The most probable reason (my memory fails) I decided to apply for a position on senior staff was that Tapestry makes voices heard. The magazine is simply essetial to our school's efforts toward assuring that students can freely express themselves within the FCAHS walls.
As students, we hear many of the same voices continuously, those of our teachers, that of the lady in the office who is in charge of using the intercom system...
We hear our peers' voices in class, giving reports according to the standards of a rubric, making discussion points in Socratic seminars preceded by a phrase from the historical lexicon, and asking questions that are not positively representative of them as intellectuals/artists/comedians/humanitarians.
Tapestry manages to fill in the gaps and valleys over which no academic bridges have been built. A strikingly small amount of academic merit is given to how beautifully a student made a truthful commentary on the human condition outside of Drawing and Painting and English classes, and even in those classes.....well, I digress.
To the submitters:
Your voices alone need to offer specific, interesting, artistic, and well-thought-out points of view, so that in the final publication, a myriad of voices that speak from every corner of the student body stand together.
Before you click 'send', remind yourself of the reason for creating the piece of art that you did. If this is not evident in your piece, it is possible that some editing needs to occur.
From my experience in countless review sessions, the pieces that unanimously receive 'thumbs-ups' are the ones that fearlessly reveal a piece of the artist. No matter if the audience totally agrees with what you have to say, because Tapestry members tend to respect every one's points of view.
Please continue to submit bold pieces that inspire! We want to share the ounce of you that was poured into your sculpture, poem, short story, or watercolor. No voice is illegitimate.
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