Issue #4: Time Released!
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Check out our new issue, "Time", right now from the link below!
Check out our new issue, "Time", right now from the link below!
Breaking the Limit
by Paul Aumoeualogo
Cast a mighty gaze unto the world and Darkness awaits. Before we submit to that default embrace, consider just how foolish of us to think that we could’ve made a difference. What would possess a small man to take on the entire world? To say the least, a man wreathing with sin? Indeed, sin, we’re no strangers to slavery and war.
Try for our place, riding the fine line between crime and honesty, but the world cares not for a band of misfits like us - we’re strangers and unfamiliar. But that isn’t my concern.
I’ve been behind the veil and witnessed the bidding of Time… a law to which we’re subject to and for our sake, must remain in motion. But taking a look around, now all I see are familiar faces.
Self-evident was mortality in this aging skin, but their skin doesn’t age anymore. Time is omitted by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Through Peace they reckon to preserve the fleshly coil. A noble aspiration perhaps, only something isn’t adding up. Whereas there are those who would mistaken themselves as the house in the middle of a storm, it is the storm that is life. For when the castle made of sand falls into the sea, what else is there but the man whose work is without him?
Alas! Swept into the sea were those who are dead. No longer would they suffer a course beset on all sides, frankly, a reckless and violent course and hath grown tired and weary - those specters now bellow in the deep. They haunt and seduce the living, especially at our weakest moments, promising powers that defy Time. And above all, they promise us ‘Peace”: the one desire to which our own nature seems to forbid.
But upon these stagnant abominations, I for one, do not wish them Peace - men are born to act, based upon their beliefs, sustained by their confidence... I wish them Motion. Indeed, better were the days when Mastery of the World came not from bargains struck with eldritch creatures, but by the sweat on a man’s brow and the strength of his back alone.
Deny ourselves not the fate built with our own hands. We will die, but it is through our legacies that all time is redeemed - that all our hardship will be worth something in the end.
After the tax of a long day’s work and all expenses paid - with sword and shot, splintered shields and through the veil, we take our world back, and when we die at least we die in motion.
Try for our place, riding the fine line between crime and honesty, but the world cares not for a band of misfits like us - we’re strangers and unfamiliar. But that isn’t my concern.
I’ve been behind the veil and witnessed the bidding of Time… a law to which we’re subject to and for our sake, must remain in motion. But taking a look around, now all I see are familiar faces.
Self-evident was mortality in this aging skin, but their skin doesn’t age anymore. Time is omitted by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Through Peace they reckon to preserve the fleshly coil. A noble aspiration perhaps, only something isn’t adding up. Whereas there are those who would mistaken themselves as the house in the middle of a storm, it is the storm that is life. For when the castle made of sand falls into the sea, what else is there but the man whose work is without him?
Alas! Swept into the sea were those who are dead. No longer would they suffer a course beset on all sides, frankly, a reckless and violent course and hath grown tired and weary - those specters now bellow in the deep. They haunt and seduce the living, especially at our weakest moments, promising powers that defy Time. And above all, they promise us ‘Peace”: the one desire to which our own nature seems to forbid.
But upon these stagnant abominations, I for one, do not wish them Peace - men are born to act, based upon their beliefs, sustained by their confidence... I wish them Motion. Indeed, better were the days when Mastery of the World came not from bargains struck with eldritch creatures, but by the sweat on a man’s brow and the strength of his back alone.
Deny ourselves not the fate built with our own hands. We will die, but it is through our legacies that all time is redeemed - that all our hardship will be worth something in the end.
After the tax of a long day’s work and all expenses paid - with sword and shot, splintered shields and through the veil, we take our world back, and when we die at least we die in motion.
Break-Time
by Tai Taliaoa Jr.
During my time as a Wesleyan student, I have recorded my dance practices on multiple occasions. My reason for recording practices is simple: to review my performance. When I wanted to improve on a particular movement, I would record myself doing it and then watch the footage immediately after. Originally my videos were short, lasting no longer than 10-30 seconds. As I began to record myself more, however, I built the habit of recording entire practices, which last somewhere between 2-3 hours on average. Recording practices over the past 3 years left me with hours of footage of me dancing.
This semester The Subway Ride decided that “Time” would be the theme for the Fall 2016 issue. Initially, I did not have any intention to submit since I did not think that I had anything to contribute that related to the theme. One day when I uploaded footage of my practices onto my computer, an idea came to my head—“What if I condensed all of my footage into one long movie?” Hence a new project began for me.
Break-Time is a 6-hour long movie of my breaking career here at Wesleyan, from freshman year up to fall semester of my senior year. It contains footage of me practicing, learning, teaching, and socializing. I think of this movie as a physical diary of my life through breaking. This movie shows the physical changes that my body went through in these past three and a half years. Dance is a reflection of one’s experiences, and these experiences are portrayed through the dancer’s body. I have had many experiences here at Wesleyan, both good and bad, that has shaped the way in which I break today. It has not been easy for me to manage between breaking and college-life. Nevertheless, I am grateful for this chapter of my life that will soon end.
Aside from watching myself break, I became interested in watching everything else around me during practice. This includes things like people, setting, time, fashion, music, etc. I am particularly fascinated by the interactions that people in these videos have had with me and with each other. The people who appear in all of these videos have had a huge influence on me, in ways that I cannot fully comprehend.
Cameras can catch the things that we do not notice around us. They provide a third perspective that allows outsiders to participate in the story of a person’s life. It also enables one to, in a sense, manipulate the past so as to tell a story to one’s liking. This project shows one way in which I manipulated footage to show a timeline of my breaking career here at Wesleyan. In reality. there are countless ways that I could have presented this story to viewers. This project also did not have to be about me either; I have enough footage of other members in my dance club and dance crew to tell physical stories about them too!
