The Manifold Magazine Issue 4: Tomorrow

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the art. music. fashion. profiles. a unisex lifestyle magazine for the independent age

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by Jose Guevara

letter from the editor A lot of us live as if we know for sure there’ll be a tomorrow. And maybe that’s not exactly the best way to go about life, but c’mon, living everyday like it’s your last??? Ain’t no one got time for that! If that were really the case, nothing to sustain us for tomorrow would ever get done! No one would be at work, everyone would be at the beach and or wasted. So. Tomorrow. Tomorrow, is when the sun’ll come out and we’ll have time for yet another day with hardly any mistakes in it. And it’s our faith in karma and the universe that assures me that we’ll end up where we need to be when we need to be there, even if I do procrastinate that task until tomorrow.

In the meantime, check out who’s made this issue: the tomorrow surfer and all around stud Matt Meola, Grammy nominated Carolyn Malachi, and the idea that giving back today ensures our best bet on all of our tomorrows-- check out the Ripple Effect’s company Social Giver.

High five, tomorrow, let’s go get a beer!

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--Napua Camarillo

TheManifoldMag@gmail.com

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marketing ad sales jermaine fletcher jermaine.themanifoldmag@gmail.com

copy editors: jasmine mancos chris larson

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Bree is originally from Perth, Australia but now resides in Southern California as a freelance photographer shooting celebrities from Steve-0 (pictured on page 49) to Skrillex. She’s also worked closely with P.E.T.A and has managed bands like K-OS and Shwayze. She’s no one trick pony! We are proud to have her experience exposed in our VS section. check her out at breekristelclarke.com

lukas scibberas

This is the second time around for Luke in The Manifold, we liked him so much we asked him to write a lil somethin’ on social media with the idea of tomorrow in mind. Read his poem on page 15. Luke Sciberras is a good-humored character who enjoys expressing observations and personal philosophy in poetry and essay-style writings.

You can see more of his work at doseofluka.wordpress.com

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contributing writers jermaine fletcher travis hancock luke scibberas jasper kinnear

jasper kinnear Jasper is a inspired by Jack Kerouac, dirty boots, and Italian porn. He’s a beer and whiskey kind of guy often writing on his “baby”-- a typewriter named Fefe. He’s relocated to Austin, Texas from Honolulu and is currently looking for his imaginary friend, Joe. Please be on the look out for Joe he’s about yay high and likes skipping rocks.

contributing photographers michael chad bree kristel clarke mike mcgill matthew rosmamilia matt vareitch john oliveira aaron mcmullen

contributing illustrators jose guevara jenn matthews

jose guevara We love Jose! His art is rad, he inks flesh for a living, and he’s one of the nicer guys we know. When asked to whip up some art for our opening pages, he jumped at the challenge and busted something out quicker than you can say jiffy lube. Go get tattooed by Jose at Black Cat Tattoo, Honolulu, HI. Follow his instagram @jose_guevara_morales

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Travis Hancock is born and raised on the North Shore of Oahu, but surfer he’s not. Instead he’s one of Hawaii’s best skaters or so his peers say. And it was Travis who’s behind Hawaii’s 2nd Annual Skate Film Festival at the Honolulu Academy of Art. He’s well traveled, a talented artist, and an all around weirdo, but we’re into weird, aren’t you?

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Ryan Greer lends his silhouette to us in our photo gallery: Double Exposure

Filipino street artistCrist Espiritu tells us the science behind his art.

Let the Heavenly Creature run amok. Find out what she does.

Skate. Rock. Music.

Say hello to The Shrine.

90’s fashion meets Chinatown with Brandy and Cera.

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the ripple effect

4 photographers answer the same interview in our VS section.

We are Maui bound with free surfing stud Matt Meola.

Grammy nominated soul singer Carolyn Malachi tells us about her new album and life in general.

Our team writer Ehren Bowling tells us about a company well worth our support.

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13 We asked a bunch of people at Downbeat Lounge to write on a cocktail napkin what they would do today if they knew tomorrow would be their last.

We bulleted the 13 most amusing responses.

To see the rest and add your own go to TheManifoldMag.com

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photo x aaron mcmullen

instaTo live for the likes, the followers, the fans; it’s fame that inspires Impress the whole globe with filtered photography; My dream, my passion To create but not share is artistic blasphemy in its highest form.

And so I do share.

Uploaded from my lens to the world’s stage, waiting.

Soon, I will present ‘The One.’ A post gone viral.

No… not soon, tomorrow.

famous a poem x luke scibberas

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Double Exposure photography x napua camarillo modeled x ryan greer

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QUANTUM MADNESS interviewed x napua camarillo images courtesey of crist espiritu

Crist Espiritu is an artist out of the Phillipines who’s work caught our eye when he submited his work for our “Submission Sunday” feature online. We were so stoked on his steeze we decided he should go in our published mag and be interviewed. And, well, voila.

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Name: Hello, my name is Crist Espiritu.

Age: I’m 32.

Hometown: Parañaque City, Philippines Years in the field: Almost 10 years.

You’ve had 5 solo exhibitions. How do you feel your art has evolved over that time?

Yes. I believe my art has evolved a lot. I am more mature in all aspect of the art making process. Having been a full time visual artist for almost 10 years, me and my art has changed a lot. Technique-wise, I think I have more control over the media I use. Visual-wise, I prefer more precise compositions and less yet more effective elements in my works. Concept-wise, my sensibilities have grown more concrete. I tend to research more intensively too about the ideas I want to discuss in my art.

Your latest exhibition is called “This Quantum Madness”. Tell us more about what this means to you and how it’s translated into your art?

