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Orange Blossom Review

A Journal of Creative Arts

Cosmic Insignificance

Issue 9 | Winter 2022 | Sejuti Bala

Literary comic strip with two panels. Panel 1: An image of the night sky with stars and a moon. Handwritten text reads, “I have always admired the stars.” Panel 2: A close-up of a person’s face, with wisps of hair, eyebrows, and eyes. The night sky is reflecting in the eyes. The text from panel 1 continues: “and how i’ll only ever see so little of them.”

Literary comic strip with a group of three panels in a single row and one large panel underneath. A continuation of panels 1 and 2. Panel 3: An image of what might be a cave with an orange glow evocative of fire. Handwritten text reads, “they have silently watched.” Panel 3.2: An image of a cityscape, tall buildings packed together. The text from panel 3.1 continues: “so many eons pass.” Panel 3.3: An image of what appear to be stone ruins. The text from panel 3.2 continues: “and will also witness our return to dust.” Panel four: An image of a gleaming metal satellite against the night sky with a planet (possibly Earth) in the background. The text from panel 3.3 continues: “in this tiny, tiny corner of the universe.”

Literary comic strip with two panels. A continuation of panels 3 and 4. Panel 5 (split by a diagonal line): An image of a swirling universe. Handwritten text on the left reads, “it makes you feel eternally small” and continues on the right, “infinitely insignificant.” A box surrounds a handwritten note reading “you are here” just below a tiny cross. Panel 6: An image of a person sitting next to a cat. They are seated on a balcony with the night sky in the background. Handwritten text reads, “strangely, there is some comfort in that.”

Sejuti Bala is a non-binary artist and writer who did their Masters in English Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. They have worked on several zines and publications including Liquid Skies (forthcoming) and Uncaged Anthology Goddesses Volume V, for which they were nominated for the ENNIES. They can be found on twitter @fiovske.

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