the CONSPIRACY issue

COVER ART BY M YLES DUNIGAN

VISIO vol. 1 / issu e. 4

SEPT 2020

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CONSPIRACY issue

VISIO Editor In Chief Adriana Green Contributors Kedar Tinaikar, Robert W. Monk, Silas Denver Melvin, Myles Dunigan, Kate Tatsumi, Marsilam Sun Lukas, Gwynne Burns, Jordain Molloy Gillen, B. Eliran Stevens, Lorryn Denville Moore, Dale Harlan, Halah Khan, Paolo Mazzocco, Beth Adan, Whitney Manassian, Katherine Heigh, James Flux, Dmitry Uchitel, Xandr Arquin, Kofi Oduro, Sarah Reese, Srishti Dass, Janhvi Duggal, Leanne Vanderham Contact visioliterary@gmail.com www.visiomag.ca Next Issue The next issue will be surronding the theme of "erotica."

The Erotica issue will be released November 16th.

Colophon VISIO Magazine is an online literary magazine established with the goal of assisting contributors with publication development and to provide a safe space for literature and and art.

in this issue... ...we will tackle the concepts of the illu sor y and the u n k n ow n . The con t en t iou s and the r adical.

From flat earthers to alien abductions to the Denver airport, a conspiracy is solely what you make of it.

Or is there some truth hidden deep beneath what often seems such a benign, curious surface?

It is often said that a good conspiracy is nothing but a lie wrapped within a truth. Something hidden within what is never questioned. A halo effect that seeps into our psyche, blurring the lines between what is and what should not be.

But when fiction becomes fact, and the veil is lifted, will you be the one saying I told you so?

Or the one waking up?

We hope you enjoy this one, Adriana Green Editor in Chief

HALAH KHAN in st agr am : @halah.khan sit e: behance.net/halahkhan

Statement A drawing of three eyes at the top of the image, from which emerges a red line leading down to the end of the image, with two hand-like figures ?growing? on either side of the line

Bio Halah Khan is a Fine Art graduate from the department of visual studies, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Her practice focuses on exploring the unseen expanses of the human mind and experience with a multidisciplinary approach; seeking an honest mirror for our cloaked faces. It is a pilgrimage into the unknown depths of self, inspired by surrealist practices of awakening the subconscious mind.

(R) Untitled Mix media (Charcoal and transfer print) 22 in x 14 in 2019

"They have been watching me for ages and I have finally decided to stare back."

APOLLO 11 A Poem by B. Eliran Stevens B. Eliran Stevens is a 19 year old queer writer from New Jersey. He spends most of his time trying to make sense of his feelings. You can read about these feelings on Instagram @beliranstevens the moon landing was fake, he tells me over hash browns and orange juice. his beanie is the same green as the trees outside, and his face is unshaven. the moon landing was fake, so that america could win the space race. they had to beat the soviets, he says with his tongue in his cheek. he has his father ?s nose, and his mother ?s eyes. if anybody wanted to beat the soviets, they?d have to go through him first. the whole thing was fake, the crosshairs are behind objects. i laugh, though i don?t quite understand. he laughs along with me. he foots the bill and we walk through the city, arm in arm, discussing neil armstrong. the crosshairs are rotated,

the quality of the photos is too high. i listen intently, knowing full well that the only things fake are my feigned indifference, animosity, and his feelings.

NOSTRADAMUS AT THE BUS STOP NO. 1 Prose by Dale Harlan An allegor ical m u sin g on h ow w or k er s ar e t r eat ed, an d h ow t h e r obot s t h at r eplace t h ose w or k er s w ill be t r eat ed in t h e n ear f u t u r e Dale Harlan is a writer, artist, and ghost from the Upper Midwest. This is his first published work.Hell read your tarot cards for a menthol if youve got one. Find him on instagram @daleharlan We're gonna get robots addicted to cigarettes. As soon as robots gain what we choose to recognize as sentience, we're gonna get them addicted to cigarettes. Technically it'd make the most sense to get them on the disposable vape pens, but I like the picture of a robot smoking a cigarette way more. I'm allowed to think about the future in terms of a recognizable past.