“This Quantum Madness” is a show which featured my on going series called “Quantum Paranoia”; a collection of studio and street artworks largely inspired by the philosophical implications of some findings in the field of quantum mechanics. The show aims to expose the audience to the “weirdness” of quantum mechanics and how research on this scientific field is changing the way reality could be defined. I have always believed that art should reflect the human experience and what it means to exist. What better place to begin questioning

the nature of existence than at the chaotic core of the particles” that makes us up.

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It’s clear that science is a big influence. What else is very influential to your work?

A lot of things. Philosophy, the complexity of human emotions, the surreal modern day living, the internet culture, nostalgia, skateboarding, mundane everyday experience…there are a lot more but I think those are the most influential in my art making process at the moment. I’m sure it will still change. Oh, put “change” in that list as well.

How would you describe your art to someone?

I have always had hard time describing my art to someone. When I describe it I tend to breakdown every single thought which lead to the artworks, and this makes my description more confusing than the actual work. Hahaha. But if I have to, I’ll probably just say “my art are the visual translations of my usually satiric views about existence”.

What made you start doing art?

I can’t really pinpoint the exact reason. I’ve gotten into art pretty early on. When I was a kid I would spend hours drawing using the backside of my dad’s old office

documents. I remember drawing cartoon characters, ghouls and skulls because I saw those images in my uncle’s heavy metal records.

I guess the better question is what kept me doing art. And the reason for that is my love for knowledge. I see art as a continuous process wherein progress is essential. Because of art and my pursuit for progression I am constantly learning new things. My art is always backed up by research. I like the notion that because of art I will forever be learning new stuff. If I keep on doing art I won’t be stagnant and nor bored.

On a typical day that you work on creating what is your process?

I would wake up, drink coffee, read, listen to music and probably do a drawing or two. Then, if weather permits, I will go out and skate the streets. This really helps me release stress and focus solely on art. After that, I go back to the studio and paint again.

What is your proudest piece and why?

I guess it will be “This Quantum Madness” as a whole. I just really liked the way this series took form and I love how the show looked once all the works were hanged. I’m also very pleased that

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I was able to make an artshow that is based on something that isn’t a popular “topic” in the art scene like Quantum Mechanics. I feel like I contributed something relatively different to the local art scene here. I’m also proud to be able to produce a show that promotes critical thinking.

There are many pop culture references, is there a deep meaning behind them? And what sort of statements do you hope to make within your work?

I’ve always been fascinated with iconography.

The psychological impact and the variation of emotions pop culture references stir amaze me.

I incorporate them in my works most of the time to achieve a sort of universality… maybe even to “date” my works by capturing the state mind of our society in the artwork. It is my way of showing where we currently are at our evolution. I also like the nostalgia they bring to my art.

Do you listen to music while creating? If so, what?

Music is almost an essential whenever I work.

I usually listen to David Bowie, Talking Heads, Sugarcubes, The Stone Roses, Suede and the

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likes. I also like listening to newer electronic acts and 90’s triphop and hiphop.

What is your biggest motivation?

I want to propagate inspiration through my art. I want to instill a culture of critical thinking amongst people. Being part of the DOZE Collective and meeting people from all over the world who share the same vision and appreciate my art motivates me greatly.

How do you see your art evolving? Are there certain things you’d like to explore more within mediums/media/etc?

It is evolving in a nice steady phase (I think).

There are a lot of concepts that I would want to explore in my art but right now I’m focusing my attention on more scientific and philosophical concepts. I’ve recently made my first installation with a video projector thanks to Pocket Universe Gallery. I would like to do more installations like that in the future. I am also looking into doing installations in public spaces.

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27 Where did skating come into your life and how do you feel it’s shaped your art?

I started skating during my early teens.

Although I’ve always known how to ride a skateboard even before that since I got one of those vinyl banana boards when I was younger. When I got older and met people who are into skateboarding I just started hanging out and skating with them. I became a skate rat and spent a lot of time in the streets. I learned how to lurk around places where you won’t normally go in search of spots. Through this habit of lurking I got into street art. From skateboarding, street art was a natural progression for me since I was already doing art and spending so much time out in the streets.

Also, skate graphics influenced me a lot when I just started studying art in college.

If you die tomorrow and the day after that you’re Van Gogh famous--- what would you want people to remember you for?

I would prefer that they remember my art and the concepts behind them instead. Fame is alright but personally, it’s not really that important to me. I always want the focus to be on my concepts and the art that I produce.

Heavenly Creature photography x napua camarillo styled x pineapple past times hair and make up: isabella hashimoto modeled x pamakane. p jewelry x gypsy lou jewelry flower crowns x floral designer pamakane. p set design x napua camarillo Inspiration: Pamakane’s instagram-- @Ocean_dreamerr It’s easy to find inspiration now a days with millions of pictures that flash by the eye in such a solid stream you’d wonder if they were dreams or reality, but as always when we fall in love we fall hard and Pamakane’s floral crowns make us feel like princesses.

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L: Dress x Mildred’s of Hawaii (1950’s), Vintage Mary Janes Outfit from Pineapple Past Times. Jade earring x gypsy lou jewelry R: leotard x American Apparel, vintage high waisted skirt, color block wedges x Asos Outfit from Pineapple Past Times.

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This page: Denim bell bottoms x Paige, vintage Rod Stewart tank, wedge ankle boots x 80%20, outfit x Pineapple Past Times. Next page: vintage dress from Barrio Vintage, crochet fringe belt from Pineapple Past Times. THREE earrings, AQUA CRYSTALthe necklace, EL DIA bangle, GYPSY.LOU.WRAP in dusty rose & violet all x gypsy lou jewelry. Last page: 2nd photo: vintage lace body suit x pineapple past times, RED.JASPER. body chain, EL DIA bangle, GYPSY.LOU.WRAP bracelets manifold magazine issuebracelets 4: tomorrow x gypsy lou jewelry. 3rd photo: Crochet swimsuit x A Love Story by Alyssa Furgeson. AZTEC earrings, PEAK necklace, BLACK DRUSY necklace, RED.JASPER body chain, GYPSY.LOU.WRAP. bracelets x gypsy lou jewelry.

