The Question of Meaning | KidSpirit

winter 2010

The Question of Meaning

Volume III, Number II

When the Editorial Board pressed for this theme, I balked: “Seriously, you guys, do you really want to go this big?” They insisted that we should devote an issue to the question of meaning, with all its grandiosity and ambiguity. What evolved is a multi-faceted exploration that may leave you agape from its boldness.

Cover Artwork: Catherine Hochman

The Big Question

Kites, Flowers and Beats of Life

by Prerna Chatterjee

Features

Language and Communication

by Colette Gerstmann

Questions Without Answers

Zhi You: The Meaning of Freedom

Media

A Review of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy

A Review of Wall-E

Poetry

What Shall I Do? (The Last Leaf Standing)

by Liam Shields

When all the lights go out

by Izzy Kalichman

In Pursuit of Legacy

Importance

Remember

by Skyler Sallick

Snowflakes Carry My Worries Away

by Katie Champlin

Star Fruit

by Jesse Scheaffer

Awesome Moments

Jasper

An Uncertain Pegleg

by Khalid Husain

Searching for Meaning with Saba Hank

by Joshua M. Z. Stanton

Discussion Group Guide

The world’s only youth-led platform for building community through life’s big questions.

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