Connection and Creation in a Digital Age

The 2025 issue of Common Thread explores the idea of technology, focusing on social media and AI. Developments in technology are rapid, and their implications are at once exciting and alarming, especially how we as people connect with each other and create art. Through the works compiled in this issue, we hope to capture a nuanced discussion regarding social media and AI, showing both their potential for furthering connection and creation as well as hindering them.