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the shrine text x travis hancock

Perhaps the best way I can introduce the LA rock squad known as The Shrine is through a little narrative. The other day I received sad news that some skate acquaintances of mine had their house burn down. One kid who lived there lost his skateboard to the flames. That kid is a dishwasher at the restaurant where my brother Lucas cooks.

Being both a sponsored skater and generous dude, Lucas told the kid to come over after work and he would give him a board. The kid came by and picked out the widest monster Scum Skates deck in Luke’s quiver, along with some rusted Indy trucks. Later that night, Lucas told me that when they were hanging out, burning, having a beer, whatever, the kid revealed a Black Flag tattoo on his foot, and a Neckface tattoo on his thigh. For some reason, the moment he told me that, I asked my brother, “Have you ever listened to The Shrine?” Incidentally, he had, and might have even skated with them in Venice a few years back. But the reason I tell the story is because of the apparent phenomenon that happened in my head that sprang the question– that the confluent images of fire, skateboards, scum, beer, friends, tattoos, rust, and dirty dishes vaulted The Shrine to the front of my neocortex. Put all that on a pizza and shove it in your ears and you’ll start to understand where frontman Josh Landau is coming from in what follows.

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The Shrine: Both. We’ve got a lot of new riffs and songs we’re more stoked than ever on, so we’re playing ‘em, but we’re also jamming the oldies but baddies.

TM: Your band has physical roots in LA and musical roots in a variety of eras, genres, and movements–all amounting to the self-proclaimed label “Psychedelic Violence.” Is The Shrine a band that likes to wear its influences on the sleeve?

TS: I guess so. We live in LA, we like rock-and -roll, sometimes we don’t have sleeves.

TM: Does your band name reference anything?

The horror film of the same name?

TS: No way, we got it from an old psychedelic Who poster, but also just because ya’ know it sounds heavy.

TM: In Silverlake there’s a marquee on some hipster building that says, “Find what you love and let it kill you.” How do you guys feel about that type of statement?

TS: Isn’t that Bukowski? Chuck Dukowski says, “If it stands too long its Evil, tear it down.” We like that.

TM: You guys rep skating pretty hard, sell boards, and recently played for Peter Ramondetta’s Huf shoe release party, which got pretty

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hot and wild. Have you guys always had a connection to skating? Do you think there is a mutual relationship between skate culture and your music?

TS: There is and has always been one, but it’s hardly a relationship; it’s more like the same exact thing manifesting itself in another form.

TM: If you could pick any pro skater from any time to set his/ her video part to a song by The Shrine, who would be the dream match?

TS: Probably Jay Adams or Cardiel, or just some of our bros from Venice who rip, which will be coming soon!

TM: What’s more essential: the leather jacket or the denim vest?

TS: That’s like asking a Tibetan Monk to pick which one of his children must die.

TM: What would y’all say is The Shrine’s top priority or value?

TS: Pepperoni.

TM: This publication is based largely in Hawaii, where I think The Shrine could form a pretty good base of worshippers. What would it take to get you guys out there and why haven’t you gone yet?

TS: We’d love to. We know some of the Royal Hawaiian Pool Service skater dudes. They rip. Also, they’ve got this DIY spot, Graveside, I went to once. Skaters made it in a field next to a graveyard, and it got torn out and they built it again–so sick. We need to get out there for some skate or surf contest. Spread the word, we’re ready!

TM: One final thing we are all dying to know. If The Shrine stumbled across a pack of wolves in the wilderness and both parties had drunk equal amounts of beer, who would win in the fight to the death?

TS: That’s the problem with wolves, they always win. We’d probably just catch a buzz together.

“If it stands too long it’s Evil, tear it down.”

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photography x napua camarillo styled x pineapple past times assisted x cortney asten modeled x cera sharp & brandy wilkins special thanks to jasmine mancos

Inspiration: 90’s music

While prepping for this shoot I was inspired by so many things happening in the fashion right now. The 90’s have made a huge comeback and I’m really enjoying the idea of the mix matched, thrown together, laid back grunge and glamour.

This shoot was so much fun, to see the outtakes and unused photos go to THEMANIFOLDMAG.COM

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Previous page: On Cera: vintage crop top, high waisted jeans x Cheap Monday, heels x Jeffery Campbell. On Brandy: 90’s Tupac & Biggie graphic muscle tee, button up x Vince, weed five panel hat x Huf Left page: On Cera: vintage Casualties tee, distressed denim pants x Silence + Noise, vintage plaid button up, vintage ankle boots x Guess. On Brandy: work out top x Lulu Lemon, weed & roses cardigan x Dimepiece, shoes x Converse. Above: On Brandy: Gonz graphic tank, button up x Theory. On Cera: vintage tank, denim x Flying Monkey.

On Cera: Toledo mini dress x Allsaints, leopard sheer cover up x F21, shoes x Jeffery Campbell.

On Brandy: leather cut out motorcycle dress x Wilson’s.

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On Cera: crop sweater x F21, vintage plaid shorts, floral boot x Doc Marten. On Brandy: cropped hooded sweater x Freeloader, maxi skirt x Elan, shoes x Converse.

What Shadows Fall Where In A Dark Room

poem x jasper kinnear

[Has beens were the ones where well happenings and well whiskeys - weres and once hads - was all one can have. Then at that, once all and all has been – never can truly come back again…]

Outside there is no in, no pain between here and her and then and now again.

Lift me with your whisper through static air and dust the way eyes screw up towards circumcised lullabies.

For some time, I saw you wear your silk like asphalt around your neck – scarred by noose, scarred by truth.

Pills are silver pearls which you throw at swine in the crawl space of a wolves den.

