Globally Rooted

Out Now - Globally Rooted Magazine Issue 04: Seasons

There is something radical about paying attention to the seasons. Issue 04 sits with this idea of noticing.

In this issue we invite you to slow down just enough to feel the shifts in seasons. We move through shifting seasons that shape how we live, love, create, leave, return, and understand ourselves over time. We invite you to pay attention to what is coming into season in your own life, and what is gently passing.

We asked contributors to think about seasons through the lens of home, garden, food and tradition. In this issue you will find photo essays, personal essays and poetry from South Africa, Colombia, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Portugal, India, UK, and France.

With gratitude to all the contributors featured in this issue:
Hannah Herrera |
LeAnna Bussey & Anna Glass | & .studio
Aylin Graves | .in.the.aegean
Ivan Hernandez-Quintela |
Maria Rosales |
Andianne Gwyneth |
Priyanka Sacheti |
Marie Baum | .baum
Angel Maemu Nemakonde |
Nilufer Agcakisla |

I grew up in a house with a sewing machine probably older than myself. Living with grandparents my entire younger years, I was raised with the philosophy of self-reliance - making and repairing things instead of buying new ones. They taught me to sew my own garments and mend tears in my clothes. The younger me was not very happy with that situation. I wanted new dresses, I wanted new skirts, I wanted jeans that were not resized hand-me-downs. When I left for college, my grandma gave me a box of threads and needles, which I refused, finding it embarrassing to bring sewing kits to the city where you can just buy anything. I thought I was finally free to drown myself in a pile of new clothes and shoes, just like scenes from moviesBack to Sewing [Excerpt from Issue 03]

Words & Images by Oktaviana Kale

Magazine | Issue 03 | Read full essay via link in bio.

Oktaviana Kale is a part-time teacher. In her spare time, she writes, sews, and tends her garden.