And yet it is a true doctrine; 

for truth is not on the surface of things,

but in the depths.

John Henry Newman

A room is never just a room.
Interiors reveal hidden worlds. The spaces we inhabit shape the lives we imagine we live. 

For our first issue, Interiors, we are seeking writing and visual work concerned with inner life in all its forms: domestic spaces, spiritual experience, silence, architecture, inwardness, contemplation, and the worlds people construct around themselves.

We are especially interested in work that approaches interiors not just as a matter of design or aesthetics, but as spaces of reflection self.

 What does modern life do to interiority? Where do people now experience the inner life? What becomes of the inner life in an age of speed, distraction, and exposure?

• Domestic interiors and architecture
• The historical life of rooms and objects
• Interior monologue and private consciousness
• Silence, contemplation, ritual, and solitude
• Sacred spaces, chapels, shrines, monasteries, and thresholds
• The interiorised self in literature, philosophy, and film
• The relationship between outer space and inner life

Seeking:
Photography • Essays • Fiction • Visual Art • Criticism

Tell us what lives inside.

Please see our submissions page for specifics on how to submit.