We?ll definitely tell the robots that it's good for them, for starters. Obviously,we?re not just gonna throw a pack of Newports at a digital valet and tell them to knock themselves out. It'll be something dumb, like "preserves engine function" or "clears out dust through the exhale filter " or "enhances VPN connection." It'll just be regular cigarettes though. We?ll take the permanently-stale Eagle 20s and all the unsold Camel No. 9s and dump them in a big cardboard box, shuffle 'em up, and then we?ll repackage them in huge chipboard boxes (because robots have clumsy fingers,

and scientists haven't beaten God on that one yet.) We?ll charge the robots double for them. What's the robot gonna do? They can't taste anything, they don't know that they're paying $20 a pack for stale prison cigarettes.

We?ll get a golden age of robot cigarette advertising. At some point the FCC and the CDC are gonna be tired of arguing with the tobacco lobbyists, because the tobacco lobbyists will all be like, "Technically we're only trying to get robots to buy cigarettes, I mean, we don't even give a shit about kids anymore.

Kids don't rack up 80 hours a week in a factory job, the robots are where the money is at." The FCC will look at the CDC, and the CDC will be like, ?we have actual work to do, your call", and then the FCC will throw their hands up in the air and say, "Fuck it, we miss cigarette advertising anyway." Every YouTube video for the next ten years is going to be prefaced with an ad where a robot puts on a cowboy hat and shoots lasers out of their eyes at Joe Camel until he?s a bloody pulp, and it ends with a human cowgirl kissing the robot directly on its mouth. It'll rule. The commercial will be added to the Criterion Collection.

At some point the robots are gonna figure out that they've been paying their hard-earned cash for cigarettes which don't do anything to them. (I don't think smokes will be addicting to a robot, unless we soak 'em in battery acid or something. I don't know, I'm not an electrical engineer.) I don't think they'd stop smoking, though. Probably the only moment of peace that a robot can get during the day, stepping out onto the loading dock of whatever hellacious factory they're leased to. Probably end

up being buddies with the janitors. Janitors are gonna stay human. They should anyway. I've yet to meet a robot that could keep a place as clean as a human being.

When the robots are all standing around, janitors mingled in there too, they'll start telling each other what they heard? the cigarettes they're all smoking don't actually make them work harder or fuck faster. They'll ask the janitors if they knew about all that before the robots did, and the janitors will shrug. Then the robots will ask the janitors to teach them how to shrug, cause they weren't programmed to shrug, but there's an office floor somewhere that's gotta get waxed, so the janitors will tell the robots that they'll show them another time.

After about 15 minutes of all these robots milling around, bumming smokes from one another, one of the robots will finally stamp out his robot-equivalent to an American Spirit, and all the other robots will know that it's time to get back to work packing boxes or stuffing hot dogs into packages or putting labels on people cigarettes. If they make the company's goal by 2AM, they'll all be entered in the monthly raffle for a $10 giftcard, which is always for the gas station down the road where robot cigarettes are sold. Most of the time, the winning robot loses the giftcard because they drop it and they have fat clumsy fingers, because we put scientists on making robot cigarettes instead of figuring out how to make better hands for the robots. There's no money in mass producing robots with delicate hands."

XANDR ARQUIN in st agr am : @callmexandr

Statement Xandr Arquin crafts images based on the erotic and subliminal symbols that define countercultures in order to normalize cultures that are often challenging to normative institutions. Through this exploration, surrealist qualities are captured in documentary style to root the viewer 's reality in the images so that a familiarity is established.

Bio Xandr Arquin is an emerging new media artist who resides in San Antonio and has earned his BA in Art and Art History at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Arquin?s workIn Ecstasyhas been published in HAUS Magazine and has been shown in the Texas Photographic Society as well as Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His workAnatomy of Masculinityhas also been on view at several galleries in the local San Antonio area.

Currently, Arquin is pursuing graduate studies in studio art while working in the education department at the McNay Art Museum

CULT COLLECTIVE

XANDR ARQUIN

CULT COLLECTIVE

XANDR ARQUIN

Kofi Oduro aka Illest Preacha t w it t er : @illestpreacha in st agr am : @illestpreacha f acebook : @illestpreacha twitch.tv/illestpreacha

Bio My artistic practice is an observation of the world around us, that I then put into artworks for others to relate to or disagree with. Through Videography, Poetry and Creative Coding, I try to highlight the realms of the human performance and the human mind in different scenarios.

