The Silo
Bennington College's journal of arts and letters
Carnal
Kristi Carroll ‘11
Escondida
Mary Terrier ‘10
Everything is exposed: the twitching limbs
of leafless Aspens, the glinting asphalt wound
around mountains, the succulents: armed,
defensive. Here, every street is named
for a saint, every church bell chimes at once,
but try finding the horizon—blocked out by the dark
charred shoulders of mountains—only visible
if you climb, and climb.
Light On The Nile
Owen Henry ‘10
cyan stark wall 44
Dan Wood ‘11
The Duplex Body, an excerpt from That Which Moves, Of Which I Am Inside
Forest Purnell ‘12
Thus, architecture that moves has always been about elsewhere as well as here, virtual space as well as physical space. An airplane extends the physical body by moving it, but even as the body moves, it remains―from the reference of the airplane―static. The experience of flight is not an experience of movement, but rather a dream-like sequence of being still, waiting in lines, sitting in rows, drinking, using the toilet.
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Caroline Miller ‘10
Rebuilding a Sustainable Food Culture in America
Isabel Marlens ‘12
For traditional farmers and food producers like those in India and Italy, growing food, cooking food, and sharing food have significant cultural value that has developed over hundreds or even thousands of years to fulfill social, spiritual, and ecological needs as well as the physical need to eat. Here in the United States, we have less depth to our cultural history. Since European colonization, our nation has been a cultural melting pot with few unified traditions. Today, however, a blossoming interest in gourmet cooking, a wide variety of ethnic influences, and the movement for organic, fresh, and local foods, are converging to sow the seeds of a vibrant food culture.
Untitled: Hudson Series
Rachel Piacenta ‘10
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Rebecca Baudille ‘12
Limerance
Allie Simmons ‘10
the use of extreme
happiness must be guarded. a story
with a happy ending, you say,
will not tell truths. all of us – in our
secret rib-shadowed cores, dark
and wet and sweet – want
contrasts of light and dark
Including where it began
Marie Blocker ‘10, Victoria Arend ‘10
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Dana Wolfson ‘11
Old Fun
Martin Zimmermann ‘10
Polaroid One-Step, In Felt
Sara Judy ‘11
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Camille Roccanova ‘13
Words Unfolded
Elizabeth Bennett ‘10
Molding
Evan Marsh ‘12
The Effects of Resistance and Inductance on a Capacitor in a Simple RLC Circuit
Caitlin Hussey ‘10
When the original current reaches 0, the counter current produced by the inductor is still running, so the capacitor begins to gain charge again, this time on the opposite plate (which is why it accumulates a negative charge). The charge and the current here behave inversely, with a small time lag. When the magnitude of the charge is increasing, the magnitude of the current is decreasing. When the charge is 0, the current is at a maximum or minimum (the same magnitude, but running in opposite directions). When the charge is at a maximum or minimum, the current is 0. This inverse relationship can be seen when we look at the phase-plane graph of this model:
Mt. Anthony 1
John Landsman ‘12
A Portrait
Andrew Lacasse ‘10
Late Heavy Bombardment
Chelsea Harlan ‘11
Saturn, all opal-bashful and stunning,
winks when we see her. I hesitate,
I have no fate in space but want it and you
One Photograph
Elliot Cash ‘13
French Poodle Asking To Be Taken For A Walk
Hugh Elton ‘12
Precious Thing
Emmet Penney ‘11
Swirl our sweat
On the pavement. Unholster me,
Show me what trigger fingers
Were made for. Beg you bite
My bottom lip.
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Amna Ahmed ‘13
Best Friends Napping
Zack Franklin ‘11
Untitled Collage
Farhad Mirza ‘12
Billy
Chelsea Harlan ‘11
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Marisa Prefer ‘10
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Helen Lanier ‘11
The Turtle
Sara Judy ‘11
You swerved to miss
hitting his curved shell,
woke me up and kept me
that way—talking about fissures
and dark wet spots.
Disturbingly Well
Joel Kennedy ‘10
Chuck’s Stop
W.A. Kirby ‘10
When Ed died—Ed owned the diner—he left the place to Chuck, said that he deserved it, that Chuck was the best employee he’d ever had. That changed everything. Chuck changed. He fired a couple people he didn’t like and he hired on some new girls and they left pretty quick and he got angry and fired some more people and hired some new girls and they left too, and when I found out why the girls were leaving I threatened to leave and I did for a couple months. I went back to my Momma, but I couldn’t find work, and she had to spend all her money on her pills, so I asked for my job back and Chuck said okay. I didn’t know any better. I guess I don’t need to say it, but it was never the same again.