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Andrea Catalina Vaca
Chelsey Alden
Fernando Gaverd
Andrea Catalina Vaca is twenty-nine years old and currently lives in Chicago, IL. Andrea spends her days working, enjoying what life has to offer, and traveling whenever and wherever she can.
Chelsey Alden is an editor & poet. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Santa Fe University of Art & Design. Past work has appeared in K NACK & Glyph magazines. Chelsey currently lives in Longmont, CO.
Fernando Gaverd graduated from the Santa Fe University of Art and Design in New Mexico, where he co-founded the design collective Hexagono Design, collaborated with emerging artists on K NACK Magazine, and, upon graduation, joined the Faculty of Digital Arts. His work has been published in Design Envy by A IGA , and FL A M A NTES by Hago Cosas in Spain. He currently works as a freelancer.
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Rufino Medrano
Jonathon Duarte
BFrank
Rufino Medrano is currently a senior year Graphic Design student at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Born and raised in Northern California, Rufino is a hybrid designer of sorts, constantly switching between the role of a graphic designer to a 3D production designer. He is young, determined, and passionate to progress, both as a designer, and a 3D designer.
Jonathon Duarte is from El Paso, TX and currently resides in Madrid, Spain. Fragments of his heart remain in Santa Fe, NM and Mexico City. He hopes to one day own and operate a peanut butter factory or become an art director, whichever happens first.
BFrank graduated from Santa Fe University of Art and Design with a BFA in Graphic Design. He has lived and worked in Santa Fe, St. Louis and is currently in Los Angeles.
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Ariana Lombardi
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Ariana Lombardi is a writer, artist and educator born and raised in Northern, New Jersey. She is a founder and the host of The Salon and has hosted salons in Guangzhou, China and the United States, as well as Salon-powered creative communication workshops internationally. She is Co-founder and Executive Editor of KNACK Magazine and is member of Strangers Collective. Her writing has been published in That’s PRD, Strangers, Vol. 1, and The Laurel Review. She has been participant and performed in exhibitions in Guangzhou, China and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ariana currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan where she is studying Mandarin as a Huayu Enrichment Scholarship Recipient at National Taiwan University.
Juraj Gagne is a zinemaker and toy store clerk in Santa Fe, NM, despite consistently being voted into “Least Whimsical Human” Top Ten lists. He is the Founder and Editor of Rampaging Gasoline Nomad, a bi-monthly journal/zine of apocalyptic nonfiction, which will be released someday.
Jake Goodman is half man, half bird, half graphic designer with a studio art background, living and working in Austin, TX. Stylistically, he is influenced by art deco, the international style, and chiaroscuro.
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ANDREA CATALINA VACA
There is a freedom to explore in photography that allows me to be in each moment, to soak in it, and to capture it.
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My curiosity about life is what drives me to make photographs. Making photographs is how I connect to the world around me. There is a freedom to explore in photography that allows me to be in each moment, to soak in it, and to capture it. Sharing these moments is important to me. I want my photographs to make people think about life, open their minds, and allow them to ask questions. Photographs featured here are from my archive. I consider most of my photographs to be part of a greater series I call Memories. The other photographs are from two different projects, Classical Elements and Sand & Water. Classical Elements was created in 2016, when I was looking for balance in my life. Sand & Water is ongoing. I am focusing on their contrasts, similarities, colors, and natural designs.
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Cla ssic a l Ele m e nts
L o ok i n g for b a la nc e? Ta ke a m o m e nt R e m e m b er t h e b a sic s Of n atu r e Of a ll m atter G o b ac k to t h e b e gi n n i n g Cla ssic a l Ele m e nts A ncie nt c u ltu r es lo oke d to t h es e a n d ot h er ele m e nts For a n s w ers For b a la nc e Br e at h Fi n d yo u r b a la nc e Us e t h is t i m e to d o so
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CHELSEY ALDEN
Even the smallest detail sets two things of near identical composition apart.
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An editor at my very core, I give you less on the page only so that I may give you more. Even the smallest detail sets two things of near identical composition apart.
