topic: MONEY medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Competition check out Allen’s Website: www.stuffthathanslikes.com As I entered from 5th Ave and walked down the metallic, spiral staircase, ducking the spider webs, and careful not to touch anything, I was forced to deal with more activity than I was used […]
topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Contest Daniel is ten today, double figures, digital. Today he gets to game properly. Until now he has used the computer games his parents bought him, and used the Wii games with the family but from now on the […]
topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Competition While walking through a shopping mall I witnessed a blatant act of human disconnection at its worst. A business man was walking through the mall while feverishly typing some response on his blackberry. He was completely oblivious to others […]
topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Contest When I reach the corner he is there, smiling. As always, he has appeared from nowhere. He waits for me to approach; I cross the street and walk straight into his arms. It is the same corner, the […]
topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected Contest” Every morning, Fernandez and his little sister, Lee, ran up and down the road that winds from Dili to Baucau. They looked for the biggest potholes and, after stormy nights, for any trees that had fallen across the road. If […]
topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Contest Apparently there’s quite a media storm. That’s how my lawyer puts it. She says I’ve divided the nation. I’ve asked my neighbour to keep all the press clippings. I’ll have to start a scrapbook when I get home. […]
topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Contest Cory slid a calloused finger down his hip and across the scar tissue. Even after two years, feeling it made him shiver, and memories of his brother John drifted back into his head. He’d never felt more disconnected in his […]
A picture speaks a thousand words. A picture created for a cause can leave you speechless. Today, we’re going with a print that Robert Abel designed to raise money for the burn center at the New York Presbyterian hospital to which many of the injured victims from 9/11 were sent. […]
We take our second step into the 9/11 week. We have an anonymous contributor from Paris who spins an engaging tale of the impact 9/11 had on his or her personal life. This story makes you aware of spaces; it maps different parts of the world while retaining its focus […]