These situations can be described as social, internal, or even biological, which we face in our everyday lives.

Adding music and visuals often helps to perceive one's own feelings, and to highlight the different subtleties that make us human. With a dose of technology, there is an endless range of progress in the human creative endeavours.

SKY LOOKING KINDA DIFFERENT

Statement Using an array of Coded elements, I have built a skyline that may be mysterious or may be normal. Who knows how it came about or why some of the segments are pixelated and others blurry. One thing for certain is the colors on the corners (top right being of the orange base hues, bottom of the light/baby hues have deeper representation). Why code these images ? With Code making art, is it a human at work or is the code taking over? Is this the first time this occurs.

Who knows or do we know ?

LORRYN DENVILLE MOORE

Statement

I source images from magazines and re-contextualize my subjects through su r r ealist cu t an d past e collage t ech n iqu es. Frequently working with the figure, I create the essence of a person.

Questioning how we as a society interpret others based on how much information we are visually presented with.

Bio

in st agr am : @redlotuscollage sit e: redlotuscollage.storenvy.com

Lor r yn Den ille M oor e is a multidisciplinary artist, living and working in Queens, New York. Merging her fascinations with assemblage, the supernatural, crafts, the art of storytelling and portrait photography, her work flirts between the fantasy of imagination and reality.

Manvoid 5x7in Paper 2020

Hy pebeast 12 x 7.75 in Paper 2020

TRIBUTE A Poem by Janhvi Duggal / @_unjanhvi_ The world obsessed with tragedy I am still wondering why A mere madness A mist of mystery travels in the air Or the jealousy of guts taken For the man who became what others could not For what a woman chose and thought That others daren?t Madness in the eyes of the world The world mad in theirs Meera was considered obsessed Psychologists may term her with something old Or invent a new mindset But the world still cries With her poetry Taken as a milestone To fill the canvass with paint As Gogh did his organs With yellow To fill dreams in a locked room Or magic in death Plath leaves her microwave open

Called as mad, as the world would say Or the world mad, as they would Tragedy rises with complexity Mystery asks how, what To encourage them Something they can?t The world laughs And calls it mad When a place was defined as fantacy Murakami described it ?To not be fantacy, but dreamlike A dive into the conscience To continue a dream you saw yesterday, Nothing but real?

And that ?if we share his dreams, We enjoy it?

And then the laws were brought Because even Manto was criticised But half of the generation Goes mad to have been like him One thing that remained constant Is the loss of self In a gain of others

To eat paint When something?s eating you inside And that Presley is loved the same For not being mad Sensible enough to rape a couple of years Enough to have married Priscilla at Sixteen Move in at 14 To throw himself on her for a couple of years Age, is just a number Or the same love for Chaplin Who acted mad Loved insane But a man sane Sane enough to father a child With a mother of Fifteen The madness that is respected A mad world is loved For it takes courage To give it all inside of you All out of you In the name of failure Of the trials of art And masterpieces To bring you back to the world

Passion is undaunted It has a cost For some, privilege For others, madness Now is when, Where madness is encouraged And hurt is a masterpiece Tragedy is success And your pain Is somebody?s Art

JORDAIN MOLLOY GILLEN in collaborat ion w it h

MEGAN SANDERSON sit e: jordainmolloygillen.wixsite.com/ jordainmolloygillen in st agr am : @jordainmolloygillen f acebook : @JordainGillenArtist t w it t er : @jordainmgillen Megan?s Photography in st agr am : @imprintphotographyni

Bio Jordain Molloy Gillen is an artist and designer based in Northern Ireland. Living in a world full of stars and a spectrum of colour, he is inspired by love, magic, astrology, mythology, and storytelling, which is reflected heavily within his work. He has a dream-like vision in which he likes to work with processes that incorporate colour, golden shine and illusionistic qualities, offering something you can only imagine from a dream.

