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Winter 2023

Finding Meaning

Volume 16, Issue 2

KidSpirit writers and artists bravely take on questions that go to the heart of the human experience. What is the meaning of life? Do we each have a purpose? How can we self-reflect in a time of overstimulation?

Cover artwork by Isabella Hsieh, age 17, Taiwan

The Big Question

More Stories

Poetry

Alone Together

by Jawad Maayah

Where am I? What am I doing here? Is this a game?

Sudden awareness, is this a common thing?

I know this happened before but it still feels alien every time.

Why does this keep happening?

It’s a room I lock myself into for days, weeks, months. But...

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PerSpectives