The caged bird still flies.
Not by how you define things;
The caged bird still sings.
-Charis Chen
Featured Artist: Musician Kevin Schneider performs Rocky Mountain High by John Denver.
may 2021.
recovery.
Featured artist: Kevin Schneider
Guest editors: Gavisha Waidyaratne, Sangri Kim
Editorial board: Limi Sharif, Elena Lorenzana, Molly Fessler
Consultant: Marvin Urias
Founders: Molly Fessler & Elena Lorenzana
Visual Design- Molly Fessler
From the editors.
Pain and Joy in a Pandemic
Katarina Alajbegović
Katarina Alajbegović is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. She graduated with Distinction in Medical Education and will be a Pediatric Neurology resident at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and in her free time, she loves taking walks in the Botanical Gardens, reading, and creating art.
he is an unstoppable rose.
— Elena Lorenzana
The World in a Metropolitan Nothing
Charis Chen
A Man’s Space
Mallika Khan
greetings from the NICU
Elena Lorenzana
The Vatican in Disguise
Caitlin Irish
Quo Vadis
Anna Idelevich
Nurture
Ruslana Cannell
Ruslana is a second year medical student at CUSM. She is from the Inland Empire area of California. Find her work at ruslanart on Instagram.
“I remember thinking that she was such a good daughter, and I was such a bad one. I was a bad daughter, and a bad medical student. ”
The crucifix falls from its spot on the doorway.
They nail it back
into
place.
— Caitlin Irish
Image Citations
Image 1: Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Credit: A sparrow on the branch of a rose shrub. Watercolour. Wellcome Collection.
Image 2: Licence and credit Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Credit: A flowering shrub: woody stem with white flowers. Watercolour. Wellcome Collection.
Image 3: Licence: Public Domain Mark Credit: A rose (Rosa species): flowering stem and cut flower. Watercolour. Wellcome Collection.
Image 4: A rose (Rosa species): flowering stem. Watercolour. Free to use with attribution Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Image 5: A dandelion (Taraxacum species): flowering plant growing with young ferns. Watercolour. Free to use with attribution Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)