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TABLE OF CONTENTS 4. Letter from the Creator 6. Summer Photo-Shoot 8. Lyn Patterson | Poet & Dancer 10. ZYNB | Painter & Illustrator 20. Alec Villarreal | Creative Writer 22. Soulmatic interview w/ The Nghiems 22. Ofelia Ochoa | Illustrator & Designer 36. Shut Up! and Listen 38. Retail locations 46. Thank You
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Letter from the Creator Art Cult Zine is now 2! This issue completes 8 quarters of publications. 8 seasons of collecting submissions and curating content. Two years of molding a brand into something bold, colorful and inspiring. I still don’t know what I’m doing - but it has been a gratifying challenge. This issue includes original work by an Iranian painter, poetry from Seattle, illustrative work from an Oklahoma City artist, creative writing from the Chicagoland area, an interview with the band The Nghiems and more. View the new seasonal photo shoot exclusive to this issue! Art Director: Aubrey Neal @aubsneal Photographer: Mikayla Myskey @houseofbuttz Models: Tristian Carpenter @triz_khalifa Torin Salter @atsalt Mileena Zafra @subherbs Logo Design: Anna Shilling @_ashilling_ Any contribution to this project was an important one. I want to thank everyone who took the time to submit their work for this publication. The talent pool for each issue keeps growing and the selection process gets more difficult. It’s been my pleasure to experience it all. Thank you to the retail locations and libraries who carry Art Cult Zine - it means so much to me that the public eye gets to see these out in the real world. For anyone who has subscribed, purchased a copy, or followed the publication since it’s birth, I hope you have fallen in love with at least 1 thing in the publication. That’s enough for me to continue on. Hope you enjoy - Aubrey
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LYNPatterson Seattle, Washington // Poet & Dancer
I’m a Full Kind of Woman I’m a full kind of woman one with ribbons for lips and nuances for a soul. Eyes brown full of honey a smile mysterious yet forthright. Simplicities which entertain the shepard, complexities which intrigue the scholar. I’ll never be for fancy fonts or kitschy images because my words are my art and my beauty is a weapon my strength is evolution becoming both master and muse is my predilection.
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Lyn Patterson is a poet originally from Seattle. She currently travels while teaching online courses to aspiring teachers. She is inspired by poetry because of the healing it provides both author and reader. Themes she explores are intersectionality, feminism, non-western religious beliefs, and relationships in the digital age.
Size 6 1/2 My mother lived a life (I didn’t always understand) right before my eyes her lessons (too nuanced to put into words) i carry in my hair, in the nostalgic smell of coco butter, and in high heeled shoes that are still too big for my feet.
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ZYNB Iran // Painter & Illustrator
Born in Tehran, Iran, Zeynab (ZYNB) is a transcontinental muralist, illustrator, and painter with ties to South America, the Middle East, and North America. Her work embodies a point of convergence between three continents and multiple visual languages, guided by a dedication to exploring the commonalities between marginalized communities and honoring ancestral knowledge. As a multidisciplinary transcontinental Iranian painter and poet who has lived and worked in the Middle East as well as both North and South America, Zynb is always interested in multiplicity. Complexity. Intersections. She looks to our collective memory for solutions to modern challenges and struggles, and is particularly interested in themes such as memory, (im)migration, nature, water, healing, textiles, and genealogy.
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above: Cerro Panteón. Valparaíso, Chile. January 2016 right: Detail of textiles and snake scales. Cambodia Town Mural Project. Long Beach, CA. June 2017
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Instagram: @ZYNB.Graffiti // zynbart.blogspot.com
above: Avocado accordion book. 2018. left: Untitled. 2018.
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above: Inversion of Immigration. 2018. below: Inversion of Poetry. 2018.
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above: Aim. 2016. bottom left: Jugando. 2017. bottom right: Tehrooni. 2018.