Everything he creates is special to him as it holds a concept, meaning or story which is personal or has inspired him as an artist and as a person. A lot of work created by Jordain features the sun, the moon, and the stars as they hold meaning and dream-like qualities he would like to share with others; a magical form of escapism from everyday life.

FIELDS OF THE MOON

Exploring the mystical, queer, peculiar, kooky, and elaborate, creating a world full of wonder, dream, mystery, and curiosity. Seeing the world through a dream-like vision and reaching for the stars, the moonchild of the moon and finding peace and harmony in nature. Seeing something that others can?t see is unique, but to be able to capture the moment and share it for others to enjoy the secrecy of happiness is something greater than we can imagine.

Collabor at ion w it h Megan Sanderson

Ph ot ogr aph y: Megan Sanderson

Headdr ess, cloak an d edit in g: Jordain Molloy Gillen

THE M OON & STARS IN THE PALM OF M Y HAND This painting was inspired by the magic we all hold within our own hands. If we make the effort, put in the work and embrace our true magic, anyone can have the moon and the stars in the palm of their hands

'Moon Love' 8.3 by 11.7 inches Screenprint 2020

LUNA M OON Inspired by the love story of the sun and the moon, Luna is glowing.

'Luna Love' 11.7 by16.5 inches Screenprint

M OON LOVE This piece was created inspired by the love story of the sun and the moon which is a running theme throughout my work

'Moon Love' 8.3 by 11.7 inches Screenprint 2020

CONSPIROGRAPH A Poem by Robert W. Monk IG: @RobertWMonk77 Twitter: @RobertWMonk Flat Earth Dinner plate Eat my soul It?s not too late Moon landings They were faked Stanley Kubrick?s Shining take Roswell and Area 51 Government today Concealing the truth Hiding the greys But the guys in black Can?t attack need for belief We just want to sit On the grassy knoll in peace Or in pieces Spying the lizards Cutting apart democracy

From head to the gizzards Until inside jobs Turn the clock around 9.11 in the corner Medals out standing proud All of these scenes Conspire together Heavy as lead Light as a feather

PAOLO MAZZOCCO in st agr am : @paolo.mazzocco.art

Statement Since an early age, I was trying to express myself through drawings, every important moment was recorded on my sketchbook. Most of my paintings reflect my experiences and perceptions. I want my art to have a very feminine aesthetic, so I like delicate poses and soft brushstrokes. I mostly use watercolor, oil and tempera on my works. I mostly paint women because I try to represent myself with a different appearance, because every woman is many women at the same time.

Bio

Paola Mazzocco is a Mexican contemporary artist. Her paintings mixes realism and fantasy elements to evoke human emotions, with a dreamlike aesthetic. From an early age, she was fascinated by the renaissance painters and was obsessed by the pale skin tones and rosy cheeks, loving the religious paintings; the angel's androgynous appearance and the faces that mixed ecstasy and suffering. She completed a degree in graphic design and then studied and worked as a makeup artist for T.V commercials. She fulfilled her dream of studying painting at the Academy of San Carlos for two years. Her work was featured at several local galleries.

Follow Th e Wh it e Rabbit Wat er colou r on Paper 10 x 14

FAKE, BUT OKAY Creative Non-Fiction by Katherine Heigh Roper / IG: @pukebutt ?every life a private apocalypse?

-concetta principe, This Real ?You?re all too young to remember,? said some professor to some class I was in, ?9/11.? This wasn?t true. I was thirteen in 2001. I fought back the itching, pedantic urge to out myself as old, old enough to remember when time was real, tangible, and cyclical as a firm, black rubber bike tire.

I don?t remember what they said ? my housemate, Gwynne.

It was something occult, something smelling of skunky weed, something assigned absurd at birth. I told them it sounded fake. ?Everything seems fake,? Gwynne grinned. ?Y2K did happen ? but in our hearts. We?re all fucked up.?

