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Inkblots XXII
Inkblots Vol. 22
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The John Cooper School
2019
The John Cooper School
One John Cooper Drive
The Woodlands, Texas
77381
Phone: 281-367-0900
Fax: 281-292-9201
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Haley Hinch | 11 | Photography
Literature
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10 Nostalgia.---Caitlin Ross 92
12 Still---Sarah Tindell 96
16 Pink Bed Sheets & 98
Unfamiliar Faces---Abby Prettyman
20 Venus and Adonis---Jessie Ravestein
30 The Mandarin---Amelia Solomon
36 Versailles---Brian Ross
37 Crossing the
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Literature Poetry 10 Nostalgia.---Caitlin Ross
Prose 14 Sense of Place---Nissy Davis 18 Fo
Art Photography 1 Spread---Haley Hinch 2
Painting 12 Isabella---Maya Robles 20 Purpu
Dear Reader, T hink about your pla
Oceans Seb Plaza | 10 | Photography
“I know my
Pink Petals 3 Ellie Drinkwine | 1
Fantasy Catie Blank | 11 |Photography 10
nostalgia. Caitlin Ross| 12 | Poetry a fuchsia h
S t i l l After Frida Kahlo Sarah Tindel
She does not itch the butterflies and dragonflies
D For the past five years I have visited
new restaurants and hidden wonders. One of our ne
16
Pink Bed Sheets and Unfamiliar Faces Abby Prettym
Four Letters Ocean Waters
letters (both of my siblings have four letter nam
Purpura 20
Venus and Adonis Jessie Ravenstein| 12 |Poetry
Melancholy Man Lia O’Riordan | 12 | Charcoal Draw
This Little Light of Mine I n
Three Chthonic Myths 24 Oliver Knee
D emeter, the goddess of the har
were inextricable facets of her new reign as Quee
preparing meals. We were all children united by a
Reality is Relative Emily Cooper | 12 | Sculture
3 29
The Mandarin After Mary Oliver Amel
Summer Memories Ellie Drinkwine | 10 |Prose T
the stalls. I buy berries and peaches, honey
of apples to hot fries, the sugar of cherries and
It’s one of those days, so I hide insi
Versailles If I
Crossing the Threshold Brian Ross | 12 | Poetry
Community Voice Ally Flinn|10| Prose M
for better opportunity when I was m
Houston. Imagine my hometown and stretch it out e
Division Kirthi Chandra|10|Watercolor 41
I Am From Nissy Davis | 11 | Poetry I am from t
I am from doctors who have both dedicated their l
My Identity Kennedy Kovin | 12 | Prose M
Scanned Caroline Muhith | 11 | Photography 45
one knew I eight sets o Break, nor yeastless cr A
47
Abridged Maddy Sinkovic | 11 | Photography 48
Forgotten Ellie Drinkwine | 10 | Prose t 1.
zoe its funny “[zoh-ee,
Two Faced Abby Prettyman|10|Digital Drawing
even when their ears don’t believe me, The out of
Alligned 54
Simple Season Sonnet Jessica Young | 12 | SPonetn
“Just as strings form from
Lower Antelope Canyon 3 Natalie Osm
Firey Soul
The Star After Edgar Degas Maci Flanagan
Orange Sky Tori Osmond | 10 | Watercolo
Everybody talks / What people don’t say Maya Ro
I Just Want it to Stop Jessica Young | 12 | Poetr
“She only does it because she’s insecure,” her mo
Exhuastion Exhuastion Peyton Tague | 12 | Photog
race, dive, plummet, tumble, skip, crawl, fall, s
Through the Looking Glass Caroline Muhith | 11 |
To Be A Poet Paige Cromley | 11 | Prose “T
2 68
Strings Oliver Kneen |12| Prose I magine
several other people. Power dynamics emerge
Rooted Avery Nakahara | 11 | Scuplture 71
Behind the Curtain 72 Natal
insomniac. Aleena Fayaz | 11 | Poetry /inˈsämn
On Youthful Privilege and Idealism Allie Gahr | 1
narratives, decided to re-evaluate why I was
aphy r t it Caroline 76 g Pho o 11 | h| M
Trees Avriana Lisembee | 10| Poetry I can tell y
Because I Love Valeria Lizarraga | 12 | Poetry
3
2 80
Promising Caroline Muhuith | 11 | Photography 81
College Essay Tierney Gregory | 12 | Prose R eady
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Syuen Maya Robles | 12 | Acrylic on Canvas
I am exhausted. The sound of my breathing is ala
846
Orange Crush Natalie Osmond | 12 | Photography
Shaded
Summer II Maya Robles | 12 | Poetry Summer gree
FRUSTRATION After Matthew Dickman Basia Siwek |
Our careless motions destroy any harmony as we be
Galactic Tides Maddie Smith | 12 | Wood a
Spit Hailey Huettel | 11 | Poem We used to be
TRAIL OF CHEQUES, EPISODE 1 A Path Less Travelled
ALEX (Scoff) Easier said than done.