These words I write are biblical howls arranged in and on my mouth and finger tips with swift severance for an amphibious repentance.

Snakes and fire soak the terrain like bleach down the throats of children. The country is old, raw and distant – the blood of nature I have never tasted. The air is none but not forgotten.

The night, the night, there is no night only light. Where-in the night, angels and devils pulse on the river of fright and bow their heads on the inter-state of light.

Now the song, not of swan – under bridge, skin of pond - has flown the limit of chance before the dawn.

Prior oaths – her voice has spoke – for stay and leave – for a city of dreams – for an age of life never seen.

Kaleidoscope winters channeling spring – on and on we ride from sea to see.

Will this drink pour me through the mouth of some Shangri-la or will it spit me out into the hands of a Texas god and law. … Outside the weather is looking in. what shadows fall where in a dark room? Dancing on the pillows of our foreign coin Lilith eyes in a moons breath left there by night in and of her disguise.

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VS

This time around in our reoccuring section, VS, we decided to compare the old and the new with a nod to tomorrow in the field of photography. We interviewed photographers from Australia, Hawaii and Los Angeles and had them discuss their feelings on film VS digital.

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Name: Bree Kristel Clarke Age: Does this field have to be answered? I’ve been judged on age in my profession whole life. Like to keep that illusive.

Hometown: Perth, Australia Years in the field: Weirdly hard to answer, my first pro shoot was when I was 16, I feel like I’ve been shooting my whole life. When I was 5 I would blink & imagine there was a roll of film in my head that would one day somehow be developed.

Equipment: Canon everything, always L series, Broncolor lights, Quantum portable, Mamiya film Digital or Film?

Hate to say it, digital. My degree was purely film & I definitely have that approach to shooting. I don’t shoot to edit or retouch & add elements later. Digital makes monetary sense for assignments and that will always win for me to make clients happy.

For personal work I’ve been experimenting with my Mamiya 645 & love my Fuji Polaroid for portraits.

How did you first start in photography?

Aside from my imaginary shutter blinking when I was very young, when I was in high school I shot a black and white of an old Coke bottle for a shadow assignment and it won awards & toured Australia in a photo show.

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That was when I knew this was my ticket, it’s something that I’ve essentially been seeing my whole life & now I’ve found the avenue to use it.

What was something you learned early on?

To have purely email communication with clients in the beginning, I would walk on set & people would usher me to the changing rooms & I’d explain I’m the photographer. People judge age with experience, so I would show my work first before age was a factor.

What was something you learned later on?

Photography is a relationship I’ll have my whole life, sometimes things are going very easily & we get back to the infatuation stage even though we’ve been together so long. Sometimes I’ve got to experiment with a new process or idea to keep the relationship fresh & exciting.

Photographers now a days are a dime a dozen. Where do you want your photography to go?

While covering Coachella this guy said to me, “A girl saying she’s a photographer is like a dude saying he’s in a band, it’s the cool thing to say.” That was the first time I realized with the availability of digital & cheaper SLR’s that everyone is picking up a camera & giving themselves a title, and now something I’ve been working in forever is now has a status. My job is accidentally cool.

There are a lot of artists in the world, the best ones don’t

compete & create what they feel the most passionate about and usually the most sincere forms of expression get recognized. That’s what I want with my images.

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What is your proudest photo? (pictured right) Steve-O naked on his roof in Hollywood. I had an all-girl crew mistakenly thinking that’d make him comfortable on-set when in reality he’s used to being naked in front of guys for Jackass.

What do you like best about your processing preference? (i.e. film or digital) Digital gives me more freedom to experiment as it’s immediate. Film is romantic but no longer practical in a working sense unless it’s a style you’re hired for. At one point I had a magazine send me an image I took with my phone as a style example for a shoot, I can see our phones & camera’s being designed around them will be another process in the future.

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So when it came time for him to drop the towel, he shyly asked if he had to go completely naked and I shrugged, looked in the direction of my client and lowered my fingers for his towel to drop. After lots of joking he was super comfortable on-set, the cloudy sky opened up just before sunset to give me the perfect backdrop just in time, & we all had a great shoot.

What do you dislike?

I own a LOT of hard drives.

What do you hope comes about for film or digital?

Instant film or an easy & neat at-home darkroom system would be amazing. If film could become more instant and accessible at home instead of labs I’d always be in darkness.

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How do you feel about today’s world of photography?

First there was the introduction of digital, now there’s camera phones that shoot incredible images, everyone’s officially a photographer. That’s exciting and inspiring as you’ve got to push new levels, and it makes me love lighting even more. Camera phones can’t emulate that yet. ;) Some people say film is dead. How would you respond?

Some say why use records when MP3’s are so easy, yet some DJ’s still use them & people have them in their homes. I think film will be like that, if it was dead I wouldn’t see old film camera’s on EBay still selling at decent prices.

Some people say digital is almost like cheating because you get to check your work. How would you respond?

Cheat away, whatever gets you to create your art, the process isn’t the main thing it’s the end result.

Top: DJ Skrillex February 2011 in Perth, Australia Bottom: DJ Skrillex March 2013 San Fransisco Right: Test shooting for Zodiak

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VS Name: Matt Veitch Age: 24 Hometown: Central Coast, NSW Years in the field: 3

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Equipment: Canon 6D & 7D. Canon L Series Lenses 24-70, 70200... My nifty fifty and 15mm Fish Eye Digital or Film: I do a bit of both, started out with film and have progressed into digital a bit more. Last trip to the US I made sure I shot mostly on film.

How did you first start in photography?

I started out in high school. Studied photography as major electives in my senior years. From there my grandfather gave me my first DSLR and I was hooked. He was a major influence on my photography, he was a wedding photographer back in the day and he showed me how to use the camera in digital format. I then travelled Europe a few years after finishing school and fell in love with photography again. From there I went to local gigs and shot every band I could to hone in my skills. Started experimenting with off camera flashes and loved the look of controlled light. Since then I try to shoot as much as I can with my own lighting.

ing gear after it has been roundhouse kicked out of your hand.

