Interviews

POET, ISSUE 8

“When I attended fifth grade in America, I became very absorbed by my English classes. I remember every one. I was fascinated with the way the authors my teachers read to me expressed the beauty, curiosities, and abstractness of their minds onto a page. Reading certain sentences would give me goosebumps. The creativity in the way writers wove words together was like witnessing some magic unfold.”

PHOTOGRAPHER, ISSUE 8

“Step back to 2011, seeing the shadow of a tiny mushroom on a log and starting a journey to seek the details around me. Fast forward to 2023, photographing patterns on the beach created by runoff from the rain and a couple stopping to ask what I was photographing. I showed them some ‘trees’ in the sand, and soon, with phone in hand, they began finding and photographing their own “trees.” I experienced great joy that day knowing I helped them see those details.”

WRITER, ISSUE 8

“The beginnings of my writing were certainly therapeutic, although I think I’m probably quite common in that respect. My first experiences writing anything remotely creative were through journaling. At first recounting things that had happened, and then as I got older reflecting on things that were happening. Writing has always been my way of making sense of the world around me.”