ἕωθεν (ē-ō′then) “from the east”
[Classical Greek, lit. “from morn”, “at earliest
dawn”]. This was the name given by A.W. Kinglake to
his book of travels in the East (1844).
Between the East and West, both words and worlds travel:
the metaphysical – senses, stories, art, imaginaries – and also the very real
and earthly masses – people, fruit, hardware, the moon and tides.
The intention of Eothen
is to capture this exchange of the real and unreal, across continents and seas.
It is a collection of stories, poems, memoirs, created
by people who are bounded by an invisible and indescribable vision of the
world, its present and its future. As sunlight enlightens from East to West, so
too do Eothen’s artists and writers, in
unified spirit.
The contributors to this issue of Eothen
are connected by bonds that will not necessarily be apparent to you, the
reader. But we are an open book, and we invite you to join us.
Number 2 will be published in 2021. If you feel connected
to the ethos of this journal and would like to contribute to the next issue,
please contact the editors at
“If you don’t go, you don’t see.
If you don’t see, you don’t know.
And if you don’t know, you can’t
act.”