What was something you learned later on?

It's hard to continue being original. Find a good way to hide your sources of inspiration.

Photographers now a days are a dime a dozen. Where do you want your photography to go?

I hope to get into photojournalism. Documenting events that people in this world seem so oblivious to. I want to be able to show people the shocking and hurtful truth about the demise of the world today. Bring awareness to the content and ignorant.

What is your proudest photo? And why? (pictured right) Probably the shot I got when I was in Papua New Guinea last year. I was there to trek the Kokoda Track and on the way to the airport we stopped in a village for supplies. An elderly man approached our group and started talking to some of the guys.

I casually slid into the conversation and began talking to him alone. He had travelled over 200KM by dinghy to this town to apply for a loan from the bank to provide for his family. He came from a village with a population of only 25 or so people.

He had been in this town for over 2 months trying to get a loan but to no avail. That day he was waiting for the dinghy to come pick him back up and take him home. He was such a genuine man, he asked me questions about my home town and about my camera gear. I asked to take a photo of him to show him what it did and he was absolutely stoked. He said that he didn't think he was that old haha. As we left he gave me a solid handshake and said thank you to me... I was so taken aback by that. All I did was talk to him and take a photo of him.

What was something you learned early on?

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What do you like best about your processing preference? (i.e. film or digital) I love digital and film. But with the digital age so accessible and

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easy to use it's hard to not enjoy digital photography. I'm massive on cool colour grading. The VSCO sets have me in a whirlwind at the moment. I can't seem to stray from playing with their Lightroom presets. I don't use them for my published work but really enjoy them.

What do you dislike?

People who don't like Pop Punk.

What do you hope comes about for film or digital?

I hope that film sticks around. It's truly the base of my photography background and I believe everyone who wants to be a photographer should spend some time in a darkroom before they consider themselves a real photographer.

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How do you feel about today's world of photography?

I feel that there is a lot of bitterness and bitching. So many people dissing on others work. It's their style, get over it. If you don't like it, don't look at it. Other than that, It's an exciting time, with so much opportunity to create interesting content in all substyles of photography.

Some people say film is dead. How would you respond?

Beat it. It's only dead to losers who don't know how to take a photo without a digital back to check if they have got their settings right.

Some people say digital is almost like cheating because you get to check your work. How would you respond?

Well, I just answered that I think haha.

But really, if you truly are good at what you do it doesn't matter whether or not you check to see if you got a good shot or settings.

The way people capture light is still an art and always will be.

It's personality and purpose that gets expressed through a photo that makes the shot.

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Equipment: Hasselblad 500cm with a 40mm or an 80mm depending on the situation and a 7D with a 10-20mm for my real estate photography.

Digital or Film: I much prefer film for my own artwork and street use as I feel it gives a much better result. But for weddings, real estate or any other business work film just isn’t practical now days so I have to shoot digital.

How did you first start in photography?

My first proper introduction to photography was late in high school. I wanted to do a creative subject but I have shocking drawing and hand writing skills so graphic design and painting were out so I sort of fell into photography. Luckily for me my high school really pushed film so I learned that from the start as opposed to most people who learn digital from the get go.

What was something you learned later on?

My skills have never stopped improving and honestly they never will. The ability to push film has been an invaluable skill especially for shooting late when there isn’t much light and the film I have isn’t quiet suited to the situation. Being able to change the exposure and development time means I get much better tones and contrast and in turn much greater control over my film.

Photographers now a days are a dime a dozen. Where do you want your photography to go?

My biggest goal with my photography, particularly my film is to be able to see it in people’s houses. To be able to walk into someones house and see my book on their coffee table or photo framed on their wall would be simply amazing.

What is your proudest photo? (pictured right) My proudest photo, its definitely not easy to narrow down but I would have to say this shot taken in New York at the start of this year. It would have to be this shot purely because of the time effort and planning it took to finally get to New York, years of saving and a few incidents in a couple of airports meant that finally landing in New York was such a relief and then to be able to spend almost a whole month there taking photos and soaking up the culture was just incredible and I think that really shows in the quality of work that came from the trip.

What was something you learned early on?

Basic camera control and of course film processing were the main things I was taught really early in my course. The film processing especially was an invaluable introduction to it all as it put me way ahead of a lot of my peers in later years as many of them had only ever held a digital camera.

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What do you like best about your processing preference? (i.e. film or digital) The best thing about the way I process most of my film for me (I’m sure a lot of people would say even this is cheating) is the fact that I can shoot on my Hasselblad, then scan it into the computer and edit it from there. It gives me the

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beauty and control of shooting and developing my own film while still being easy to process and send out wherever I am.

What do you dislike?

I guess the thing I dislike the most about this process is the scanner always loses some details or makes the film (especially black and white) look a lot flatter than it really is. So in the end I would always be better off to print the photos in a darkroom to get the true effect of the film.

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What do you hope comes about for film or digital?

Honestly my only hope for film is that people keep shooting it and the film keeps getting made, the availability of good film, especially in the suburbs is quiet hard to come by but it’s still there, for it to die off completely would be such a shame.

room at home to process your own film.

Some people say digital is almost like cheating because you get to check your work. How would you respond?

I don’t know if i would call it cheating, especially in a work environment where people want the work done and sent off the next day. There really is no room for error so it is definitely helpful in that sense. To say its cheating full stop is a bit of a stretch though, its definatly easier but its also a completely different ball game.

How do you feel about today’s world of photography?

Photography now days is so cut-throat because as you said there’s just so many people with cameras. But photographers are our own worst enemy, with so many people, especially the younger people looking to get noticed everyone seems so willing to do work for free. Really its one of the only professions where people expect you to work for free to get noticed.