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Instagram: @ZYNB.Graffiti // zynbart.blogspot.com
Classical Element Like air. You were taken with my stillness. My capacity to feel and be felt absent of touch. You took me in deep exhaling all of your toxins inhaling a freshness that flowed right to your heart. Sometimes my cool breeze could turn into a warm and chaotic wind. You sought to harness it but the pressure and shear force frightened you and excited simultaneously. Wild And non-conforming just dangerous enough to be entertaining Difficult to look away. Like water. I fed off of your reflection of my own being and everything I embodied. Revealing myself a new in your eyes. Reveling We both bathed And cleansed Feeling new Leaving a dark ring of desire.
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But with the same force that aroused your attention the crashing waves of my ocean soon turned into subtle droplets running down my own freckled cheeks Invisible Purposefully hidden from you For fear that the tension could betray my power. Like fire. Wild Passionate impossible to contain. Anger erupted and turned destructive Disastrous. Developing slowly, it consumed itself from inside out until there was nothing left inside me but soot. And where were you to be found? You left me... You left me to survey the damage. You left me to question all of my elements. The very existence which enticed you and gave you life, you left in rubble and ruin without explanation. Unconcerned with the wreckage you left behind.
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Like earth. You are no match for my Divine feminine energy. Your words will never carry more meaning than my intuition. The vagueness of your intentions, though it threw off my equilibrium, will not keep me down for long. My energy comes from my ancestors. Their struggles, Their lessons are ingrained in my DNA. My intuition from my mother who is one with nature. She cleanses, rebuilds, and destroys anything in her path. Your intentions Are thoughtless, childish, selfish. Fading into the aether as quickly as conception. I am from the earth. Bury me. I will sprout roots. I will reach to the sun, Lift up my arms and rise. I am from the earth.
LYN Patterson Seattle, Washington Poet & Dancer Instagram @poetryntings
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ALECVILLARREAL Chicagoland Region // Editor & Creative Writer Why I Read the Dictionary
Every now and then a new story will come to me. And right now I’ve got nothing. Nothing is brewing in this head of mine. Just a bunch of nonsense, just more noise, just a heap of tangled up jargon from a handful of people I saw throughout the day, just some sounds I heard from the movie my roommate was watching in the living room as I passed him to go up the stairs to utilize the latrine. “Utilize the latrine”. That is a phrase I garnered from a friend of mine. He’d say it every single time he’d get up to use the bathroom. The first time I heard him say it, I was embarrassed because I didn’t know what a latrine was. And I’m the guy who knows a lot of words— I’m the guy who everyone asks questions like, what’s ‘acquisition’ mean? Or, what’s the definition of ‘empirical’? The summer before entering the third grade, I studied the dictionary, and I did it because I wanted to impress my friends. However, there is a deeper, more base reason for why I chose to read the dictionary. I’ll tell you why shortly, but rest assured that nothing has changed. Though I grew up, I’ve adopted other methods so as to earn the respect of my peers. And so when I am at a party I say I’m going to utilize the latrine, and other friends of mine ask, where and when did you start saying that? I tell them I’ve used it forever, and when they say they don’t believe me, I tell 20
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them the truth— I tell them I adopted the phrase upon hearing it spoken from someone they don’t know. I woo people at parties with words. Words. So many words. I have a hard time shutting up, but there have been occasions in my life when I’ve been unable to speak. And these occasions shut my damned mouth so tight, you’d think I’d never be able to open it again. When I say ‘occasions’, here’s what I want you to think: a person with a presence so strong— a strength derived from intellect— that one loses their will to speak. Some men and women evoke such a presence and, out of a desire to learn from them, I’ve laid down my words. Words. The words I love. These mentors have helped me to see the real unction behind why I’ve acquired friendships via the use of various nouns, verbs, and adjectives. I read the dictionary those many summers ago because a darkness swirls around behind my eyes and within my chest. It wants me to believe if I parade my intellect before others, then I’ll be accepted. I read the dictionary out of the terrible fear of never belonging, of never being loved. That is why I impress others. Fear. Words. Impress. Friends. Parties. More words. More friends. More fear. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Occasion, kill my fear. 21
Interview
Album artwork by Mike Allen IG @muddymallen // mikeallenart.work
SoulmaticThe Nghiems a Q&A w/ an Oklahoma City band discussing their new album, how they got started, who helped contribute to their success, some exciting news and more.. 22
