An Ode to The Altar Between Selves by Naeema Zarif

Second Renaissance · Issue #2

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Myth is not the opposite of truth — it is truth's oldest language.

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Orpheus by Oliver Hillenkamp

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Orpheus

"I chose this piece because it asks what myth costs — what we lose when we look back, and why we always do."

Torouroboros by Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Torouroboros

"The serpent that devours and renews itself — this is the mythos we are living."

Mixed media tapestry artwork

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Portal

"Ancient pastoral scene punctured by a new cosmology — the old world and the new, overlaid."

Bull figure sculpture

Photography

The Minotaur

Greetings painting

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Archive · 2024

Issue #1: Impermanence

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The first edition explored the theme of Impermanence — gathering artists, writers, and philosophers whose work asks us to hold lightly what we love.

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