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Realized Beings, We made it! We survived the beginning of the world! Give thanks because we are alive at the most exciting time to be alive‌ EVER!! As we begin the shift to a new era of human consciousness and heart centered planetary unison, we will be the first generation that will bring forth the change to awaken others from the illusion of our separation. Don’t wait for aliens or apocalyptic disasters to make the change for you, it must come from within, and now the universe is here to help you! But you dont have to change the world, you cant! And its not up to you. By living your own life according to your own highest standards, and showing others that a positive world is possible, you will automatically become so awesome that you will naturally become inspiring and serve as a role model for what is to come. Change yourself, change your world, and encourage others to do the same and be the change you wish to see in the world! So take a chance, the universe is asking you to! Put down the bottle, be passionate, explore outside, turn off the tv, ignore the ads, boycott the corporations, talk to a stranger, and love unconditionally for you know what is truly right if you quiet the mind. You are important, you matter. Realize Culture brings you a culture of realizing what is truly possible, realizing your fullest potential, let your inner light shine bright, know who you are, and trust that the universe will provide all you ask for. We now know that your thoughts shape your reality; imagine what this can do to the earth, those around you, and most importantly yourself. What you put out into the universe is what you receive, tenfold, you are what you create,
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Sean Basalyga - Editor, Photographer, Writer, Design Jesse Berger - Art Coordinator Chip Hultin - Graphic Design Alyssa Duhe - Logo Design RealizeZine@gmail.com www.RealizeCulture.com 3
Explaination of the Guy Fawkes Painting (Cover) 2012 is the year of the dragon, and hopefully, perhaps, a time of rebirth, so in the center we find the phoenix and the dragon. Most of our world’s cultures contain some version of both - they’re our ancestral symbols, embracing as female/male duality. When pictured together, they are empress & emperor, and mean harmony and complete interdependence. The dragon carries the massive pearl of wisdom, which has the power to multiply anything it touches. The phoenix, as well as rebirth and creation, symbolizes such things as the golden rule, honesty, knowledge, integrity, beauty, and peace. The couple produces from their interwoven hands the pink lotus-heart at the golden ratio point. Above it all, “The Peacekeeper” throws his hands up in rapture.
Having glimpsed his noble destiny, he dons the one true crown. The fierce, owl-like eyes of an angelic denizen of a holy-fire realm can be seen. This alien angel visits and guards him. He is surrounded by a multitude, enthusiastically on their way, and ragin’ it peacefully as they go. They are going to the big party, the moment, the funeral pyre, the bonfire, the Orgasm, the Self, The Festival. They are listening to very good music. Through the eyes of fear the group can, sadly, appear like some heathen mob, maybe coming for the castle gate; the eyes of love reveal simply a benevolent celebration. You are invited. - Randal Robets www.allofthisisforyou.com (Left) Live Painting Collaboration: Randal Roberts and Amanda Sage 4
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ANOTHER PORTAL..................NOT JUST SOME GRAFFITI ARTISTS...BUT SOME SPIRIT CATCHERS..... THIS IS NOT A BATTLE WALL OR GRAFFITI WALL TO ME..THIS IS AN ESCAPE..A PORTAL.... A HELP IN OUR TRANSITIONS....
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portal transition wall communication and peace makers with the goal of natural talents as salvation in sight..talk to our ancestors now!!!..cosmetics from the cosmos...... OUR TIME IS HERE... Black Diamond Shining
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painting is like having wings, once you know you have them, then how can you not use them? So the gift of flight is the permission to explore, and i am all about seeing what is around the next corner, whether it be objective or subjective.â&#x20AC;? www.ZeltakalnsArts.com
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“Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will
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Ylsa Tellez
comes from the deep suburban sprawl of Los Angeles Country, and while she isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teaching yoga to children, volunteering in the community, or tidying up at The Daily Planet in Franklin Village, she is creating out of this world collages taking a surrealistic approach to sacred imagery intertwined with a sense of social commentary 16
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words by Jeffrey Wallace LaPrade paintings by Jesse Berger
Have you heard there are infinite infinities it puts my mind at ease that I do not have to find an end to these while I am led by curiousity at some point all recollection and understanding flee and anything I thought I knew now proceeds me defeating the human nature to grow into something ever greater when all thats left is a vast crater of these infinite infinities I would love to meet the creator
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what is here and now? for what just was no longer is and that which will be just was slippery to say the least meaning is so simple an idea until it is challeneged as any curious toddler will teach you there are far more questions than answers so we orbit around certainty bridging the gap with an unsubstantiated confidence faith in that the next moment will come faith in that the last moment just left faith in the moment that we occupy there is only here and now the rest falling into a convolution we call the spacetime continuum if it is at all a continuum and not just this one moment here and now
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Alone In Everything alone in the fractal pattern of everything alone in an ever extending illusion pretending to persist time does not exist like relative motion may insist alone in an infinite hole of one soul alone so i tore myself into billions of different pieces to keep myself company 22
Erupt the serene waves erupt to mock exploding bombshells in the distance the dull roar of superposition screams subtly compound as the eddies bifurcate endlessly into oblivion the waves ceaselessly force the land tearing at what once was transforming into what will be
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What inspires your artwork? Life, circumstances, people, metaphysics, african science, nature, experiences, ancestors, music, and other artists.