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Tell us who is currently in your band and what everyone does. JAMES (Drums): David Nghiem- He writes the songs, sings and plays piano and keyboards. He also makes Vietnamese sandwiches for everyone after practice. Mike Allen- He plays bass, writes backing vocals and is an incredible artist. If you see any cool animation, posters and album art from this band in 2018, it’s because of Mike. Derek Moore- He played piano but has switched over to electric guitar recently. He’s a great bassist too, but it’d be weird having two basses. Dylan Eubanks - He plays guitar and fills in a lot of space-y textures. He also sings backing vocals. He’s also super funny. Becky Carman- She’s been filling in on guitar when she can. She’s also does extra percussion among other things. She was actually one of the first people to join our band a long time ago, but kind of left to focus on other projects. It’s cool having her back. James Nghiem - I play drums, write things and send emails. We want to know about the creation of your band. Tell us a little about your history. Where did the band come from? How did you all get together? DAVID (Keys/Vox): James and I started playing as a two piece and met friends along the way that joined. The lineup has been different throughout the years with friends moving, and life things happening. JAMES: In 2007, my brother David had been recording demos on cassette tapes trying to book a show locally. He was having a tough time getting any traction or even getting people to respond to his emails. Around that time Ben Kweller had a show in Oklahoma City. Randomly, the guy who was supposed to help load in gear that night was meeting his girlfriend’s parents and he needed someone to fill in for him. I don’t even remember how we got the call, but my brother and I ended up spending the day carrying amps and helping set up portable stages for this show. The guy we filled in for ended being Ryan Lindsey from the Starlight Mints. We passed a tape to him, which his band listened to during one of their practices. Andy Nunez, who played drums for the Starlight Mints and runs the Opolis with his wife Marian, ended up booking my brother because of that. I played drums, because he needed a drummer. I could barely play back then. Since then, we’ve met a lot of people and had a lot of different line-up changes. It’s been a fun adventure.
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Describe the band’s creative music-making process. DAVID: I’ll usually come up with a guitar/vocals or piano/vocals demo and then work it out with James on drums. JAMES: My brother and I will jam. He’ll listen to some recordings of what we did and write melodies and lyrics. I think he processes these things simultaneously. I don’t think he does things in a particular order. We’ll keep jamming until they have some sort of loose structure. Our live sound will change depending on who’s in the line-up. Each player brings different things to the table, and I think it keeps us from getting too stale. In the studio, it’s a lot of trial and error. How long has the band been around? DAVID: Oh, I can’t remember anymore. Maybe 2007 or 2009 JAMES: We’ve been playing together since 2007. The line-up we’ve been playing with now is two years old. Let us get to know your instruments! JAMES: We have guitars, synths, pianos, drums and bass. DAVID: I’m playing a Yamaha piano that runs through a distortion pedal for a little dirt, and a delay pedal. I’ve also been stacking a Roland RS-9 keyboard on top and playing both keyboards to fill more sound. You recently released a new album, Soulmatic. Tell us a few of your favorite tracks from the album. DAVID: I like Lightspeed a lot. It’s about time travel. I had this dream after our dad passed away where me and my brothers were in a DeLorean going back in time to see our dad, and somehow when we looked in the back seat he was sitting right there saying “guys I’m right here”. So, I thought it’d be a cool thing to write a song about. JAMES: This album kind of means a lot to me. I can’t really pick a favorite track. We did go with the song “Ain’t Nobody” as our single, because it’s catchy and fast. I really like the track “Somatic.” It has a good groove. We’ve
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been getting a good response for the song “Cigarettes and Coffee” as well. What inspired the making of this album? Were there any specific elements that influenced its creation? JAMES: Our father had passed away from cancer before our first album came out. We were depressed for a really long time and we didn’t know if we were going to make another album. It took a long time, but we started working on things and slowly but surely we started getting our groove back and finding love in music again. I think I’ve cheered up a lot during this process. DAVID: I think losing a lot of family members over the last few years had a lot of influence on it. The feeling of missing someone who is not around inspired it a lot. We named it Soulmatic knowing Somatic is defined as “of the body”. So, Soulmatic would be defined as “of the soul” if it was an actual word. Tell us about the album art for Soulmatic. Who created it? Any back-stories? JAMES: Mike Allen made it. It started as a t-shirt design, but Dave loved it. Now it’s our album art. DAVID: Mike Allen did the artwork. He designed it for a concert series we played for at Tree and Leaf where people could get a t-shirt printed for them live at the show. The t-shirt design was pretty great. So, we decided we wanted to add some more touches to it and make it the album cover.
