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Every birthday is a portrait of girlhood and growing up in the intolerable twilight of our teenagedom.

These immersive exhibits use technology to figuratively grab your hand, and take you down a kaleidoscope of stimulating colors and sounds.

Surreal art isn’t above the real or in any way beyond it; it simply offers a different, newer way of looking at the real world, constructing a different perspective.

The Daily Californian sat down to interview Coye Cheshire, a sociological social psychologist and professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information.

These individuals were born to less-than-ideal circumstances and, rather than being provided with support, were locked away with a punitive intent that rarely rehabilitates.

Johnstone giddily describes celebrities wearing her designs as “so weird, but a huge compliment."

In 1957, French essayist Roland Barthes published “Mythologies,” a collection of essays that uncover the hidden meanings of everyday objects and phenomena. Reading through the endless unbelievable layers and significance of milk, toys, soap and more, I was beyond intrigued. Inspired by Barthes' work, I took a deep dive into one of my favorite things in the world: museum gift shops.   

Aren’t we all just a huddled mass of copycats, anxious that the identities we’ve cobbled together will one day burst at the seams?

The next day, I still hadn’t gotten enough of Ito’s work. So I started to read one of his most popular mangas, called “Uzumaki.” While I had gone in completely blind, I was delighted to find that the story was about something I am truly fascinated with: spirals. 

If your version of the creation story doesn’t quite fit, if it bunches around the wrists or itches at the neck, dare to imagine something better.