The Red Issue is both a discovery and a celebration of the human being, in its good and bad. Red is the color of contradictions: it can mean love and anger, courage and danger, strength and stress, confidence and chaos. It reflects the complexity of being human, where light and shadow coexist within us all. Together with our contributors, we explore existential questions that live in our minds every day, questions that challenge us, keep us alive, and make us genuine.