AFTER AFTERMATH

Afters are either lived or anticipated. This era of time is paradoxical; defined by both looking forward and fearing what follows. This time, the issue for the most part ended up a safe haven for venting, mourning, and purging the griefs of what would follow or what was once the subsequence of transition. These states of contemplation were worth a pause and a documentation. We are living in times urging us to look back, and to rethink the fast linearity we were tracking. These two years, we suspended our nows and took solace in the concept of After. Aftermaths are not limited and tied to the recent global developments, they are sometimes the neglected part of creative processes, the palette of paint turning out better than the painting, or other times the displayed end of creative exploration. Ending with expressing gratitude to all our contributors.

- Nada Abu Daqer