MIKE (Bass/Backing Vox): The album art for Soulmatic started as a one-color t-shirt design I made for a collaboration project with Tree and Leaf Clothing. The idea for it came from a spur of the moment comment from James suggesting Kaneda’s bike from Akira be on there somehow. I ran with that, and thought instead of a person on the bike, why not put an animal on there? I thought a koala - which is fluffy and relatively slow - would contrast in an interesting way with the cool and fast look of the bike. I think everyone liked it so much, that it sort of became our mascot for the album. Once we were trying to come up with an album cover, it seemed like a natural fit. I made a full color version then, with “speed lines” in the background, as well as colors that reflect the “light speed” aspect of the album (there is a track named Lightspeed) The logos on the bike are of local businesses that we have had relationships with in the past in some way.
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How long was this album in production? DAVID: It was in production for a really long time. We started at a studio in Texas that didn’t work out. Then we recorded with our friends Ben King, Brine Webb, and Nathan Price at Lunar Manor and Blackwatch studios. Recording was intermittent because of everyone’s schedules; James was living in California and coming back to record and Nathan and Ben were touring a lot with Broncho. So, when James moved back we made the decision to set up a home studio and record it on our own to give the record a more defined sound. So, it took a real long time. JAMES: We started this album in 2013. It didn’t work out with our first producer and I ended up moving to Los Angeles by myself. We stopped and started this a couple of times. We ended up scrapping all of the takes we had recorded to that point and starting over. This was a blessing in the disguise, because it gave the songs time to breath and grow. Any surprising fires to put out during the making of Soulmatic that you didn’t expect? DAVID: Not really. I think for me it was believing that we could record this on our own and make it sound good, because it was the first time James had mixed and it was the first time I really tried to track anything by myself other than demos. It was a learning process that’s still going on, but at the beginning was really frustrating. JAMES: This entire record was a fire. It was so hard getting to this point. From an emotional standpoint, I think David and I wanted the record to be perfect. Things kept going wrong. We’d lose entire sessions or have creative differences. It would’ve been easy to quit. I’m glad we didn’t. I’m happy with how everything turned out and I don’t regret anything. Which genre do you fit into right now? Has the band’s style gone through any stylistic changes since its creation, or plan to in the future? DAVID: I’d say indie/alternative. I think we play more keyboards now since this record was written on piano. JAMES: I remember when we made this album, we wanted to make a digital soul record, whatever that means. It was just an idea we had.
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We bring a lot of influences into our work. They’re really subtle though. I know the band’s I was referencing when I mixed the album aren’t the same as what David was listening to. I think together, it’s become a new thing. There’s a big shift in styles between our first and second record. I think we grew a lot in between records as people and musicians. We’re starting a third record now. David has some crazy ideas, but I’m not spilling anything. Band/Musician crushes - and go! JAMES: I’ll let David answer that one. DAVID: I’ve always liked our friend Brine Webb. He’s recording bands and mixing out of Lunar Manor now, but he’s really talented. Favorite songs to perform live? DAVID: Up and Away, Lightspeed. JAMES: I love playing “Morning” from our first record. Mike and I really have the rhythm locked down on that one.
