Aurora 2025 with cover

A Note From the Editor:

What is human?

The simple answer is a collection of cells and atoms that form the species that we are. We live on the Earth, breathe oxygen, and have intelligent brains.

But what is really human?

We are so much more than atoms and cells. We have feelings, emotions, thoughts, ideas, and creativity. We have the ability to take the vast and interesting world that is our minds and create something physical with it.

We make paintings and drawings. We sing and dance.

We make art.

In a world that is growing and changing into something that revolves around and relies on artificial intelligence, we as humans must continue to search and find those things that prove who we are. Find the things that prove nothing can truly replicate the human mind.

It’s my honor to take that evidence, that proof, and immortalize it.

Allie Benson-Atterson, Co-Editor

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