What do you consider the goal of your artwork? To inspire people to think outside of the box that has been fabricated for them to think in and to help along with the expansion of the universe to create new realities.
Interview by Sean Basalyga
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Do you prefer working in the streets or on a canvas? Ive been working in the streets forever...I think the streets is the greatest canvas. As I get older I love canvas more now...but in my eyes, everything should have art on it.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I respect the whole skateboard culture fullyâ&#x20AC;?
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How does your spirituality influence your work? Every thought comes from a negative or positive spirit ,so by me living a spiritual life it is invoked in me and it infuences everything I do.
Do you have any advice to those struggling to create? Dont stop, put it everywhere, live what you paint, dont move because of your ego. Create cause its what life was created for..to keep creating. Put it everywhere and work hard on it. Your natural gifts and talents come with a struggle but it is beautiful when you are doing your natural self....... think deeper and beyond. dont let nothing belittle the power of your art! Check out Terms’ own zine “Polarity” available NOW @ www.EndlessCanvas.com 28
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Endless Canvas threw their Special Delivery opening party in
Berkeley which lived up to its great expectation of being the raginist art party of the year!! Over 40 artists painted a 3-story abandoned warehouse over the summer, covering the whole building from ceiling to floor. The opening party was out of control with drinks, smokes, djs, live music by The Understudies and Candlespit Collective from Ear Peace Records, dance battles, and enough fools crushin the block to alert the authorities and shut down the party early! It will definitely go down in history as one of the best art shows and party of a lifetime that featured the best artists from the Bay Area. Words and Photography by Sean Basalyga
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For more coverage and Daily Graffitti Updates 35 visit www.EndlessCanvas.com
Jamie Evans - Pacific Coastal Frontside Concrete Wave Air
Mike Kershnar
Plant Trees!
Photography by Sean Basalyga 36 Garett Chappell - Back Disaster
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From the zine “There Is No Right Way To Meditate” by Yumi Sakugawa, this and more zines available at www.YumiSakagawa.com
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4. Without breaking the connection with the Divine Mother, turn your attention to the Divine Father, who is the rest of creation other than the Earth. In your inner vision, see a night sky filled with the multitude of stars of the Milky Way. See the planets, the sun (which would have to be over the horizon), and the moon. See the beauty of Creation, and feel the love that you have for the Divine Father. Allow this love to grow stronger until you are ready to burst with tears of love. 5. And then, just as with the Mother, gather this love and put it into a little ball, and with your intention send it into the Heavens. Or, what most indigenous people do send it to our own sun. It is your intention that matters. And then you wait. 6. As with the Mother, you wait until the Father sends His love back to you. When you feel this love return to you, let it move throughout your body and to all your cells. Let it move even into your Light Body and all that you are.
Prayer by Drunvalo Melchizedek Drawing by Willow Texiera Photo by Sean Basalyga 1. In your inner vision, see a beautiful scene from nature, whatever you see as beautiful and dear to your heart. If it is the mountains, for example, you might see their peaks covered with snow. You might picture rivers, trees, and the animals, and see white, billowing clouds in the sky. Breathe in the clean, fresh mountain air. And in your heart, feel the love that you have for nature and for Mother Earth. Allow this love to become strong until your very body feels this love. 2. Then take this love that you have for Mother Earth and place it in a little ball and with your intention send this little ball filled with your love down to the center of the Earth. You send it with the intention that Mother Earth feels the love that you have for Her. And then you wait. 3. Wait for Mother Earth to send Her love back to you. Feel this love, and let it move all through your body. Let it move through every cell in your body. Let it move even into your Light Body, and all that you are, simply stay in this connected love, with yourself in the arms of the Divine Mother. 42
7. Realize that at this moment you are in love with the Divine Mother and Father at the same time. And realize even further that the Holy Trinity is now being manifest on Earth. The Divine Mother, the Divine Father, and you â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Divine Child â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are all bound by Love in a Holy Triangle. According to Sri Yukteswar, it is only from this sacred place of the Holy Trinity that the Creator can be seen so clearly and experienced so directly. 8. Now, without breaking the bonds of love between your Divine Parents, simply allow the presence of God to be experienced directly. Allow God to come within your body as well as all around you. What happens now is between you and God. Trust yourself, as you are a Child of God. Believe in yourself, as you are one with the Source. From this point on, there are no words 43
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â&#x20AC;?I have d that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.â&#x20AC;? - Alan Watts 46 http://www.yasaminejune.blogspot.com/
Painting by Randal Roberts - www.allofthisisforyoucom
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