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When you aren’t doing music, where is everyone at? DAVID: James would probably be doing stand-up comedy. Dylan would be doing something Dungeons and Dragons related. Derek is always doing music. Becky would probably be with her dog and cooking. I’d probably be at home cooking something and drinking a beer. JAMES: Dave is cooking. I’m telling jokes at an open mic. Mike is drawing while listening to lo-fi hip-hop as competitive Street Fighter matches play in the background. Dylan is playing D&D. Derek is playing in a million other bands. Becky is hanging out with Pickle, her dog. Cool facts about the band and its members? JAMES: I think everybody in this band has really strong side hustles that you could write entire articles about. I run a comedy record label called Robot Saves City. Everyone else is doing cooler things than that. Favorite bands to play with? JAMES: Carly Gwin and The Sin, Beach Language and Shut Up Matt Jewett (We’ve never played with Matt but I want to). Favorite and least favorite venue experiences? DAVID: I remember playing in the basement of a house called Universe City in Norman a long time ago when it was just me and James. They even had a little bar inside the basement, and little benches for people to sit on. I think it got shut down because it was unsafe. That was a memorable one. JAMES: I love playing at the Opolis or The 51st Speakeasy. Having good sound is gift. Having good drinks isn’t bad either. The worst show we ever played was a charity event. The organizer really wanted to say that live music was going to be at the event. We thought we were doing something nice by filling in. They put us in the corner somewhere as an after thought.
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What can we expect to see at one of your shows? JAMES: You can expect to hear something new, and as we develop, expect to see some theatrics. DAVID: I’m not sure. I feel like that’s always a work in progress trying out new things here and there. Any special announcements for your fans? JAMES: We have a new animated music video coming out as well as vinyl for Soulmatic. DAVID: We have a new music video that we’ve been working on with CVW media in Norman, and we think it’s going to be pretty awesome. Where can we see you now? DAVID: We have a few shows coming up August 3rd at the Speakeasy in OKC for our vinyl release show August 8th at the Lovegoat in Austin August 10th at the White Swan in Houston We’ll be releasing a music video in the next month or two and start writing for a new album JAMES: We’re touring through Texas at the beginning of August. Social media/websites? Facebook, Instagram & Twitter @thenghiems thenghiems.bandcamp.com
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OFELIAOCHOA Oklahoma City //Illustrator & Designer
My name is Ofelia. To my family and friends, I am Ofi. I was born in Peru. I grew up in various parts of Southwest Florida and when I turned 28 I moved to Oklahoma City. I always enjoyed drawing, painting and art in general, and friends and family have always encouraged me to pursue something in the creative field. It took me this long to actually do it because I lacked the confidence in my abilities. Eventually I figured out that if I’m not doing something I love, then what’s the point of it all?! Another passion of mine was traveling, so I sold my belongings, packed my bag and my dog and moved to Europe. I started consistently working on my art while I was there. I decided to start a 100 day challenge while I was in Germany and it was such a joy to play with my photographs and now I have this awesome little collection of pictures of my time there. My friends and family have enjoyed seeing these photo-doodles as much as I enjoyed making them and now hopefully a few more people can see them too. I will be doing another challenge soon, only this one will last a little longer and will involve more color. I’m back in OKC now and I’m ready to embrace the life of a creative.
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top: Don Juan left: Revive middle: Exploring right: Foundation
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above: Curious top right: Hunger bottom right: Float On
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right: It Has Bite below: Transition
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above: Saying Goodbye top right: Paper Girl right: Play
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AND LISTEN HERE ARE OUR FAVORITE 16 ALBUMS OF RIGHT NOW. FROM NEW ALBUMS TO OLD OBSESSIONS, WE LIKE THEM ALL.