Representation Avery Nakahara | 11 | Slam Poetry
long ago the definition of “representation” was t
A Dream On The Streets Of Lombardy
A Necessary Confrontation Between Your Average De
Peyton Maya
Mullberry Boy Caitlin Ross | 12 | Poetry mulberr
summer drew on and as did we as the sun grew brig
103
“Maybe that’s why we look to the sky for answers,
Horizon Horizon
Painted Lady Natalie Osmond | 12 | Photography 1
The Game of Love Nissy Davis | 11 | Prose A six-
Four. Glasses clink together in celebration in lo
109
Colorful Alyssa Hu | 12 | Poetry We’re colorful
On Thin Ice Tori Osmond | 10 | Painting 11
Beyond the Trees Brian Ross | 12 | Short Story Y
I opened my eyes. Much to m
The road took me past a strip mall to a familiar
Songs About Moonlight Evan Minarovic | 12 | Poet
Why do we unceasi
Cherry Red Amelia Solomon | 10 | Prose T
Two days later I received a call from the hospita
Rebrum 120
Covered in snaking wires and surrounded by mutter
Gemini Meghan Cloninger | 11 | Photography
A Sister’s Heartbreak Faith Bugenhagen | 12 | Poe
1984 Persephone Peyto
mother, but Percy herself had never given o
1 such an accident. The girl spoke
The girl - Death - laughed and shook h
1 almost guiltily. Percy began to feel t
that she was really very pretty. After
not really a list, I just sort of
Death’s face fell, “I was worried you’d say that.
Sirens Ellie Drinkwine | 10| Poetry W
Seafoam Maddy Sinkovic | 11 | Photography 133
To The Moon Avery Nakahara | 11 | Poetry I wan
When acceptance and equality reigns supreme, I wa
Hazy (i’m blue da ba de ) Caitlin Ross
Noise Caitlin Ross | 12 | Acrylic
235 Butterflies She noticed the preciou
but they spoke as if they had known each other fo
fluttering away. She
Mariposas Peyton Tague | 12 | Photography 141
Drip Nissy Davis | 11 | Photography 142
Summer Stain Sarah Tindell | 10| Poetry A
Sounds of Elephants Singing Preston Rowley | 10
All his life he had felt like a toy To be played
146 FIXING GLITCHES Brian Ross | 12 | Script Ch
147
ALLEN: Listen, I’m only gonna say it once, so if
MARK shrugs and writes the answer on his paper.
Sensory Overload Maci Flanagan | 10 | Photography
ALLEN: Yeah, I know there’s glitches but when
A Girl with Grass Stains Maya Robles | 12| Short
when accepting a single perspective to universall
Summertime
my grandma—just a lot less strange and maybe
His head snaps to hers. “Lola,” he sa
157
Heaven’s Stars Finally, I looked up.
I swore I would see them. I had talked about it a
My Boy Natalie Osmond | 12 | Photography
The Sleep. Amelia Solomon | 10 | Poetry The chim
Reach Staff Natalie Osmon
Kirthi Chandra is often asked for curry recipes b
164
Colophon The staff and faculty advisor at the Jo
We Would Like to Thank The Fine Arts Council an
Literary Arts Magazine 2019 The John