Foreword
As we slip into spring’s soft embrace, we find time moving tenderly, obstinately, to a cycle that is somehow both sharply surprising and willfully comforting. Winter grays into spring, and cold shifts into warmth. Always, moments are fleeting, dreams are glistening, and we stand still, examining. Issue IV ruminates this transience and displays it in varying reactions. In “How to Capture Grasshoppers,” Enzo Salazar captures boyhood in dappled impermanence. Caju stills time in “Lucid Dreaming,” focusing on a moment of ordinary, precious love.
There is also institutional transience. Cycles of abuse and raging release are clear in Farida’s emotionally potent “270 Sati,” and the guttural pains of female identity and culture are powerfully depicted in Dan Aries’s “black swans” and Blue Ratchapradit’s “Grandmother’s Vignettes.” With only seven percent of pieces selected, each “haluhalo” piece in Issue IV deliberates time deeply, unconventionally, and with glittering precision. We were, and continue to be, utterly floored by the skill and passion of each contributor.
Of course, this issue would not have been possible without the contributions of our volunteer editors, who have helped to provide detailed feedback to every piece in our regular submission pool. Their generosity has allowed HaluHalo Journal to better support Southeast Asian writers and artists, and to ultimately reflect, celebrate, and recognize the wide-ranging, textured identities of Southeast Asian youth.
Issue IV was a joy to create. We sincerely hope you love it as much as we do!
There is also institutional transience. Cycles of abuse and raging release are clear in Farida’s emotionally potent “270 Sati,” and the guttural pains of female identity and culture are powerfully depicted in Dan Aries’s “black swans” and Blue Ratchapradit’s “Grandmother’s Vignettes.” With only seven percent of pieces selected, each “haluhalo” piece in Issue IV deliberates time deeply, unconventionally, and with glittering precision. We were, and continue to be, utterly floored by the skill and passion of each contributor.
Of course, this issue would not have been possible without the contributions of our volunteer editors, who have helped to provide detailed feedback to every piece in our regular submission pool. Their generosity has allowed HaluHalo Journal to better support Southeast Asian writers and artists, and to ultimately reflect, celebrate, and recognize the wide-ranging, textured identities of Southeast Asian youth.
Issue IV was a joy to create. We sincerely hope you love it as much as we do!