Tomorrow is inevitable, yet different to us all. It’s a word we use daily, often with little thought for its vast and complex meaning. For issue three of ODE, that’s exactly where we started: we wanted to spend more time with tomorrow.

When we began considering this new iteration, we looked to the idea of tomorrow with an optimism about what we might create, and a curiosity about the different meanings it might hold. That is, ultimately, what ODE means to me: a celebration of creativity, as it is now and as it might become. We invited contributors across photography, art and culture to explore what tomorrow means to them, interested in where one word might take them.

Across these pages, questions of identity, belonging and change emerge through a breadth of creative languages. Some contributors look forward; others return to something familiar in the hope of seeing it from a different perspective. Some offer a finished statement; others leave a thought unresolved. Together, they have pulled apart the theme, revealing how much there is to explore within a single word.

Thank you to our collaborators, the artists, photographers and writers who have shared their work and thinking with us. And to you, the reader, for spending time with it.