Photos by Daniel Caso After high school in Fresno, California, anything that moved me closer to Los Angeles seemed like heaven. I was ready to leave my hometown and dive right into the city current. Not understanding the vast regional differences of Southern California, I thought Pepperdine, while in Malibu, might have a culture similar to that of Los Angeles. I soon … [Read more...] about Beauty And Complexity In Echo Park – Currents Magazine Fall 2015
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California Dream – Currents Magazine Fall 2015
Photo by Veronica Johnson I begged to stay up past midnight on a school night to watch the Oscars. I even cried. After all, it was Oscar Sunday, and I was 9 years old. My parents allowed it. The speeches dragged. The gowns twirled. My pajama nightgown didn’t quite have the same glamorous effect. I awaited the champagne. Starlets’ teeth were whiter than those of toothpaste … [Read more...] about California Dream – Currents Magazine Fall 2015
Board Life – Currents Magazine Fall 2015
Photos by Daniel Caso Longboarding: Malibu Bluffs State Park Board specs: longboard // 39.5” // Sector 9 Pepperdine’s campus itself is particularly unfavorable for longboarding — unless you are a downhill speed skater and have a nonexistent permit from the Department of Public Safety. However, there are concrete playgrounds for any longboarder’s preference from the … [Read more...] about Board Life – Currents Magazine Fall 2015
Staff Picks Of The National Parks: Big Sur, Nate Barton, Editor-In-Chief – Currents Magazine Fall 2015
Photos by Daniel Caso Looking over the cliffs of Big Sur, the universe seems whole. Perhaps it’s only romanticism that sees rock faces and crashing polyphonic waves as the harmonious tinkerings of God, but there is obviously something sacred about this place. Peering off seaside cliffs, you glimpse otters traipsing through kelp beds for sea urchins. Looking to the sky, you … [Read more...] about Staff Picks Of The National Parks: Big Sur, Nate Barton, Editor-In-Chief – Currents Magazine Fall 2015
Live the Graffiti Grandeur – Currents Magazine Spring 2015
Photos by Andrea Barrera I once stood on the edge of a cliff — battered about by the wind with sea spray in my face — and looked out over an infinite ocean. I have stood in a thousand-year-old cathedral, looked up at the modern fluorescent lights that illuminate the seemingly still dripping frescoes and felt surrounded by the ghostly prayers and cries of those who came … [Read more...] about Live the Graffiti Grandeur – Currents Magazine Spring 2015