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Jo Passed Their Prime
The Orielles Silver Dollar Moment
Xiu Xiu Forget
The Nghiems Soulmatic
Bandon Can’t Dance Back in Bed Young Fathers Cocoa Sugar 36
The Voidz Virtue
The Shacks Haze
Frankie Cosmos Vessel
Eels The Deconstruction
Yuno Moodie
Hinds I Don’t Run
Amyl and the Sniffers Big Attraction Moaning Self-titled The Seshen Flames & Figures Jaala Joonya Spirit 37
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Optimism I hang on to your every word, like a child plucking petals off a rose... Methodical, despite the thorns.
Silk Scarves and Jojoba Oil he stares deeply into my eyes as I run my fingers through strands Detangling he watches my hands keenly as they methodically wrap hair around hair Training he gazes intently at my mouth as I hold the end of the scarf in place conserving my coils for the night while we hold on to each other tight Protecting
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ALECVILLARREAL
The Wisdom Box I’ve got a word of wisdom, and I’m delivering it to you and only you. Doesn’t that make your heart flutter in joy at the thought? If it doesn’t, it’s likely because you don’t understand what it cost me to recover these wise words. So I’m going to let you in on a secret, on the great lengths it took to retrieve these gold-mind nuggets. See, there are dormant parts of my brain that aren’t exactly well-lit. No electricity. Can you even comprehend what that’s like? I had to go and buy a lantern from a store not far from my home. Why a lantern, you ask? Because I happen to live on an island. The owner of the shop was fresh out of flashlights. You can imagine how frustrated I was when told that the last flashlight had been bought only moments before I’d entered the store. Why don’t you already own a flashlight, you ask? Because I loaned the only one I owned to my mother and she went and sold it to a friend of hers. And if I had friends, I would have asked to borrow one of theirs. Anyway, the shop-owner reaches from behind the counter and offers up this old lantern, oil and everything. Says it’s a family heirloom and that if I want it it’s gonna cost me a pretty penny. I ask how much. He asks how much I have on me. So I tell him $53. I ended up buying the damn thing for $53. I lit the lantern and began wandering the seemingly 42
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Chicagoland Region // Editor & Creative Writer endless dust-covered shelves near the back of my brain, in search of a box labeled ‘wisdom’ I’d stored away some years ago. And eventually I did find the ‘wisdom’ box. I lifted the cover off it and rummaged through it’s contents: a mess of disorganized paperwork, receipts, mementos— a lot of shit. Did I mention I had to climb a 6 foot ladder to reach this box? Be it poor balance or a wobbly ladder, I fell 6 feet and my skull broke the fall. As for the wisdom box: it landed on my face full force. And as for the lantern: it also fell, fortunately smashing several feet from my now injured person. What is most unfortunate is what I’m about to share next: the lantern’s flames spit in every direction upon hitting the ground. The shelves containing thousands of boxes of memories were soon completely engulfed. And so I did what any person with half a brain would do: I fled the scene before the Fire Chief and His crew arrived. Did you at least take the box that landed on your face, you ask? No, I let the flames eat it up. There’s a lot I don’t remember. My doctor says I’ve suffered a concussion. Here’s what I’ve learned, and my hope is that you’ll take it to heart: don’t seek out wisdom, lest you incur irreparable damage upon yourself.
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art cult zine WANTS TO THANK THE FEATURED ARTISTS OF THIS ISSUE FOR CONTRIBUTING THEIR WORK. THIS PUBLICATION IS FOR SHARING TALENTS WITHIN CREATIVE COMMUNITIES AROUND OUR GLOBE. THANKS FOR READING, WE HOPE YOU FOUND SOME NEW FAVORITES! REMEMBER TO PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM. - UNTIL THE NEXT ISSUE ..
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Photo Shoot Art Director: Aubrey Neal @aubsneal Photographer: Mikayla Myskey @houseofbuttz Models: Tristian Carpenter @triz_khalifa Torin Salter @atsalt Mileena Zafra @subherbs Logo Design: Anna Shilling @_ashilling_
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