Some people say film is dead. How would you respond?

I feel that notion that film is dead is a bit of a stretch.

There is definatly less people using it but when a digital camera costs you 100 bucks and you can have the photos then and there without waiting for them to get developed is definitely appealing to the general population. But in saying that the people that are still shooting film are so passionate about it that it really will be a long time before its truly dead, even with commercial processing labs closing down its not overly hard to set up a small dark the manifold magazine issue 4: tomorrow

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VS Years in the field: 25 years since my first job assisting.

budget 6 rolls of 36 frame film on a big job, but some clients needed it in 3 rolls. When you’re shooting group lifestyle shots with people moving - you get a ton of transition shots where someone’s eyes are closed, the other guy’s clothes look funny - you name it.

Had to nail it and reduce those ‘throwaways’ any way you could.

You really had to have a rapport with your art director and the talent. Nowadays, that same shot may take 500 - 1000 frames to capture. You can just stand there as the scenario is unfolding and fire your camera. Even a monkey can do it. So, since more people can complete the task, then photographers are a dime a dozen!

Equipment: Canon

What is your proudest photo? (pictured right)

Digital or Film: A little of both

I think the whole ‘Lord of the Flies’ series that I did. Getting that giant group of young kids to be themselves, listening to what I needed, but showing their personalities...I feel like a proud uncle looking at those.

Name: Mike McGill www.mikemcgillphotography.com Age: Year of the Rabbit - luckiest sign of them all (& I’m 50).

Hometown: Sunset Beach, Hi

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How did you first start in photography?

I had an old girlfriend who was a model. I went with her to a shoot and immediately knew that I wanted to be a photographer.

While we were there, the photographer asked if I’d assist him the following week on a project. The rest is history. Self-tought.

Fryin’ pan to fire!

What was something you learned early on?

You never know you’ve got the job until you’re on the plane!!!!

What was something you learned later on?

It takes more than the right equipment to be a great photographer. Your personality has to match what you’re shooting.

Photographers now a days are a dime a dozen. Where do you want your photography to go? Or maybe how has your photography progressed over the years?

Photographers definitely are a dime a dozen. When digital first arrived on the scene, everyone and their mothers were shooting.

There was a total lack of skill. You still see this today on some occasions. On a commercial shoot, you used to hand the Art Director a crappy Polaroid where the light and color was totally off, then give him/her the confidence that you could get the ‘shot’ that they couldn’t see on the monitor instantly. (like they do now) - and then you actually had to deliver that shot. We used to the manifold magazine issue 4: tomorrow

I also love our Christmas cards. ‘Cause they’re pretty off and because they kind of represent what I was talking about with the change to digital. Here I can set up an entire scene and hand a kid that’s helping build something at our house my camera. I adjust the settings and say ‘keep your finger on the trigger until I say so’. And just like that - we get our photo.

What do you like best about your processing preference? (i.e. film or digital) Guess I haven’t really chosen my ‘preference’ yet. For film, I love that no one can see it until it’s been processed. I also love that it ‘exists’ and it’s not just on a hard drive. For digital, I like that I don’t have to wait up for my snips to be delivered and that I CAN shoot more when I really need to.

What do you dislike?

Well, I actually kinda miss having a beer and waiting for my snips delivered at night? So I guess I dislike missing that. I dislike that you can’t see the image, but that’s also what I like about film. The art director really had to trust you.

And, ultimately I dislike that there’s no limit to how many images you can shoot. There’s no line item on a budget that’s in jeopardy if you’re not getting the shot. And I dislike having to edit 3000

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photos at night - just because the art director wasn’t sure what their boss wanted, or they had to shoot 4 different colorways of something because no one had made a decision on what was going to be produced.

So, basically the things I like about each, I also dislike about each. Whoops.

What do you hope comes about for film or digital?

I really don’t know. Neither are going away.

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How do you feel about today’s world of photography?

I’ve kind of seen it make a few transitions. Two big ‘moments’ in the last 10-15 years have been the rise of digital - and the recession. There were a ton of people making it as photographers at the beginning of the digital boom, but once the recession came, it really filtered people out. If you couldn’t deliver an end product when the biz was booming, then you probably didn’t withstand the recession. That’s always going to happen, so you’ve got to take photos that keep you inspired.

Some people say film is dead. How would you respond?

Film will always be there for novelty. Fine art photos, novelty prints, etc. You see young kids getting all excited about having a ‘film camera’ or a polaroid. They have to stop and think about the shot they take. It’s pretty cool.

Some people say digital is almost like cheating because you get to check your work. How would you respond?

I wouldn’t say it’s like cheating. People just don’t need the skill to get that end product.

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65 Surfing’s free agent and rising star, Matt Meola is making his mark on the wave riding world tick by tick. If it isn’t by winning 2011’s Innersection grand prize of a hundred thousand bucks and beating out surfers like Kelly Slater and Ando then it’s by paddling (that’s right, paddling!) out at Maui’s world famous Jaws or surviving a massive wipeout. We are keeping our eye on this Maui boy!

Also stay tuned to our next issue where we highlight his songstress sister, Lily Meola, who’s currently touring with Willie Nelson!

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Gold Experience Every now and then, we get the opportunity to meet very special people in life. The type of star that will inevitably shine because they’re just too good not to! Carolyn Malachi is the perfect example. With a jazzy voice, a hip-hop swag and a gentle personality, she leaves her listeners with strong words to live by.

Welcome to the “Gold” experience.

The Manifold: The theme for this issue of The Manifold is “tomorrow”, basically a look at the future.

With that in mind, what is the first thing that comes to you when you think about “tomorrow” or the future ahead of us?

Carolyn Malachi: This might sound cliché. Just like today, tomorrow will be what we make it. Onward and upward! That is to say, if we are skilled architects, tomorrow will conform to our design.

