Life is complicated. It cannot be expressed easily, especially keeping in mind that our knowledge of it is fairly limited. Life can be beautiful, if looked at from the right perspective, however it can also be gruesome. It is a big seesaw at a child’s playground standing in complete balance. A tiny weight could overturn the entire system, but it never happens, it is too perfect.

The meaning of life changes from person to person because there is no objective answer. Life is the perfect balance of good and evil, in the hands of a child. For some people, it is the test people go through to reach a better place. But it is also the place we’ll all be stuck in forever for others. It changes. Or does it? Is it the life that changes, or our perception of it? Life stays the same. The only thing that changes is our understanding of it. Knowledge is an ever-evolving process.

So our dear readers, we’ll let you decide for yourself what life means. No single piece could capture the entire intricacy of the web we call life; it could only present what the artist creating the piece knows and understands about it. So don’t forget that this issue “Life As We Know It”, is quite literally what it seems like. It presents different understandings of life, different experiences coming together in the form of a complete voice. With that being said, now we’ll let you catch a glimpse of the various voices we’ve brought together, maybe you’ll find one similar to yours.

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İpek Nil Sancak, İdil Ada Aydos