Cynthia Merhej is an illustrator who likes to depict stories about the real and the imaginary. She lives back and forth between London and Beirut, and is currently attending the Royal College of Art. Feel free to email her about collaborations, commissions or existentialist queries at cynthiamerhej@gmail.com.
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Hello, you. June’s theme will be LONGING. Unlike more-acute forms of desire like desperation or need, longing is a sweet ache—more pining for something than dying for it. It’s nostalgia, homesickness, boredom, a persistent feeling of lack, dreaming of escape/the future. It’s summer: summer homes & cottages, stuffy summer bedrooms, sun-bleached memories of summers past. The shadow of September that hangs over June. It’s secret hangouts, crushes, unrequited love. Send what you’ve got here, and thanks. ♥