TM: Your new album ‘Gold’ is growing in popularity and it appears to be gaining much respect from music lovers all around the web, in addition to those who attend your live shows. Explain the “Road to Gold” and everything that it took to get to this point? ( I guess you could say, tell us about Yesterday) CM: Honestly, it takes a lot of team work and preparation. Even though each member of my team has a the manifold magazine issue 4: tomorrow

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different job, we are all tethered to the same vision: music has the power to change the world. It is my job to tell the stories that inspire and unite us. I work very hard at that.

TM:What type of impression are you hoping to make on your audience? What do you strongly hope to convey to your listeners?

(When describing how the music is being received, Carolyn mentions how many of her new fans are really in tune with the content.)

CM: Songs like “Fall Winter Spring Summer” and “All Right” are receiving a lot of love in particular. With the response that radio is having to “All Right” “I had no idea it would grow the way that it did” TM: When watching you perform and listening to your recordings I notice elements of Hip-Hop as well as Jazz. Tell us about your musical inspirations from those genres in addition to any others you feel are important to mention.

CM: After the Grammy’s, I focused on the art of storytelling. I just enjoy the journey that is making music. I’ve always appreciated Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis, Yasiin Bey and many others. They transport me to another place and another time.

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CM: I listen to a lot of Sarah Vaughn. My great-grandfather played with her. I love her voice. Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Sade and MF Doom. Thundercat! Thundercats’ Apocalypse. I played “Daylight” at least 30 times a day. I listen to music I love. In terms of hip hop, MF Doom is a lyrical wizard.

ago? What are the biggest changes/challenges you have witnessed since you got started with music?

TM: What inspired the theme behind “Nothing” and the album titled track “Gold”?

It’s never just about me! It’s about the crew!

Making sure we can all survive. Finding ways to support yourself requires innovation.

CM: When I recorded “Nothing” I was thinking at the time, there so many things that are about to happen in my career. After Grammy nominations and coming out of some crazy adversity, I had to decide whether i’m going to lay down and die or stand up and make something out of the gift that God gave me.

Being personally affected by the state of the economy, I wanted to speak to the people who are surviving it all.

There is something to be said for experiencing the same situation over and over again. At some point, you look up and realize that you are the common denominator. I realized that I had reached a do or die point. I had to do away with self-imposed limitations, or a vital part of my very soul would die.

TM: In this magazine we often talk about independence and the creative pursuit. Being an artist today can arguably be different from being an artist from 30, 20 or even 10 years

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CM: Creating streams of revenue - this is something that the team and I are working on and figuring out.

Music is so readily available now. It’s just so easy to download music without paying for it.

BUT, I actually like that people get to hear the music first before they buy it. A consumer that listens to your music on Spotify and then buys it is more likely to share that experience with someone else just because they like it. On the other hand, people can also can stream a song forever and never buy it.

Finding places to perform can be a bit challenging. Venue owners and managers want to know what your social media following is prior to booking. I like using social media to join familiar conversations and to discover new, interesting topics. For venues, aggregate social media following is the easiest tool to assess whether bringing in a particular artist is a good business decision.

One may assume that an artist with 100 Twit-

“I realized that I had reached a do or die point.”

ter followers and 300 Facebook likes has low numbers because their music is terrible. This is a misnomer. Artists know this and, to augment their numbers, some will buy followers which aren’t real people. They are shell accounts made to look like real people. In the end, buying your social media following is a disservice. I would rather speak directly to 10 people who love “Gold” than 10,000 shadows.

TM: What’s your fascination in technology?

CM: Tech startups are run by ambitious - no audacious people who believe that their ideas can change the world. In many ways, I see myself as a startup; I believe I can change the world by inspiring and uniting people through music.

Recently, I visited Silicon Valley for performances at Google and The School Fund. While both exist in vastly different spaces, they both emphasize purpose, product functionality and quality of user experience before thinking about monetization.

I share that philosophy! I make sure my music is right first, instruments are right, mastering is beautiful, etc. before sending the music product to market.

I watched a segment called “Women to Watch” on Bloomberg TV. Jessica Herrin, CEO of Stella & Dot, particularly inspired me. She wrote her vision - her idea - on a napkin and created a monster company which grew 3,458.1% in three years. WHAT?! AMAZING!

Entire movements emerge from our ideas.

TM: Why do you rock with a jazz band?

CM: It is my heritage. I think jazz musicians are so good at taking the journey. They get out of the way of the music and they let the moment happen. I’m learning how to do that because of what they are teaching me. Like other genres, jazz musicians have a standard to uphold. Many understand that they are part of a legacy.

TM: Why vegan?

CM: I just decided that I wanted to take my energy directly from the sun. I wanted to totally clear my head and body for the journey ahead of me. By growing out my hair, I now have a physical reminder of a spiritual commitment.

TM: Personal philosophy?

CM: My great-grandmother, quoting Paul Robeson, often said “keep plugging away”. This means continue until you accomplish your goal.

I have remixed the phrase and created my own: onward and upward. In fact, I might add to it a Joel Osteen quote: “faster and further. “

You can discover Carolyn Malachi on our website or investigate further about this Grammy nominated beauty at CarolynMalachi.com. Don’t say we didn’t warn you, this woman’s hitting gold!

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Check out this awesome company out of SouthEast Asia who’s making such a beautiful and positive change in our world.

I agree, Whitney, the children are the future…

Dark corners of the globe are disappearing as the bright young mindsof-tomorrow’s flourish with luminosity. The hundredth monkey has hopefully already been born and talk of social change is turning into a demand for it. Frustration is reaching a boiling point across cultures and continents on a scale these modern times have never seen. Genuine, lasting change cannot be realized with iron fists and lead bullets; but through compassion, understanding, patience, and love, we’ll see to it. With

positive reinforcement, SocialGiver (socialgiver.com), a Bangkokbased fundraising project is getting the snowball rolling with hard work and unique ideas that benefit a wide array of areas of need.

