{"product_id":"desired-essays-journal-01","title":"Desired Essays Journal 01","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[pre-order by Sunday 21st of June]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesired Landscapes was never just a magazine. It was a way of reading cities and experimenting with words to capture the sense of place.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditing this magazine has always been a long conversation, as I have been particularly interested not only in professional writers, but also in the rawness and unique viewpoints of creatives, amateurs, and tourists. We would spend hours defining the topic, crafting the angle, and refining the structure, searching for the most fitting way to convey a sense of place. The aim was always the same: to bring together a personal, sometimes emotional, reading of the city with a critical take, all written in everyday language. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter eight years of one-on-one editing, I felt that it was time to open up this process to our readers, and bring such conversations under an educational framework, because, to me, editing is a form of thinking. That’s how the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/desired-landscapes.com\/collections\/workshops\/products\/desired-essays\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesired Essays\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e online writing workshop was born. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis edition is an anthology of the stories that sparked conversations during the Desired Essays online writing workshops in 2025. 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font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ehuman body + water = connected)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eROME\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrue Mother \u003c\/strong\u003eby Anna Dafne Alessi\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(R\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eoman churches + memories = melancholy)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDHAKA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Old Pot \u003c\/strong\u003eby Samantha Islam Lamisa\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003elost+ language = layered)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eATHENS\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbsent on Stage \u003c\/strong\u003eby Ismene Kilia\u003cbr\u003e(\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; 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