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dress-up. The prettiest picture I have of you is not really you. It is in a book & you are propped up on two pairs of stilts--crutching your neck & crossed ankles--lying horizontal, barefoot. Your head tilted back, neck fully shown, offering your very own heart to the blackening heavens. Here you are alone & I wonder where the wolves are. Dressed in your prom gown, pink as your naked arms & long as your ankles. Frilled snakes have fallen asleep on your skirt & they have left you breathless, resting on your bird’s perch, staring upward to the skies. Do you want to be seen? I am the only one watching & a half hundred pines. We are all thickly huddled together, your audience.
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FERNANDO GAVERD
His projects take on the contact with his homeland, where seashells and harbors, sea and desert, juxtapose with his experiences and inquisitiveness.
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Fernando Gaverd is better known for his work with mixed media and collage, in which he explores different themes by experimenting with various techniques, materials and colors. A native resident of La Paz Bay in Mexico, his projects take on aspects of his homeland, where seashells and harbors, sea and desert, juxtapose with his experiences and inquisitiveness.
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RUFINO MEDRANO
It’s been a gratifying and challenging experience to create something everyday for a year.
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I’m a graphic designer with an emphasis in 3D production design, an area in which I am self-taught and learning on the daily. Last December, I created a self-initiated project to create a 3D render everyday for one year. The reason for creating this challenge was to learn about 3D rendering for myself: lighting, modeling, texturing, and to understand how the world works using 3D software. It’s been a gratifying and challenging experience to create something everyday for a year.
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JONATHON DUARTE
I’ve grown fond of the nuances a hand-drawn line contains and the unbridled strokes of wax on paper.
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As a graphic designer, I have obsessive control over the most minute, insignificant details. Consequently, this has frayed my nerves and driven me away from the glaring computer screen to a sheet of crisp paper. I’ve grown fond of the nuances a hand-drawn line contains and the unbridled strokes of wax on paper. This series of work is an ongoing attempt to loosen up and give in to impulses, to make mere marks on paper and practice the challenging task of keeping it simple and knowing when to stop.
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BFRANK
Much like the first sip of coffee on a day that you really need a sip of coffee but haven’t yet had a sip of coffee.
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Much like the first sip of coffee on a day that you really need a sip of coffee but haven’t yet had a sip of coffee, after a strenuous move to Los Angeles, several months of crying myself to sleep, and a questionable infatuation with running, some nice people started paying me to be the Creative Director at their international sushi distribution company.
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ARIANA LOMBARDI
In regard to language, there is what is written, what is spoken, what is seen, what is heard, and what is felt.
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“The soul is form.” —Plato This body of work requires a willingness to recognize form, to make it ever-present, to hold them with vigilance and grace, and to question them. Words have many forms and thus are containers—vessels—like our bodies are to experience, memory and feeling. In regard to language, there is what is written, what is spoken, what is seen, what is heard, and what is felt. The telling of a story is not the actual experience which the person telling it had. No thing can be more than one thing at the same time. Rock is rock, flesh is flesh, place is place. Things can only flex, multiply, accrue, change, and have duality, in meaning. For me, writing is a whole body experience, and so, I believe that it goes beyond words on a page, that language can be used as a medium in installation and in drawing, etc. There is a process which unlocks itself when one recognizes form, the patterns that thoughts make are not dissimilar to the patterns that language makes, and in that, the geometry and math of abstract things, like speech, sounds and meaning, comes to the surface. If the words are the form, then the practice of them is the meditation. These are language meditations.
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JURAJ GAGNE
... somewhere in that shift, that space, there’s an eighth color shifting between blue and yellow of my mind.