One benefactor being ‘4DekDoi’…

An understanding of local lore is more easily grasped as one sits among the misty mountains running the border of Thailand and Burma (or less romantically, known as Myanmar). How easily a dragon or firesnake could camouflage its den. Wispy spirit souls echoing like siren calls roll through dark jungles and across the canopy top. The night times are filled with menacing creatures and conjurations. And then the morning comes. The sun climbs back to its perch above and those dark times are chased back behind to their cracks and crevices by something, perhaps the play and laughter of little golden-hearted children.

Foreign correspondents and the media have long sought to build careers and empires on drawing attention to the plights of those in the region disputed to be Burmese or Thai. Tugging the heartstrings of

human beings usually takes bloodstained hands and tragedy, a sad comment on our species of animal. But the beauty

and purity of life living in those mountains pluck the soul-strings in an undeniable tune that is bigger than good and bad, or righteousness versus evil. Resonating in every heart, no matter where you come from or the life you’re leading, life’s song in this part of the world is sweet and easily the manifold magazine issue 4: tomorrow

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heard. And we can all help to make it a bit sweeter for those there and for your self.

The people, the human beings, of the region I’m talking about particularly, identified as Karen tribes-people, have scar-covered bodies and smile-covered faces. Life is not easy here. No, no, no. Life is of the most honest purity. Both the crest and the trough of life’s wave are embraced. Backs are broken as they bend to hoe the rice paddies that terrace their way up steep slopes as stairs to heaven. By the time they are of primary school age, almost every child sport scars across their foreheads and chins. Farm labor, motorbike accidents, and just thirdworld mountain living have literally left marks on the little bodies.

Little hands that reach out in amazement to touch a white man’s arm hair are crisscrossed with slashes and gouges. But I’ll be damned if you find a teardrop. Bright white teeth radiate from glowing smiles stretched across the heads of purely happy little mountain angels. Known as dek-doi, translated as mountain-babies (“dek” = children/baby and “doi” = mountain top) the children of the Karen hilltribes are between rocks and hard places. And though their spirits are lined with scales of dragon-glass, they need some help.

The Karen people live in nomadic hill tribes. For hundreds of years they have wandered the mountain ranges of Southeast Asia, existing as slash-and-burn farmers. Depleted forests and expanding civilization are forcing the Karen people to adopt new ways of life. But clashes with both the Burmese and Thai military has made finding a place for this new life a critical problem. As the Karen do not speak Thai or Burmese and do not recognize either country’s government for direction, they are asked to choose a side, though no one is on theirs. And when one side of the border perceives them to be sympathetic to the other side of the border, swift and brutal retribution follows. With over 9 million members in varying sects, the Karen people need a substantial amount of space for life. The next generation, those of tomorrow, must acclimate to changing environment. Many of the hill tribe children are now enrolling in government schools in nearby villages and their parents are making livings selling silver goods and beautiful, intricately loomed fabric. The transition is slow and painful. In order for the children to go to a proper school they must live away from

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their families for months at a time. Though they can go outside and see the clearing on the mountain top where their families farm, and the trip is only several kilometers, the roads (if they can be called that) are nearly impassable for most of the year, even by advanced 4x4-ing standards. Torrential flash flooding and exploding ordnance just add to the excitement. And so, the children are forced to live apart from their families, typically in small and crowded dormitories. It is these

children that will hopefully be able to return to their villages with the knowledge and resourcefulness to integrate the changing world around them with the beauty of their simple life. It is these children and the millions of other children

around the world that need to use your voice, our voice, to be heard.

Enter, MYSOCIALMOTION, the life’s work of Mr. Arch Wongchindawest, better known as Boom, Aliza Napartivaumnuay, nicknamed Alice, and Tarin Greco. MYSOCIALMOTION is a social enterprise bridging the gap between people, social organizations, and businesses, with ‘SocialGiver’ as their flagship project.

According to Boom, “Leaving charities to do all of the [fundraising] isn’t working, our focus is to make doing good a regular part of peoples’ lives.”

The majority of society is glad to help those in need. The lack of information and understanding are the biggest impediments keeping that help from reaching those who could use it. People do not want to part with their dollars unless they know how, where, and to whom their funds are being shared. Social organizations must fundraise in order to bring their services to those in need, which detracts from their ultimate goals. Meanwhile, businesses lose millions of dollars every year in un-realized profits from excess over-head. Restaurants throw

away enough food to feed the hungry and hotels have enough vacancies to house the homeless. Through MYSOCIALMOTION, people can purchase dinners and getaways or a number of other luxuries at a fraction of the everyday cost while their money goes to a social organization helping those operating on less than what is necessary for a full life. Through this platform, the help goes to the people who need

it most, as business’ excesses are capitalized upon, and people are positively rewarded for doing something good for their neighbor. It is a win-win-win situation for all parties involved.

So please go to MySocialMotion.org to find out more information about how you can help. And get inspired by another company making a positive ripple effect in our world. the manifold magazine issue 4: tomorrow

“Leaving charities to do all of the [fundraising] isnt working, our focus is to make doing good a regular part of peoples lives.“ If you know of a company or a person who’s making a positive change in this world please let us know. We want to praise the worthy. Email us at TheManifoldMag@gmail.com

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last word MORE OR LESS In the light of tomorrow let there be...

More sponteniety, less planning.

More high fives, less handshakes.

More weird, less normal.

More understanding, less apathy.

More individuality, less conformity.

More sounds but less noise.

More sand, less concrete.

More soul, less angst.

More praise but less worship.

More travel, open skies, unpaved roads.

Less lawn mowers at 6am, road blocks and less assholes.

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