we were just pretending

"I guess I like that idea that you could pretend yourself into new feelings and new relationships. Obviously I'm a big pretender. but the kind of leap where it's almost like some kind of science fiction thing happens. Like we were just pretending, and then what's this? We actually have new powers now, and we see each other differently, and in fact all of life has suddenly tilted. I'm going for that everyday, personally."
~ Miranda July
The Boo Radley of Central Square

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by Hannah Cotier

by: Talia Ralph

On the corner of Brookline and Franklin Streets in Boston, there’s this fence.

It is almost six feet high, and spans half the block in either direction. It is painted purple and yellow and green, and begs passersby to stop and read it, even if they’re rushing to catch the T or lugging bags of groceries.

“Be aware,” it says, in painted white letters. “Everything has two sides and everything is alive.”

These sorts of sayings are written all over the fence, weaving around grizzly bears, moose, and starburst cutouts which showcase the wild garden growing behind it. It surrounds a three-story brown apartment building that, on an otherwise typical Cambridge side street, looks almost out of place.

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My neighbor. I pass this fence at least twice a day and have still never read the whole thing.

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