Judy Zhao
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Judy is a fourth year double majoring in Media Studies and Studio Art with a concentration in new media. They are interested in fandom media and relationships between properties and audience, as well as East Asian art and media. Outside of Iris, they are collecting jewelry, online shopping, and working on new media projects.
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We sit across from each other, hands wrapped around our warm lavender mochas—almost mirror images of each other.
I freeze in place and then thaw. Thoughts trickle along in a spiral of longing aspiration.
When replanting our roots after they have been ruptured, it is crucial we find soil forgiving enough to support our growth, healing, and rebirth.
An ode, an homage to these storied Ethiopian highlands, a chess board of the gods as Homer once said, where goats and shepherds have become their chess pieces, shrouded in the gauzy mist of early dawn. A curious goatherd rolls the beans up and down the length of his sun-kissed calloused fingers—a tradition is born.
This issue, we are telling the "Story of Iris," which is to say we are telling the story of the writers behind Iris. We paired our writers together to write pieces about each other, for sometimes the truest reflection of ourselves is the one refracted through someone else’s eye.
A creative force in the purest form, here is what Ella has to say about her work, her time at Iris, and her professional and authorial goals.
To be honest, I was quaking in my boots over writing this feature. Miriella Jiffar is far from a scary person, but doing her talent justice is quite a scary feat.