The heavy silence is pierced by the loud ticking of the clock. Tick, tick, tick. From across the room, you hear the quiet rustling of pages as drafts from the…
Year: 2021
The Unpredictable Future
With 2021 already here, the future is and will be full of many unpredictable situations and events. In my drawing, the person who is on the boat is going towards…
January Featured Artist: Jessica Phan
Jessica Phan, SWAYE Artist, created a piece called “Home for the Holidays” for the SWAYE December Issue. Matthew Chen (Founder, Editor-In-Chief) interviewed Jessica to learn about her artistic process, inspirations,…
New Year, New Beginnings
This piece of art represents the new year upon us! Our January theme, New Year, New Beginnings, symbolizes starting fresh and hoping for the best. However, ultimately, we do not…
Time to Take a Break
With this past year being incredibly stressful, I hope that 2021 will be much better and that we will be able to relax a little bit more. Glenn Frey reminds…
No Cloud Sun Sunset
Hi, my name is Justin. I am a sophomore at Balboa Highschool. I simply fell in love with break dancing in 6th grade as an escape from the pressures of…
Into the Light
“Into the Light” represents coming out of the darkness of 2020 and looking into the light and hope in 2021. Even though we are still in quarantine, there has also…
Snapping
For this issue, I wanted to take both a look back and forwards at my dance journey. To do this, I decided to re-teach myself the first-ever choreography I learned…
Mi Libertador
The translation “mi libertador” in Spanish is “My Deliverer”. This song shows me that God is my protector, he is my defender and he fights for me. The victory’s in…
My Year
This song is about looking past all of the bad events that happened in 2020 and focusing on the new year ahead. We feel confident that a better road is…