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Nothing in the world makes sense to me, really, and an overarching sense of groundlessness compels me to speak with fatalistic authority even though I’m lost as hell. This is especially evident – at least by my own estimation – in A New Englander’s Directives for Emotional and Social Conduct, which is a cultural record, self-depreciation and celebration in equal measure. The super-ego is a tyrant impossible to escape, and I feel myself in a state of confused Stockholm Syndrome with the megaphone-loud voice of culture ringing on high. I rail against it at every opportunity – with Anarchism, Atheism, and Agender-ism – and yet there are elements and impulses, mainly from my childhood, that I know are unhealthy and arrogant and that I love when I know they only hurt me. Although an attempt at satire, I can only honestly say that if and when the New Englanders Directives veers out of satire and into actual social prescription and Yankee xenophobia, somewhere in that shift, that space, there’s an eighth color shifting between blue and yellow of my mind. It also bears to mention I am a sucker for Lovcraftian/cosmic horror and try to incorporate a taste of it in everything I write, even when I know it doesn’t belong. But sometimes, maybe, it’s a little funny.
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The New Englander’s Directives for Emotional and Social Conduct, Excerpts from 2018 Edition.
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SPECIAL FORWARD
The New Englander’s Directives for Emotional and Social Conduct is a formative document in a very literal sense. Despite being given to every child born in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine at birth, this fantastic and fascinating document has never before been available for public contemplation. It is my profound honor to finally present these selected excerpts of carefully curated wisdom, passed down through generations, to a wider audience – a brief selection of the wisdom central to the much envied golden utopia that is New England, and to understanding the effortless coolness of our nation’s most valuable citizenry. I, who kept this document close to my heart since my own upbringing in Maine, truly envy the first-time reader. Enjoy.
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Introduction
Congratulations – you are a New Englander! Whether from the dense forests of Maine or the highways of Massachusetts where only the strong survive, you are one of the lucky ones. But you are not lucky by accident – In fact, the multitude of wonders you will grow up taking for granted (unless you are foolish enough to leave) are only possible through intense effort and sharply defined social strictures.
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INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION It is probable that at some point in life you will encounter another human being – probably at a store, at school or work, or even in your own home. It is equally likely that no more than five of these people will become what is called a “friend,” which is what we call someone you smoke cigarettes next to and complain about things with. The following is a primer for basic casual inter-human communication.
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GREETINGS You greet another person by asking how they are - “How are you?” you may ask. At this juncture, there are a number of possible responses, listed from most positive to least positive: “I’m well.” This tells the person that the conditions of your life are generally amenable, while avoiding the indecorous or flashy implications of claiming to be “very well” or “good,”…like that ever lasts. By claiming to be well, you admit that you don’t have any current complaints and could do with a good hard winter or a second job to get you back on track. “Fine.” Fine is the best way for a New Englander to be. This honest response takes the pros and cons of life into account, for instance – A grandparent may have recently passed away, but you have plenty of cordwood ready for winter. Or, your sister just had a kid and you’re excited to be an uncle or aunt, but also you have depression. If ever you are at a loss how to respond when someone asks after your emotional state, just remember, “I’m fine.” If ever times are especially tough, this phrase can begin with a quiet sigh – this will adequately express your emotional condition. Only in the rarest cases of extreme existential or emotional crisis might a New Englander feel inclined to use that loudest of all cries for help, “I’ve been better.” This phrase should be avoided at all costs, unless the person using it is currently undergoing “Grief” (See the section entitled GRIEF for further information) and to one of not-more-than-five-friends. In most cases, after the emotional state has been related, it is followed by a return request for emotional information, “And how’re you?” explaining that they are also “Fine” or “Well.” The exception is when you have been told that the person “has been better.” It is very important in this moment to honor their request for emotional support by showing “empathy,” the action of relating to the emotional experience of others. – To show empathy, disregard the usual back-and-forth, pull an understanding facial expression and respond with something like “I’ve been there,” or even “Tell me about it,” which, it bears to mention, is absolutely and categorically not an invitation to continue. It is not inappropriate to carry this casual greeting conversation with a stranger if you are in a particularly good mood or want to make them feel welcome and comfortable in a shop. It is intensely inappropriate to spill your purse all over the place by telling people that you feel happy or sad. No one is interested in your life story – Keep it to your no-more-than-five-friends.
