limited to essays, short stories, poetry, photography, sculptures, and other visual artwork, from students ofall grades attending Clarke Central High Schoo l in Athens, GA, as well as any submissions from the two CCHS feeder schools, Burney-Harris Lyons and Clarke Middle School.

Itis iliadpolicy notto publish explicitlanguage whereit mayappear in a submitted work. Censorship of explicit language follows guidelines similar to a “TV-14” rating. Submissions containing profanity areedited appropriately and with theconsent of thecreator.

We areso grateful to everyone who submitted work for the2019-20 issue of the iliadand to thecommunity for their supportin this endeavor.