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Volume 21 Issue 1 2013 Article 20

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Section Intro: Transformations Section Intro: Transformations

Emile Gilson

Caesia King

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In written text, writers sometimes undergo a transformation: at times little, other times profound. Efforts to rewrite a paragraph,

alter a sentence, or even a word can result in a completely evolved text. Throughout this pro-cess, writers can experience a change of their own: in how they recollect their memories and how they perceive themselves. In the process of writing, undertaking research, raising aware-ness for a cause, or challenging perceptions, transformation is possible.

In the stories that follow, each of the author’s memories take us to places that may be unfamiliar or even frightening. Yet con-tained within the stories are elements that are known to all of us: fear, courage, passion, un-certainty, and justice.

The authors describe events that have af-fected them personally in such a way that

readers have to take notice. Readers gain a sense of how uniting towards a com-mon goal can lead to transformation. The writers in this section have a sense of his-tory and a need to create change. Despite differences in causes, these writers use lan-guage to move readers to awareness about themselves and the world around them.

By trying to see the world anew, to see possibility, each writer asks us to think about change—and how tranformation is possible. Like the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis, each piece shows us the change that can arise when we slow down and reimagine a particu-lar situation.

We invite you to discover these transforma-tions for yourself, and perhaps to see how ev-eryone has the potential to bring about change.

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