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TOUCH — HUGS, INCLUDING IMPORTANT HUG LIMIT UPDATE AND NOTE: Like many varieties of touch, hugs come in platonic and romantic varieties. A hug is when two people put their arms around each others‘ torso and lightly squeeze, and can be especially enjoyable if the taller person in the hug brings their arms under the arms of the shorter, though this may inappropriately verge on romantic hugging when someone is expecting a platonic hug. Most platonic hugs should be engaged thusly, if at all – One arm remains loose at your side or thumb-in-pocket while the dominant arm is engaged in the process of hugging and lasts no more than three seconds, just enough time to pat the other hugger on the back or squeeze their shoulder if the hug is very special to you. The second arm may also be used sparingly in hugs, for instance, a blood relation under the age of eight or if you have to hug a Californian, who will probably not let you get away with a one-handed hug due to their deficient moral upbringing. Other appropriate examples of two-armed hug - a family member or friend you are especially proud of for: giving birth, graduating from a university, or has demonstrated that they have worked very hard in a different way.
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MISCELLANEOUS TOUCH
Earlier editions may be adjusted to Friendly touch remains prohibited. reflect this change. To reflect the increasing lifespan and growing social openness, the maximum amount of platonic hugs allowed in any New Englander’s life has been increased from 150 to 185 – This number allows for two platonic hugs per year in the average lifespan, with an additional twenty to be allocated in unexpected emotional moments after a New Englander has already hit their limit for the year. As always, these hugs do roll over year to year, and a New Englander may stock up hugs if they believe they will have to use them – For instance, if they are taking a visit to the west coast and have to put up with that. Romantic hugs remain on a daily scale – Romantic/Sexual partners may be hugged twice a day as long as the hugs to not infringe on the public, which is to say, no more intimate a two armed hug of no longer than five seconds, unless a romantic partner will not be seen for several days for some reason, when a closed-mouth kiss may be included before they get on the bus or plane. This is very romantic, and your discreet show of affection will positively affect the emotions of other travelers without making a fool of yourself.
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ACTIVITIES DEMOCRACY Democracy is when you and other townsfolk shout inside the local town hall until things suck slightly less, and it‘s probably what New Englanders are best at. PARAMBULATION
shift themselves to their right, and you will thus have cleared the path for each other. This is not guaranteed – if the other person does not move right and you have, you halt and wait for them to move. If they still collide with you, they have earned a “disdainful look.” Not unlike driving, New Englanders each have an individual responsibility to develop an aggressive walking style of intense purpose.
Otherwise known as “walking,” even after the domestication of the horse and the invention of the automobile, walking remains a popular way to get to work. To best walk, remember DRIVING these simple practices: Although similar to walking in purpose and frequency, the two One foot in front of the other: Walking have less in common than you is a complex process to replicate might think. Driving is the action mechanically, and is functionally of moving from place to place in a state of controlled falling than a gasoline-powered automobile. locomotion. One foot or leg is brought forward, swinging the weight Advantages over walking include of the body with it. This momentum speed of transit and being able to is maintained after the foot lands adjust the temperature conditions and is carried through the motion of within the vehicle. Disadvantages the next foot. Despite this dynamic include: complexity, many humans are able to walk gracefully by the time they are thirty or so.
Go Right – You and another human are going to pass each other on a hiking trail or sidewalk. It‘s possible that you could collide, or worse, do a silly little back-and-forth dance that is embarrassing not only for the participants but every innocent bystander who is forced to see your shared inability to maintain the social contract. To avoid this, as you approach, shift yourself to the right. If the person you are approaching has also studied this document or has any common sense, they will
•Drivers from places outside the “Good Driver Triangle,” a loose acute triangle that stretches from Maine to New Jersey to Chicago, easily determined by license plates. •The inability to complain in a self-effacing way about how far you just had to walk.
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automobile are much higher. As such is it critical to follow all the rules of the road and to “drive defensively.” Outside of New England you will find many Americans will be flustered by roundabouts, and they deserve to be mocked and disparaged for this when it comes to light.
