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‘Post Tenebras Lux XV’ and ‘Lady Lounge 1’ After a year in community quarantine, many of us now have a newfound appreciation for the things we’d taken for granted in the past. Mostly, these are the simplest of things such as giving out the best smile, taking time to appreciate a view, and having an intimate dinner outside. As we are still counting months under quarantine, many are feeling hopeless, tired, and unmotivated. And who can blame them? But for Lilianna Manahan, our current state clings to art for hope, whether to give beauty or just something to hold onto when challenges a...

The Bright Shadow: Soulful Series By Marietta Varga It became apparent to me in the last few years that observing plays of light for prolonged periods and focusing on these phenomena make me feel both truly tranquil and unusually excited. However, I am not able to take out as much time to do this as I would wish to during my “normal” rushing days. When the pandemic and the self-isolation began nearly everything stopped around us and all our lives changed in the blink of an eye. Initially, extreme distress and fear passed through me and the first weeks were full of emotional ups and downs....

Catherine Anne Davies , February 2nd, 2021 09:54 Catherine Anne Davies reflects on writing a new record in the wake of a string of personal tragedies and health problems, and asks isn't it time we get past the dangerous trope of the tortured artist? When I was 14 I tippexed a quote from Nietzche on my school folder: "One must have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star". I liked the romantic equation the words suggested: great pain = great art. I was a chaotic teenager. I was unhappy. Shit had happened. I wanted it to mean something, for what I had endured to have happened for ...