SJ Salazar Aponte’s Visual Poetry is Stunning
SJ Salazar Aponte combines photography and poetry to create a whole new art form: phoetry. Their art starts with an original photo, which is then run through a typewriter to imprint a poem or word on top. This adds another layer of meaning and juxtaposition for the viewer to interpret in their own way. We […]
Top 10 Artists to Watch: Surreal Pt 1
We can’t get enough of Surreal // So Real! And we know you can’t either. So, here are 10 more surreal artists to watch and support! Aria Brownell Aria Brownell is a painter living in Austin, Texas and contributor in Issue 14: VIVID. She currently works out of the ContraCommon studios in Bee Cave. “I paint […]
Alexis Sleeper Posts her Surreal Poetry on Craigslist
Writer Alexis Sleeper has turned the surreal into the hyperreal. Her poems are there and then they’re gone. And Austin Craigslist is her journal. We featured Alexis Sleeper in Issue 18 to showcase her surreal poems. She came with a unique idea: post poems in Craigslist’s missed connections section and see what happens. “I play […]
Nicholas McCann
Nicholas McCann describes his Desert of the Soul poetry series as his dream state, living state and home state. He shared his poetry in Issue 09, which was themed around dreams. Desert of the Soul By Nicholas McCann I. O Creator of Dreams, help me be as a child of the desert. To live freely […]
Adrian Patenaude
Issue 13 contributor Adrian Patenaude shares her experience between two different worlds, growing up both in Thailand and Texas. Putting home into words By Adrian Patenaude As a Third Culture Kid, I’ve struggled with my cultural identity for years. I’m a blonde-haired, blue-eyed white girl from Texas but my first memories are of watching dubbed […]
Illustrations by Jon-Michael Frank
The first time I came across Jon-Michael Frank‘s work was when browsing around the prints in Parts & Labour. I found one that struck a chord with me. It simply said “Avocados are cool, but people are dying.” After that, I knew I had to contact him to ask him to be a part of […]
The Quiet, Poetic Travels of Electra Day
For those longing for Joni Mitchell tracks and mourning the loss of the late, great, Leonard Cohen, welcome Electra Day into your music library. Electra Day is the solo project from Julie Hampton, a former teacher, poet and world traveler. In August of this year, Electra Day released “Quiet Hours,” a nine-track collection of songs […]