HANGING OUT IN A FIELD SMOKING POT
In no other field to we see New England‘s grand diversity of experiences. Literally. Big fields, small fields, two people to hundreds, with or without a music show. From courtyards to cow pastures, there‘s sure to be a hanging out in a field smoking pot for everyone. Sometimes participants even forgo INDUSTRY marijuana, based on personal The ideal form of “work.” Industry taste, and drink beers instead. is the action of building something. Unfortunately, despite being the Industry Capital of the Universe, COURTSHIP New England has, through just and fair taxation and respect for unions, When two New Englanders like driven greedy asshole fatcats to each other very much, they will sit mistreat and underpay industrial quietly near each other until they labor elsewhere. (See “Anger.”) kiss. Other courtship techniques These plutocrats will pay the price, include: mark my words. But until such time, •Evening sailing Industry is one of New England‘s •Drinking more popular hobbies. Suggested •Engaging in two to six years of not small-scale personal industry acting on unspoken mutual attraction. •Grueling hikes includes: •Gardening •Canoe-Making/Miscellaneous Woodworking. •Discreet Vandalism •Non-Vandalism Arts •Distilling/Mead Brewing.
Beaches, Mountains, Old railways •Skinny Dipping Lake, Ocean, Quarry •Umbrella Sharing
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FLATLANDERS As a New Englander, if you ever feel so inclined, you are allowed to call anyone who lives further from Katahdin or Mt. Washington than you a Flatlander. People from the Rockies may argue, but their factual correctness needn’t sway your Yankee sense of superiority. YANKEES The term “Yankee” may be self-applied and may be used to describe anyone who lives closer to East Montpelier, Vermont than you. If you live in East Montpelier, it may be applied to anyone who “eats pie for breakfast.” TOURISTS These are almost exclusively other New Englanders, but you are given free range to complain about them while they are in your state for minor differences in behavior, specifically “Massholes,” who make other New Englanders jealous with their aggressive mastery of driving. NEAR ENGLANDERS Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania are not New Englanders, but they can, with special, individual and specific instruction adopt these patterns of behavior and claim the title for themselves. Likewise, Nova Scotia should not be forgotten as our Canadian cousins, even if they‘re too busy playing the fiddle and enjoying their lives to hold several jobs, as a true New Englander should.
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EMOTION FINE After this period of grief, you will be with a “fight,” a form of platonic touch Fine is the ideal state of emotional fine and it is unspeakably rude to try where you try to hurt someone. Fights balance. and show off by continuing to mourn. are inappropriate but sometimes unavoidable (see “DRUNK,” below) Occasionally grief overlaps – While Just try to keep it to yourselves. GRIEF controversial, it is the opinion of Grief is the emotion felt when a the New Englander‘s Emotional person has lost a person they Council that it is not inappropriate DRUNK love - to death, or a terminated to add one-half week the end of When drunk, you are allowed to relationship, or a pet to a fishercat. your last grief process in case of express yourself and your emotions Grief is an especially complex overlap, diminishing by one day in twice-to-four times as strongly as emotion, with ramifications that can each successive case. long as doing so will not make a fool last for a lifetime if not correctly of yourself. addressed and managed. If you are undergoing grief, you may express WELL this emotion in the following ways Congratulations! If you feel well WORKING you feel healthy, satisfied, and “Working” is what you do and feel *Sleeping late while not affecting comfortable. If you are well, you when you are not sleeping or going work. may mention it once per day to a to work. If the emotional state of *Being quieter than usual. friend until the sensation subsides. “working” does not feel “fine,” like *Staring wistfully over the sea in If a feeling of wellness persists for “wellness,” or “happiness,” then it silence, on a beach or pier. more than three days, it should be is important to find other work if excoriated by the following means: possible. Grief may be expressed at the following rates: •Self-Sabotage