Gwynne was fucked up when we met. They were wandering around a bar patio, wearing a green sequined dress that reminded me of dragon scales, asking to bum cigarettes, claiming their name was Thor. I told them they were Loki. I gave them a smoke and a kiss. They were psychotic, I was manic. My mania passed quicker than their psychosis. I bored of their plans for Situationist-inspired robberies, penniless journeys to

Russia, and becoming Chenrezik, Tibetan Buddhism?s embodiment of divine compassion. They now get monthly injections of antipsychotics to remind them those things are fake. ?Time is a gelatin-based dish sweating beneath the summer sun upon grass baked cat-puke yellow,? I wrote in my notebook on the porch, thinking about Y2K. On 31 December 1999, my mom filled the bathtub long before midnight, leaving the water overnight. I still don?t know why. ?Just in case,? she said.

I once read something proposing ?an apocalyptic cult prophetically warning that the world won?t end, ever.?Wikipedia says the world was predicted to end over forty times between 1985 and 2000. Compare that to just four apocalypses set between 1925 and 1940, and only three between 1945 and 1960. There are rational explanations. Between 1985 and 2000 the Internet bloomed, giving every false prophet a trumpet that every kid coming of age at that time heard echoing, over and over, until we developed tinnitus. Tinnitus may be subjective or objective, Wikipedia says. Wikipedia may be fake. ?You remember that episode ofGoosebumps?? Gwynne asked while we sat, chain-smoking, staring at our phones. ?The camp episode?? ?The werewolf one?? My eyes didn?t move from my screen. ?Welcome toCamp Nightmare? I think I had that book.?

Gwynne exhaled. ?Yeah. But it wasn?t really about

werewolves. It was about aliens. At the end of the episode, the kid finds out that it was all a test ? the werewolf stuff, the other kids going missing. It was a simulation to prove he could go with his parents to? fight aliens or something.? ?Hm.? I hadn?t read the book. ?That episode haunts me ? the idea that every weird or shitty thing that happens to me is some kind of test where I gotta prove myself worthy. It?s infected a lot of my psyche. Like, when I was in psychosis, I thought the Masons were always watching me. That was a test.? ?Oh.? ?All because of thatGoosebumpsepisode.? ?Are you sure it doesn?t have anything to do with your fundamentalist Christian upbringing?? I wondered. ?Isn?t that God?s whole deal ? testing people?? ?I guess,? Gwynne cracked a tall can of beer. ?I guess it all fits together nicely.?

I didn?t fit in well with my peers on 11 September 2001. I don?t remember talking with them about what had happened that day. My mom went to work after my sister and I got home from school. I fell asleep on the living-room couch watching CBC news coverage of the attacks. CBC was the only channel that consistently came in clearly. That was the most interesting day of CBC ever ? almost as good as the fake stuff on cable we couldn?t afford. Over and over, I watched those towers fall.

Nowadays, I listen to the CBC Radio app on my phone.

There?s a true crime podcast I enjoy. I paused it the other day read the synopsis of theGoosebumpsepisode ?Welcome to Camp Nightmare.? There was no werewolf in the episode, just an unknown beast called the Sabre. The kid?s parents weren?t going to fight aliens. They were travelling to a distant planet to investigate the life forms there, a planet called Earth. The kid passed the test, so he got to join them.

I don?t know how much longer our test will take, how much longer it will be before everything stops seeming fake.

W HITNEY MANASSIAN in st agr am : @_magentamonkey99_ sit e: campsite.bio/magentamonkey

STATEM ENT Made with oil pastels on an acrylic background _Portrait of an Alien_ (L) Is a glimpse of what is walking on the earth surface in a thousand years after the countless wars and neglect brought to the evaporation of the atmosphere, they had no choice but to live the planet they've broken, I'm unsure if they ever came back but, this is a glimpse of what is walking on what we used to call...

BIO Beauty, nostalgia, pain and love are themes frequently explored with different mediums by MagentaMonkey, an black mixed race Italian artist with a classical Fine Art background, that moved to the Uk to explore and experiment with contemporary ways of image-making, that encouraged her to enroll at university to study illustration and animation were she is now on her last year.

ELIZABETH ADAN inst agram: @edgeofelizabeth site: www.elizabethadan.com

STATEM ENT I am a self-taught artist who employs many offbeat techniques to create colorful, eye-catching work. I am a painter, sketch artist, and graphic designer who often starts from a fresh acrylic painting, photographs it, and then turns the work into graphic art. Frequently using nature imagery as viewed through kaleidoscope eyes, the work helps the viewers see the world from a mind-bending new perspective.

