What is art?

“Art begins when a man, with the purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and expresses it

by certain external signs” - Leo Tolstoy

Sometimes words aren’t enough to express our feelings. We use art to make up for what we can’t write, what we can’t say.

Metafora is a compilation of art from Greater Toronto Area students which attempts to bridge the gap that our words sometimes leave behind. As

Tolstoy elucidates, art is something that elicits an emotional response in the viewer. By bringing you this collection, we hope to achieve this.

Each piece has been carefully crafted and curated by our dedicated team. Please enjoy.

Note: This is a sample collection—the final publication will include 20-25 works selected from artists’ submissions, which will be collected until the end

of May.

ISBN 978-0-9947579-0-6Convex Arts Publishing, Toronto, Canada

© All rights reserved by individual authors

TEAMFOUNDER HENRY HEEDITOR SUSIE LIU

TO YOU , IN 2000 YEARS SUSIE LIU, 17IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

AND? SOPHIA LIU, 15PERMANENT JENNA WONG, 15

EXPLORING THE ESSENCE OF GOD ESTHER CHEUNG, 17

SIGNIFICANCE RUTH LEE, 17CARDINAL YILIN ZHU, 16

DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO LIVE YET HENRY HE, 17NEW YORK ANGELA TAN, 17

CONNECTED MARA GAGIU, 17COSMOTRONIC SUSIE LIU, 17

JEEPLY IN LOVE SHARON ZHENG, 17

ASPHYXIATION SUSIE LIU, 17

SUMMER LIGHTS SUSIE LIU, 17FOCUS HENRY HE, 17

THANK YOUSUBMIT TODAY @ METAFORA.CA YOUR NAME HERE