THE ORBIT ARCHIVE

2024/2025

Dec 28, 2025

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THIS IS THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PLANET RAL🌎

THE BEGINNING🌎

In the beginning, there was feeling.
Before the issues. Before the titles. Before the archive. There was a quiet hunger — to speak, to gather, to make something sacred out of words and witness.

Planet Ral did not begin as a publication.
It began as a listening.

A listening to the ache beneath language.
To the tenderness beneath creation.
To the truth that art is not made to impress, but to remember.

And so the orbit formed — slowly, deliberately — not chasing noise, but gravity.

THE GOSPEL OF THE ORBIT🌎

This archive is not a collection of posts.
It is a scripture of seasons.

Each issue is a chapter written by many hands,
each one responding to the same quiet call:
bring what is real.

Here, poets learned to breathe again.
Artists learned to trust their instincts.
Writers learned that softness is not weakness — it is power refined.

Planet Ral became a place where feeling was not edited out,
where slowness was not punished,
where creation was allowed to be human.

THE ACT OF THE ISSUES📰

Sixteen issues.
Sixteen moments of arrival.

Some were born from fire.
Some from grief.
Some from longing.
Some from joy so gentle it almost went unnoticed.

Together, they form an arc —
of becoming, un-becoming, and becoming again.

This archive holds the echoes of who we were
and the blueprints of who we are still becoming.

Nothing here is finished.
Everything here is alive.

THE ARCHIVE AS THE ALTAR📰

This is a place to return to.
A place to kneel, to wander, to rest.

The archive is an altar made of pages —
each issue a candle,
each contributor a flame.

If you read slowly, you will hear it:
the collective heartbeat of a community
that chose depth over spectacle
and sincerity over speed.

A BENEDICTION FOR THE READER☕

May you find yourself somewhere in these pages.
May you recognize an old feeling and greet it gently.
May the words remind you that your inner world matters.

This is not content.
This is communion.

Welcome to the Archive of Sixteen —
and the two echoes that came before,
still ringing, still luminous.

The orbit remains open.

To the Ones Who Made the Orbit Possible❤️🌎

This archive exists because of you.

Every issue, every page, every return to feeling was shaped by voices brave enough to show up — with words, images, ideas, and care. Planet Ral has never been a solo act. It has always been a constellation.

What you’ll find listed here are not just names.
They are witnesses. Builders. Keepers of feeling.
Artists who trusted this orbit with their work and their truth.

Some came once.
Some stayed.
All mattered.

Thank you for lending your light, your language, your patience, and your presence. Thank you for believing in slow creation and shared becoming. Thank you for making Planet Ral a living world.

This page is for you.

WITH GRATITUDE, WE HONOR:

(List of contributors — by issue)

I & PLANET RAL LOVES YOU SO MUCH ❤️

ISSUE 1

ISSUE 2

ISSUE 3

ISSUE 4

ISSUE 5

ISSUE 6

ISSUE 7

ISSUE 8

ISSUE 9

ISSUE 10

ISSUE 11

ISSUE 12

ISSUE 13

ISSUE 14

ISSUE 15 — PART 1

ISSUE 15 — PART 2

ISSUE 16

PLANET RAL — ISSUE 18

Theme: THE NORTH STAR

Inspire Others to Inspire You.

In 1963, James Baldwin wrote words sharp enough to steady a generation—someone read them in silence, then chose courage, then became more than they were. That is how guidance works: one voice, passed hand to hand, lighting the way.

For Issue XVIII: The North Star, send 50 words or less — or a single sentence, something you’ll carry through 2026. A line that orients you. A thought that points home. Be the sentence someone else follows. Let's start great!

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

Publication Date: Saturday, January 10th, 2026

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SO MUCH LOVE❤️

Dec 28

OUR ARCHIVE

Planet Ral began as a quiet act of listening, prioritizing the sacred ache of human connection over the noise of traditional publication. It was built on the belief that art is a way to remember, not to impress.

The Gospel of the Orbit

This archive is a collective scripture where sixteen issues honor authenticity over artifice. It serves as a sanctuary where softness is power and the human element is never edited out.

On Issues, and the Act of Returning

These sixteen arrivals form a living arc of transformation—born of fire, grief, and joy. They are not static records, but active blueprints of a community still in the process of becoming.

The Archive as Altar

This is an altar of sincerity, inviting readers to trade speed for depth. Each contributor is a flame in a sanctuary built for those seeking a collective heartbeat and a place to rest.

A Benediction for the Reader

This is communion, not content. It is a luminous invitation to recognize yourself within these pages and join an orbit that remains, and always will be, open.

To the Ones Who Made the Orbit Possible

❤️

Saira Anwar

This moved me deeply, what a sacred, beautiful tribute to the journey we’ve all been part of. To be named in this constellation of voices, to be seen and remembered in this way. I’m truly honoured. Thank you, Ral, for creating a space where tenderness is held, where slowness is valued, and where each offering becomes part of something timeless. Grateful to be orbiting here, and growing with you all, with amazing and talented artists. ❤️🥰🥹✨️

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