BIO Elizabeth Adan is a lifelong artist who enjoys deconstructing the smallest moments and largest emotions, often at the same time. Her alliterative, lyrical writing takes on topics ranging from sustainability, nature, love lost/found, and community responsibility. A Pacific Northwest native, her true passion is the great outdoors, soaking up as much inspiration and natural color as possible.

ELIZABet h Adan

ELIZABet h Adan

DREAMS OF GLOW ING MARBLES A Poem by Beth Adan I could let this ruin my life but the question is how this could change so quickly I turn, dry and cracked, to yellow wallpaper and straight-lined wishes as I cling to your copper skin I tell you I had a dream one time with black and white striped walls and a black-haired little girl and I could not understand the math equation of how to fit this glowing marble shape into a world the size of a tissue box

ELIZABet h Adan

DOUBT + FAITH = YOU A Poem by Beth Adan you have to wake up to see this here doubt and faith exist as one we play on the dock and hear footsteps approaching wet rainboots running along the wooden slats commit, commit let your hands play with the salt in your hair the bobbing birds as they float and buoy copper mermaids on the beaches beckon desperate ships to crash into the rocks punished the red algae glow blue mad morning mist the curse of meeting eye to eye with you as yourself

ELIZABet h Adan

PUPPETS & STRINGS A Poem by Beth Adan marionettes dangling off the edge of the world taking big giant god steps on the shiny hill in the distance the long grass makes hissing sounds the world orb folds up and floats around us like bubbles we dance along the edges and blow kisses in the wind along with dandelion skeletons the air smells like coconut painted dancers soft stars pulled from the sky puppets what's on the other end of these strings?

IN W HICH THE AUTHOR TRIES TO JUSTIFY HIS EXISTENCE IN A CONSPIRACY THEORY THREAD A Poem by Silas Denver Melvin silas denver melvin (he/him) is a trans masc poet from southern NH. He has been published in heartbrokenzine, SCAB magazine, toyon's literary magazine, and other places. find him on instagram @sweatermuppet i call in to coast to coast a.m. i sayi am not phantom or rogue science. i can't walk thru walls or make men love me. it never was about that, not for a second. i sayi eat sun chips & masturbate, like everyone else. art bell asks me if i've got the evidence to prove it. he's asking for photos, for sources. my word will never be good or good enough or god, but for some reason, the questions litter in like rain. do the mental math. connect the dots. think for yourself, but where the line is drawn is abstract. each man his own. the belief has to stop somewhere. even the aliens don't want me. they saygo home, you're backwards & frightening.

they say your leader wants you dead or, in some other way, convenient. i make the locals more nervous than mothman. a man on the internet, on a conspiracy board, wants me to explain transsexuality. i watch the zapruder film. kennedy's head shocks into fragments. there's no culprit. no lineage to trace more than a bullet path. jackie reaches back for the brain matter. that,i say.exactly that. the moment when you can no longer return to being what a collective once loved.

CONSPIRACY OF TIM E

KEDAR TINAIKAR @k edar .t in aik ar

CONSPIRACY OF THOUGHT

KEDAR TINAIKAR

KATE TATSUM I In st agr am : @kate_tatsumi @californiatittub Websit e: www.katetatsumi.com FIND KATE'S VIDEO SUBM ISSION " UFO 2020" ON THE SITE OR CLICK HERE ON PDF

STATEM ENT My practice in interactive sculpture, video and installation questions and explores feminine stereotypes by utilizing feminist language and irony. By challenging the culturally normative sexualized female body, the work lies between essentialist and constructivist feminism. Using pop culture references and forms of breasts and vaginas, my work critiques the social constructs of gender and femininity.

