TheCrusader: Literary & Arts Folio

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The Overlooked Things,
The In-between Spaces,
The Commonplace of
Day-to-Day existence.

TheCrusader Publication's Literary and Arts Folio | February 2016

Fancy tag lines. Non-conforming fashion. Glitter, glamor, and noise, and all the other phrases that people associate with exciting, interesting, and eye-catching things. Meanwhile, all those that do not fit the aforementioned descriptions are deemed boring, nondescript, and uninspiring. Besides, what is the morning breeze compared to a majestic shooting star streaking across the night sky? Or the sound of muffled footsteps in the sidewalk alongside some grand musical? Or the random shade of your shirt against the works of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci? Though we might not realize it at first glance, if we just look through a different perspective, we would see that ordinary things are just as inspiring as those considered extraordinary. We take no heed at the unremarkable sight of the canteen but have you ever wondered how many lost souls have met the love of their life at the same unremarkable place? How about the stories of successes and failures that has transpired in an empty hallway that you pass by every day? Or the bronze monument in Divisoria that might inspire a young street child to be like the hero it represents? The routinary brushing of your teeth, the blur of people in the sidewalk, the smiles you see when your classmates pass a test – there will always be stories behind the most common things. Veritas Literary and Arts Folio shows how the overlooked things, the in-between spaces, and the commonplace of day-to-day existence can become remarkable in their own ways. You do not need to look hard to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. Look around. They are there.