I do not expect anyone to watch the entire movie. I think it is more fun to screen through different parts of the movie, similar to the way you skim through a book. Time is usually thought of as a linear sequence, but this movie can get you to think of different ways in which it can also be presented. We are all subject to this thing called time, and it is interesting to see when our “times” come together to create life moments. Feel free to watch what you want from this movie and to watch it for how long as you want to. Even though the movie is 6 hours long that is laughable to the timespan I spent breaking at Wesleyan. It just goes to show that you can only capture so many moments in life...
I want to thank members of Wesbreakers and Of Shadow and Earth (OSAE)—Dis, Warhead, Rachel, Scarecrow, Heyna, Freemove Lingbaflare, Oni, Pineapple King, Iron Shin, and Shamrock. My life here at Wesleyan would not have been nearly as fun without all of you. Thank you guys for your continuous love and support. I also want to give a special thanks to Eddie Res, for introducing me to the world of breaking. Special shout-out also to members of the Subway Ride. All of you are awesome and I am happy that I get to contribute to this awesome magazine and be a member of it too! And finally, much love and respect to all breakers in the world. While editing all of my footage, I thought about every breaker who was also practicing hard too. Keep practicing hard and strive to be the best that you can be!
Peace and Love,
Tai “Bboy Pacemaker” Taliaoa Jr.
President of Wesbreakers
Member of OSAE
This semester The Subway Ride decided that “Time” would be the theme for the Fall 2016 issue. Initially, I did not have any intention to submit since I did not think that I had anything to contribute that related to the theme. One day when I uploaded footage of my practices onto my computer, an idea came to my head—“What if I condensed all of my footage into one long movie?” Hence a new project began for me.
Break-Time is a 6-hour long movie of my breaking career here at Wesleyan, from freshman year up to fall semester of my senior year. It contains footage of me practicing, learning, teaching, and socializing. I think of this movie as a physical diary of my life through breaking. This movie shows the physical changes that my body went through in these past three and a half years. Dance is a reflection of one’s experiences, and these experiences are portrayed through the dancer’s body. I have had many experiences here at Wesleyan, both good and bad, that has shaped the way in which I break today. It has not been easy for me to manage between breaking and college-life. Nevertheless, I am grateful for this chapter of my life that will soon end.
Aside from watching myself break, I became interested in watching everything else around me during practice. This includes things like people, setting, time, fashion, music, etc. I am particularly fascinated by the interactions that people in these videos have had with me and with each other. The people who appear in all of these videos have had a huge influence on me, in ways that I cannot fully comprehend.
Cameras can catch the things that we do not notice around us. They provide a third perspective that allows outsiders to participate in the story of a person’s life. It also enables one to, in a sense, manipulate the past so as to tell a story to one’s liking. This project shows one way in which I manipulated footage to show a timeline of my breaking career here at Wesleyan. In reality. there are countless ways that I could have presented this story to viewers. This project also did not have to be about me either; I have enough footage of other members in my dance club and dance crew to tell physical stories about them too!
I do not expect anyone to watch the entire movie. I think it is more fun to screen through different parts of the movie, similar to the way you skim through a book. Time is usually thought of as a linear sequence, but this movie can get you to think of different ways in which it can also be presented. We are all subject to this thing called time, and it is interesting to see when our “times” come together to create life moments. Feel free to watch what you want from this movie and to watch it for how long as you want to. Even though the movie is 6 hours long that is laughable to the timespan I spent breaking at Wesleyan. It just goes to show that you can only capture so many moments in life...
I want to thank members of Wesbreakers and Of Shadow and Earth (OSAE)—Dis, Warhead, Rachel, Scarecrow, Heyna, Freemove Lingbaflare, Oni, Pineapple King, Iron Shin, and Shamrock. My life here at Wesleyan would not have been nearly as fun without all of you. Thank you guys for your continuous love and support. I also want to give a special thanks to Eddie Res, for introducing me to the world of breaking. Special shout-out also to members of the Subway Ride. All of you are awesome and I am happy that I get to contribute to this awesome magazine and be a member of it too! And finally, much love and respect to all breakers in the world. While editing all of my footage, I thought about every breaker who was also practicing hard too. Keep practicing hard and strive to be the best that you can be!
Peace and Love,
Tai “Bboy Pacemaker” Taliaoa Jr.
President of Wesbreakers
Member of OSAE
Thanksgiving / Succulent Bookmarks Sale
by Sarah Schechter
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Today, for Thanksgiving, Sarah is selling bookmarks with her succulent drawings. Each of them will cost $6, and all the money will be donated to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. If you are interested in purchasing, send The Subway Ride facebook page a message (or if you know her, message her directly).
More of Sarah's drawings will be featured in the Subway Ride Issue #4, TIME.
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Today, for Thanksgiving, Sarah is selling bookmarks with her succulent drawings. Each of them will cost $6, and all the money will be donated to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. If you are interested in purchasing, send The Subway Ride facebook page a message (or if you know her, message her directly).
More of Sarah's drawings will be featured in the Subway Ride Issue #4, TIME.
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Press the succulent above to go to the facebook page :) |
Flowers
Accidental Rainbows
Photographs by Gabriella Montinola
These unedited, 35mm photos were mistakes.
One was my first roll. I didn’t know not to point the light at the sun.
I kept the other roll in my mitten… which I tossed in the washing machine.
The last was a result of angrily shifting gears on my camera, thinking the film needed help getting unstuck.
(Oops!)
One was my first roll. I didn’t know not to point the light at the sun.
I kept the other roll in my mitten… which I tossed in the washing machine.
The last was a result of angrily shifting gears on my camera, thinking the film needed help getting unstuck.
(Oops!)