Decay was drawn by Gabrielle Shakir, a non-binary artist who mainly uses color pencil and acrylic to create surrealism. Gabrielle focuses on taking real world issues and symbolizing them through different compositions to invoke a sense of feeling for the viewers. This piece describes the feeling of despair in beauty, where even the most beautiful things can feel lifeless and colorless.
the atala is designed, curated, & edited by the Pines Charter Chapter of the National English Honor Society. It showcases original student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and art. Like its namesake — the small, bright butterfly that grew from near extinction to rising numbers in our part of the world — this little literary journal aims to grow our love of writing and expand our community’s appreciation for the literary arts. View more posts
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