The print version of the 2023 literary magazine is now available for purchase!
Contact Ms. Beckhusen at amy.beckhusen@wjccschools.org or visit Room 212 to buy a copy.
JHS ASCENT LITERARY MAGAZINE
Essays
"The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything."
-Aldous Huxley
Imperfection
Madelyn Lee
The sun continues to rise even when it rains
Albeit slowly and unfocused
But it does.
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The moon continues to rise even when enshrouded by clouds...
To Be Perfect
Julia Woolston
As much as I strive for perfection, I will never be perfect, nor do I want to be. I have written and deleted thousands of sentences because none of them seem like they are as perfect as they should be.
Kintsugi: Embracing Imperfection
Joshua Evans
An old Japanese tradition calls for broken bowls to be repaired with gold. The tradition is predicated on the Japanese philosophy of Mushin, or “No Mind”, which encompasses the concepts of non-attachment, acceptance of change, and fate as aspects of human life.
Enough
Ifeoluwa Ososanya
I could never be satisfied with anything I did. I tried—I really did, but no matter what, there was always that feeling in the pit of my stomach that I couldn’t erase. That there was something wrong, something missing, that it wasn’t good enough.