To exist, is to create. We wish our young souls to become creators of stories ―stories that talk that sing, that move; stories that show and wish to be seen. The Telescope Magazine is enthralled by the essential vision, which is to democratise creativity: to let the minds of our up-and-coming generation of story-tellers delve into every possible dimension of thought, to let their imagination unfold the ‘very own’ narratives and to let their expression be channeled around ways which leave a liberal room to manoeuvre in the process of self-discovery.

This magazine project is keen to reconnoiter the process of sharing common imagination and how such a united creative spirit eventually shapes assertiveness among students towards thought. Academics establish strict frontiers; sometimes, institutionalise the charisma of growing and learning within the classroom contexts. Nevertheless, no one is better than a mentor who can map through the mental geography of student community. As a diverse range of skills among students are ceasing to evolve due to a lack of diversity in opportunities― primarily in the arts ― one needs to choose to be disquiet about limiting someone’s potential by not creating opportunities. Because, as teachers and leaders, we need to create spaces; spaces that accommodate all variety of talents. For that reason, an initiative as this becomes instrumental in constructing one’s own creative capabilities outside the traditional framework of academics; discovering and trusting their own selves as capable individuals. We therefore, dream of a liberal space where the boundaries of language, of genre and of subject are discerningly alleviated, helping students stand up to their own individual and collective anxieties.

The famous martial artist, cultural icon and often ideally referred to as “artist + philosopher”, Bruce Lee states, “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Be water, my friend.” ‘To be water’, as Bruce Lee unequivocally suggests, be the life-force of this endeavour; be immeasurably accommodative of everything and every infinitesimal idea sparkling far away in the imaginative minds of this young generation. Discover the brightest and the farthest stars. Welcome to the Telescope Magazine!