After a death, you may express grief for two weeks for every year of ANGER relation with the subject of your grief. Adjust to half a week if the death was When you feel the urge to be of a pet that never saved your life. sarcastic or kick someone, you know you are feeling anger. Anger After a romantic breakup or death may be expressed through of a pet that saved your life (Ex: by •Sarcasm dialing 911 after you passed out •Imagined violence during a monoxide leak) you may •Complaining to a journal or express grief for one week for every friend, in that order. year of relation with the subject of your grief. In rare instances, you may also express mutual feelings of anger
SAD Loose grief without an easily identifiable source is known as “Sadness.” Sadness is never appropriate to express but you’ll probably have to cry occasionally, as long as it’s kept to a minimum. Crying is when water comes out of your eyes from sadness. Privacy is important while crying, but your romantic partner/friend may insist on watching/hugging you when you do so – You needn’t count these hugs against your hug total
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if experienced, or vice-versa. restaurant or when you want to see bringing it up in polite conversation Empathy is very important to a an older relative uncomfortably try is tedious. crying person. Naan for the first time. HAPPINESS You are allowed to feel happy when having “Fun.” “Fun” is a condition of being that occurs when you are good at something you are doing, or practicing something you want to be better at. You may never mention when you are happy, though if you have been having fun in the recent past, you may mention this to people responsible for this fun to confirm empathy and friendship. It is entirely hypothetical that a person may be able to turn all of existence into practice, and therefore fun, and therefore happiness. Chasing this is a mistake but allowed if you keep it to yourself. HUNGER This emotion is safe to ignore. If you must, eat something bland and colorless, like corn and potato soup. Maybe a clam now and then. A pancake. It is important to do your best not to drink Maple Syrup straight from the bottle, even though we all want to. New Englanders are permitted to “spice it up” with Macaroni and Cheese. East Asian and South Asian food is also permitted, but only if a favorite restaurant or compared unfavorably to af f o r m e nt i o n e d f avo r i te
THE DREAD The Dread is the affliction of all New Englanders. Conditions in the soil as well as long exposure to gray skies and cold winters sharpens the internal eye, and between ages eight and twelve the delving mind cracks through the mighty wall of ice that draws a deep distinction between the present and the future, that which is real and that which will never be. Lo! What fishlike beings swim in this vast ocean of possibility, these gruesome eels of thought and meaning? Why do their hissed whispers inspire fear, and yet draw us so inevitably forward? •Long for an escape that never shall be! •Their incorporeal forms swim in our bones and veins! •Dreams of Ash! •The Abomination Strides Forth!
Do we fight this coiled intelligence and risk being consumed, or do we sublimate ourselves to their alien desires at the cost of our own soul? Both choices are socially acceptable and ultimately meaningless. Visions of The Dread are to be kept to yourself. We have all seen The Walking Mountain of Eight Color Flame and heard the multitudinous howls of the GodFlute, and as such
LOVE One of the most frustrating and enjoyable emotions, New Englanders are encouraged to fall in love early and often but keep a friggin‘ lid on talking about or even acting on it. Love is commonly expressed the following ways, but this list is by no means complete: •Snowbound hikes for provisions •Backrubs •Working hard •Marriage •Emotional support
SEDITION New England is single-handedly responsible for maintaining the union – never let anyone tell you otherwise - and will damn well do it again if certain Southern states get too grumbly. Even with that in mind, The emotion of “sedition” is when you know New England could – and will - absolutely dominate most other states if it was no longer responsible for cajoling the rest of this sorry country into acting in their own best interests. With this in mind, it is every New Englander‘s responsibility to train themselves and their children for our inevitable clash with the Empire of Texas in the 2150‘s.
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I like to make pretty things.
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I like pretty things. Therefore, I like to make pretty things.
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You’ve put faces to our names. You’ve read our neat little bios. You know what music we listen to.
WHO MAKES KNACK & WHAT MAKES US
Get to know us even better — from sandwich preferences to dinner dates.
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Where in the world are you right now? Taipei, Taiwan
What place(s) have defined you and your work most? Guangzhou, China
Where are you from?
