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spring 2022

Time and Space

Volume XIV, Number III

KidSpirit writers and artists traverse the universe in an issue that takes us to the farthest reaches of human understanding. Why are we compelled to journey beyond our planet? Is time travel possible? How does history shape our future?

Cover Artwork: Omar Al Twal, age 15

The Big Question

Why and to What Extent Do Humans Push the Limits of Time and Space?

by Kushan V. Mehta
Until now, humans have teetered on the edge of manipulating space and time. We seem to be coming closer and closer to taking the plunge.
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Features

Beam Me Up, Scotty!

by Samantha Singh

Today, people no longer have to imagine a voyage into space. Instead, they can live it.

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Features

To Live or to Plan?

by Iman Monnoo

The narrative of those who tell us to focus on getting a good job or getting into a good university always seems to clash with those who tell us to enjoy our youth and not worry about adulthood.

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Features

Time Through The Ages: Converging Past, Present, and Future

by The Australia Editorial Board
Features

Words Shine Like Stars

by Dylan Zhang
Fiction

Story to Story II

by Global Youth Voices
Awesome Moments

Dark Matter

by Lucca Carlevarini
Awesome Moments

Powerful Milkshake

by Virginia Rodriguez
Helping Hands

Lost at Sea

by Natalie Tai
Interfaith Connections

And All Will Be Better, with Time . . .

by Kavya Shah
Interfaith Connections

Finding Meaning: Judaism and Time

by Adina Gerwin
Interfaith Connections

Patience Within God’s Time

by Aliana Kernisan
Media

A Review of Dune

by Lyla Cheary
Media

A Review of The Girl from Everywhere

by Skylar Liu
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Poetry

Waiting for More

by Charis Li

Waiting for life to grab me by the hand
Waiting for maturity to whisper in my ear
Telling me
How to get out of the maze of life —
The best way out
Or Kampe* will come
To get you

Click to read the whole poem

Perhaps Another Day

by Audrey Liu

As If It Never Happened . . .

by Avishi Gurnani

I Am Here, but I Am Not

by Nicole Zeng

Space Is Timeless

by Gabby Barnett

Past of Perfection

by Evan Dana

The Mysterious Man

by Alexis Morquecho Ramirez

Progress

by Polina Usenko

One With the Stars

by Paisley Cooke

Spring

by Riya Sikka

Across the Void

by Jasmine Xu

Spacetime Is Defined as Any Mathematical Model

by Fifi Wang

PerSpectives

What Are Time and Space?

by Craig Callender
You reading this is what’s really happening, right? If that familiar fact is wrong, many deep questions follow.
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