It is our mission to provide a communal platform that cultivates conversations around the human in the concept of patient. We are a magazine of essays, fiction, poetry, satire, interviews, and photography. Guided by our core principles of integrity, intellectual rigor, and the fostering of diverse perspectives, we seek to explore the Stanford Medical Community's experiences of and reflections upon all that is human in the practice of medicine through the publishing of thoughtful, dynamic, original works. In addition to publishing a biannual magazine, we host various readings and workshopping events on the medical campus to cultivate the literary arts. We owe a special thank you to the Stanford Medicine and the Muse Program, which both spearheads and funds programs that integrate the arts and humanities into medical education, scholarly endeavors, and the practice of medicine.