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MIRRORS AND REFLECTIONS:
MIRRORS AND REFLECTIONS:
Art
TheArt of Kinkies and weirdos, they say. day we die. And who else could
B Loving Yourself persevere harder than that?

Before
Loving Anyone Else Aren’t we all? Yet. Yet we criticise how what we

But we don’t just stop there, do do never turns out good and how
you’ve let everyone down in that
we? group project you just had. Yet
Written by Emma Sylvette Susini Jr2Z(1) and Tan Ying Ern Sr1ScD you curse yourself for how your
Illustration by Chew Ni Jie Sr1ScA
There’s that warrior within family dynamics are turning out,

ourselves. That will challenge all how the world is turning out.
there is. To believe that you are
As I stood before the mirror, beautiful when the whole world Yet, what is, perfect?
makes it sound like you’re not.

The reflection and features staring back at me were familiar, yet it was not We take ourselves so seriously, we
me. My natural sparkling eyes, once glimmering with hope and joy, are And we remember. Those forget to enjoy the beauty of life
now gone and covered in shadowy sunken sockets. times, those people. Those who itself. IMPR
SS Searching frantically for the aspiration and joy that I once had but is now reminded us that we were enough.

Those who supported us during

nowhere to be found, my heart is in despair. the darkest of times. Our life.

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And all you need right now is ---
As I reached to touch the glass, I realised my world was now monotone.
EN The once vibrant colours of my world have faded into shades of grey, with yourself. You, to remind yourself Improvement.
that you are important. That
everything appearing lifeless.
you are your own person. Your
own special, kinky little person. OVEME
AR I couldn’t seem to get rid of the overwhelming exhaustion that engulfed Yourself, a person whom no other Improvement in letting go.

could replicate, ever.
me. I couldn’t seem to stop feeling guilty about all the tasks I had left
undone. I couldn’t help but notice a fog clouding my thinking, darkening
my thoughts, and the heaviness in each step I took. Improvement in being present.
W --- N

It was only then that I became aware that I was exhausted. Not only And frankly, improvement, the
A physically but mentally too. Our souls stay with us till the something between nothing. T

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