In the Victorian era people often used flowers to communicate. Meanings were assigned to flowers. They were used to send secret messages that could not be said aloud in the culture. “Floriography” allowed rules to be broken in an alluring, lusciously enigmatic way. A woman would know a man “fancied” her through a particular flower […]
Like most, January 6th began with sunshine. The city often experiences winter differently than most places— it feels like the swamp underneath the city radiates heat and the cool of winter gets wrapped up in its blanket of humidity. I was there on that day to feel it. In the sun, it felt easy to […]
Boots don’t have a good formal definition or a clean etymological lineage. Simply, it’s understood that boots must cover the entire foot and part of the leg. In the transition from the worst part of winter to the slightly less worse part of winter, boots reign supreme among all footwear. Demonstrated by the costar of […]
The break between semesters often feels like a moment of drift. We are all of a sudden devoid of the artificial purpose injected by school. Photographers Ghislaine Taubman and Marbella Marlo investigated that space with their cameras over break. The Harvard Independent presents the series, Transition: We tumble into the break, free and exuberant. Free […]
Look left. Look right. Hold your head still. Don’t move, just look. Now left again. Pose. Freeze. Another will take over. Shift. Take over from another. Move once. Pose. Freeze. Stand. Stretch. Move in sync. You are not next to anyone. You will be next to someone. You are next to someone. And then you […]
Mount Auburn Cemetery, at first, may sound like an unexpected place to gather. It’s understood, among the undergraduate community, however, that it’s a must-see place before graduating. A stroll in the autumn lends itself to beautiful golden-red canopies of trees. This Work of the Week takes us on an amble in the cemetery, in the […]
As the pandemic continues, artists are finding new and creative ways to express their own views as traditional American societal values seem to be undermined and reshaped. Speaking from her own experience, Harvard artist Devonne Pitts ‘21 talks about her experience during the pandemic as a director and a writer. Currently a senior in the […]
A$AP Ferg proves he remembers the streets in his triumphant sequel to Floor Seats. But instead of focusing on his view from the floor of the basketball court, he focuses on his view from his house’s stoop. Floor Seats II is the response to decadence of Floor Seats: we aren’t treated to autumnal party bangers […]
Kate Tunnell is in the class of 2024 at Harvard. She is undecided concentration-wise but is leaning towards Sociology with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. In her free time, Kate does yoga, uses oil paints, does pen and charcoal drawings, and cooks. She is affiliated with Oak Yard, but she is currently […]
The Independent follows up with a student’s progress in an oil painting course that went remote this semester Chihiro Ishikawa is a rising senior in Kirkland House pursuing a double concentration in Sociology and East Asian Studies. She has always been intrigued by the question of how to effectively mobilize social change—particularly in the context […]