My parents grew me in New Jersey. I came to Taipei from China, and I went to China from New Mexico.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? An archeologist during the week and Mariah Carey on the weekends
If you could pick any person, dead or alive, who would you want to have as a dinner guest?
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At the moment, Albert Einstein, but my thoughts on this are always changing.
What’s the last song you listened to? “Anything” by SZA
What is your favorite word?
Well, I’m a vegetarian and don’t eat cheese, so I’d have to go with PB&J. But, Grilled Cheese is the most superior of all sandwiches.
What does your workspace look like?
A map of the inside of my brain — lots of notes, lists, post-its, and photos collaging the wall directly in front and beside my desk. There’s always a stack of books and notebooks nearby for quick reference.
What is your daily routine/practice? Coffee
Executive Editor/Co-Founder
What is the more superior sandwich: PB&J, Grilled Cheese or a B.L.T.?
Writing / Performance / Installation
心 - xin, which is “heart” in Mandarin. It also has the meaning - intention, mind, center, core, feeling, emotion. The Chinese believe that the mind is in the heart. It’s interesting to see where 心 appears in other characters, to track what has heart in it. The character itself is only made of four strokes, but to write it well and with proper balance between all four strokes is very difficult.
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Where in the world are you right now? Chicago, Illinois
If you could pick any person, dead or alive, who would you want to have as a dinner guest?
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Photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson. We’d eat French bread, cheese, and wine, and I’d ask him about traveling the world. Afterward, we’d walk the streets of Chicago, making photographs. Or, I’d want to get take-out with Steven Spielberg and watch his favorite movie. Also, Janis Joplin — wine and tacos. Please, and thank you!
What’s the last song you listened to?
“Daisy Mae” by Leon Bridges.
What is the more superior sandwich: PB&J, grilled cheese or a B.L.T.?
Tie! Grilled Cheese & BLT - both are delicious!
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Director / Co-founder
What teacher(s) and technique(s) have been your most inf luential?
Waldorf education, family, and colleagues. I attended a Waldorf school. The curriculum supports and asks each student to think for themselves, while educating them about what the world has to offer and its history. This gave me the confidence to listen and to follow my passions. I was also raised in an artistic family — always something going on, always something being created. Intelligent and creative friends and colleagues keep me honest and help me grow.
What place(s) have defined you and your work most? Growing up in the city of Chicago — walking the streets and exploring the city, and its history. Living in the southwest — the endless landscapes and the natural beauty. I studied in Istanbul for a semester in college — being in an environment that was so very different from what I was used to opened me up, and I got to know myself really well. And, road trips — they rejuvenate my spirit.
What is your daily routine/practice?
I don’t have a daily routine. I am always working on different projects. As for my practice, I would say that when I am working on a series, there is always a feeling of a spark that ignites investigation. I research the subject, decide what is relatable, and then let myself get immersed into whatever it is. It becomes a lifestyle. I make peace with it, then life takes me onto the next one project.
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Where in the world are you right now? Madrid, Spain.
Where are you from?
I’m a child of the sun and mountains of El Paso, Texas. I’ve lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Mexico City.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? I thought I wanted to be an automotive engineer until I realized it was the exterior design of cars, not the mechanics, that fascinated me.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
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A bigwig fat cat.
If you could pick any person, dead or alive, who would you want to have as a dinner guest? William S. Burroughs, so he can walk me through Naked Lunch.
What’s the last song you listened to?
“Slave to Rain” by James Ferraro
What’s your favorite word?
I can’t.
What is the more superior sandwich: PB&J, grilled cheese or a B.L.T.? PB&J at any hour of the day.
What place(s) have defined you and your work most? I challenge myself to immerse and draw inspiration from any setting. Every place I’ve been manifests itself in my work.
What is your daily routine/practice?
Breakfast every morning has been the only constant in my life.
What does your workspace look like? It’s incredibly neat and well-lit.
Design Director / Co-founder
Describe the color blue by describing a sound.
