The Potential Issue
A fig tree outside the window. Five figs on it, one for each knot. Look around the room.
On the desk
Letter from the Editor, No. 1
The opening letter and the guide: why the modern fig tree is a different tree from Plath's, and why not choosing can be a rational answer to it.
Go inEverything in this room
The same apartment, as a list.
- On the deskLetter from the Editor, No. 1the desk by the window
- Out the windowMap your own fig treethe fig tree outside
- Out the windowThe Orchardthe window sill
- Knot 1FOMO and the fear of committingfig, top of the tree
- Knot 2Intensity and the pressure of masteryfig, left branch
- Knot 3The flighty identityfig, right branch
- Knot 4Sunk costfig, low left
- Knot 5The wrong lifefig, low right
- On the shelfThe Syllabusthe bookshelves
- The armchairThe Salonthe leather armchair
- On the doormatStop watching the fig tree, climb itsealed for now
- On the magazine rackHot takes on not knowing what you wantthe magazine rack
- On the magazine rackMy situationship with my camera rollthe magazine rack
- On the magazine rackDressing for the version of me I want to bethe magazine rack
- On the magazine rackPlaylist: songs for being the main characterthe magazine rack
- On the magazine rackI hate social media but I can't quit itthe magazine rack
- On the magazine rackNight photography without a planthe magazine rack