a summer project manifesto

It's a bit scary to realise that Fernweh has been a 'thing' for six months now. When I sent out that first email back in October, asking if anyone fancied being a part of something, I didn't expect this--not at all.
Creating this has been a huge project for us all--a labour of love, balanced between the rest of a busy teenager's commitments and involving the occasional late night. But if we're talking big projects, let's talk summer.
Yes--Fernweh was planned in the cold dreary late-autumn and early-winter days, where curling up inside and drawing mindmaps and writing emails seemed like the best idea.
But projects like Hannah's summer book, and making zines, and curating your photography portfolio? Do that now. Even just making a promise to yourself that this will be the best summer yet. The one where you take ten photos a day. The one where you learn to cartwheel! The one where you live boldly. Spend July and August working on big scary things and pushing yourself to the limit and embarking on new projects. Be brave. Go for it. Do something crazy--who knows where it will take you?
Stay up late, wake up early. Spend every waking moment creating and living and being immersed in the wonder that is summertime. Make art. Learn Arabic. Talk to strangers.
Whatever it is that has been lingering on your heart all school year--whatever it is that you have been dreaming of--whatever it is that you planned to do?
Do it.

What will your summer project be?