Wizardry
Papalote, Spanish for, kite. Rooted in the word papalotl, Nahuatl for “butterfly.”
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Where in the world are you right now? Lost
What did you want to be when you were a kid? A pilot
What do you want to be when you grow up? Happy
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What’s the last song you listened to?
“Drive Darling” by BOY
What’s your favorite word? Bird
What place(s) have defined you and your work most?
Designer
The sky
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Where in the world are you right now? I’m lost.
Where are you from?
I call Colorado home.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? A veterinarian & a professional volleyball player..
If you could pick any person, dead or alive, who would you want to have as a dinner guest? My father’s father, Eldon Alden.
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What’s the last song you listened to?
“Houses in Motion” by Talking Heads.
What is the more superior sandwich: PB&J, grilled cheese or a B.L.T.? B.L.T.
What teacher(s) and technique(s) have been your most inf luential? Dana Levin, Amen.
What is your daily routine/practice? Wake up & wonder why.
Editor
4’x4’ coffee table stacked with books, computer & notebook. Sewing machine close by.
Writer / Baker / Seamstress
What does your workspace look like?
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Where are you from?
One little dope beach town in Mexico named La Paz, a.k.a El Puerto de Ilusión
What’s your favorite word?
Miquivirgui (with a piercing pitch)
What’s the last song you listened to?
“Ven” by The Guadaloops (SN40)
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What did you want to be when you were a kid? My heritage and love for animals made me want to be the very first soccer player-Veterinarian-Nintendo-testerMillionaire-Super Saiyan to win the World Cup
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Collage / Lettering / Abstract
Designer / Digital Operations
Due to our ever-changing nature, I will settle with Myself
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Where are you from?
Sonoma County, California.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? When I was 12-years-old, I told myself I wanted to be a graphic designer. I guess I accomplished that. Now it’s onto becoming a Creative Director for a company...
What is the more superior sandwich: PB&J, grilled cheese or a B.L.T.? Come on, seriously? A grilled cheese is the most superior sandwich. It’s all about that cheddar$$$!
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Designer
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Where in the world are you right now? What is your daily routine/practice? Compton, California
Where are you from? Dallas, Texas
Quiet despair harshly juxtaposed with overwhelming exaltations
What does your workspace look like?
Piles of comic books and drug paraphernalia
What did you want to be when you were a kid? An anesthesiologist
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What do you want to be when you grow up? Happy
If you could pick any person, dead or alive, who would you want to have as a dinner guest?
My father’s father. I’ve heard I’m remarkably similar to him; I’d like to know if he has any tips on dealing with this.
What’s the last song you listened to?
“Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath
What’s your favorite word? Plethora
Describe the color blue by describing a sound.
Designer
Blue is the rounded “plop” of a single drop of water falling and smacking against the cement sidewalk before its surface tension breaks and it temporarily separates from itself.
What is the more superior sandwich: PB&J, grilled cheese or a BLT? Cheese is life.
What teacher(s) and technique(s) have been your most inf luential?
Kool Keith has taught me that having talent doesn’t make you any happier.
What place(s) have defined you and your work most?
Santa Fe was a liberating and eye-opening adventure for me, and voices of Santa Fe come through in all of my work.
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Where in the world are you right now? Santa Fe, NM
Where are you from?
I am aggressively from New England, specifically midcoast Maine.
What did you want to be when you were a kid? A cat. I liked the thought of having no responsibilities.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I would like to do some grant-writing, be a lighthouse keeper, or if everything goes to hell I’d like to be Lord of the Ashlands.
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What’s your favorite word? Regicide.
Describe the color blue by describing a sound.
Chimes on a cool spring morning.
What is your daily routine/practice?
A messy bedroom with scattered paper and fabric scrap.
Proofreader
What does your workspace look like?
Writer / Zinemaker / Scoundrel
Wake, smoke, bathe, maybe breakfast, smoke, bus, work, smoke, work, lunch, work, smoke, bus home, smoke, writing, smoke, Netflix, bed. Days off are pretty much the same, but with walking for groceries instead of work.
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