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02

My spirit fell through the page like yours,

first impressions that has us stored.

This second issue questions the role of imagination today, in a contemporary age of grey boxes and standardised templates; the architectural scene of the Western Sydney suburbs become increasingly devoid of identity. With so much diversity, liveliness and potential, it becomes swept away for the mass housing developments.

In an age of indifference, we seek to be different.

In Western Sydney Uni, we are investigating and questioning the patterns and changes of living in the west. Urban Transformations guide our studies, as we measure the challenges and opportunities of designing for the future.

A collage showcases a commentary on the current socio-economic landscape from the perspective of a WSU student, illuminating the challenges, issues and impressions of modern day life. Next, some inspiration from the Do Hu Suh exhibition, showcasing the interesting lengths one can achieve as the artist experiments with different mediums (like fabric and graphite paper) in a creative and unique way. I encourage students to go to exhibitions, galleries and open lecture; not necessarily for the content, but to see how people utilise different materials and mixed-media. Hopefully, this may inspire WSU students to experiment with various mediums and media. A call to action for students to experiment, to be creative, to test the boundaries of their potential; we're students; we should not be settling into standards and mediocrity, but to be passionate and driven to fail and not bound by marks, expectations or the suffocating vacuum of social media but engage in meaningful growth.

So go forward, leave the doubts and overthinking and self-deprication in these lines alone, do what you want and what you envision your next project to be. Just go forward.

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In Due Time,

Amanda Eessa

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