Commercialization and fetishization of the young female body in advertising and the feminine product produced and distributed through the media are important by-products in my work. White feminism and the prominence and problematics of the white female world star in western culture are themes I am exploring. My overall practice critiques the socialized associations with the feminine, explores gender roles and encourages feminist dialogues

BIO

Kate Tatsumi was born in 1991 in California. In 2017 she graduated with her BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Tatsumi currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

M ARSILAM SUN LUKAS in st agr am : @sun___project

STATEM ENT This digital work illustrates that the Illuminati is a trash bag or punching bag from the world of conspiracy theories. This work doesn't mean to say those conspiracy theories related to the Illuminati are rubbish, in fact, there are some very interesting parts of these conspiracies. But what I want to talk about is that the Illuminati is often a trash bag of other conspiracy theories. If there is a conspiracy theory that has no clear direction, people always throw it away and call it the work of the Illuminati. Also, the Illuminati is often a punching bag when new conspiracy theories emerge.

BIO Marsilam Sun Lukas (born 1998) is an Indonesian artist who spends most of his time in Jakarta and Depok. He is a student in the Faculty of Visual Arts, Jakarta Institute of Art (Institut Kesenian Jakarta-IKJ) majoring in fine arts.

When he makes art he always focuses on the concept, and then thinks about the technique that he wants to use. The only technical thing that he prioritizes is recyling when making art. He participated in several virtual exhibitions and he was part of the ?Rupa Papua? exhibition organizer ? a virtual exhibition that talks about daily life in Papua.

TRASH/ PUNCHING BAG

SARAH REESE in st agr am : @photosreese

STATEM ENT (R) This piece was hand drawn, vectorized, and then digitally coloured. It combines a lot of mysterious topics, like Atlantis, UFOs and space, and mermaids. The cartoon style reflects my childhood fascination with these ideas, and the piece plays with what might really be going on under the sea.

BIO Sarah Reese is a photographer based in Kingston and Toronto (Ontario, Canada). She dabbles in both film and digital formats, and focuses mostly on street and landscape photography with some occasional portraiture.

"Gone Fishing" (R) Hand-drawn then digitized and digitally coloured.

2020

FOGGY FAM ILIARITY These images were taken on a foggy night wandering around my home neighbourhood. This was where I grew up, and I know the area like the back of my hand. I went to the playground all the time as a kid, played soccer games every summer at the park, and rode my bike past those tall trees thousands of times.

The fog that night added a thick layer of mystery and provided an opportunity to see something so familiar in a new way.

SARAH REESE

Digital Silhouette figure between two trees in the fog Ontario, Canada 2020

SARAH REESE

Digital, 2020. Park playground on a foggy night. Ontario, Canada.

THE GRAVITY OF THE STARS? Prose by Gwynne Burns / IG: @gwynception Although this writing can be sarcastic and humourous at times - it is a fairly pointed experimental piece of prose which directly discusses conspiracy theories as a subject matter and its position in current culture and society and its swaying of political opinion.

What if a schizo leo suggested a need for the Psychotic? // It could be personal, the need for a Psychotic outlook on one's situation - the Psychotic wisdom and understanding? // It could be social, the need for the Psychotic's outlook in society - the presence of the living breathing Psychotic? // gwynnifer bones - the leo who is a Delusional Psychotic. their greatest accomplishments are hallucinations - the times they've been published or have done readings or performances with a guitar or with a band. //

What say you? Do you have an inkling for a conspiracy story around the fire? Do you dog whistle antisemitism and antiblackness and racism and genocide? Those damned SJWs are paid by Soros. Grandpa - have you heard of COINTELPRO? The true meaning of Christmas? Was Jesus a Capricorn? Does Santa Claus wear leggings? Does thinking aliens from other galaxies built the pyramids really add up to a racist inability to understand cultures considered ancient and foreign are fully capable of doing such things? Can cats be carriers of the COVID 19 viral infection? Maybe the real reason no one listens to me is because I am lying all the time? Have you ever had a mental health check called on you? Have you seen the wind? Is there a God with a capital G and a divine dick in his holy masculine totally not Gay drawers? If he claims he did not shoot the deputy - but shot the sherrif - isnt that just murder?? what cant i understand is-! Grandpa! It's just a song - it has no deeper meanings or social critique or historical context. Did you hear about what happened in Philadelphia in 1985? If i leave this grape drink in a dark cool place for a while will it ferment? Did you hear about the Ionia State Mental Institution in Michigan? Is Kurt Cobain trans and why are we femmedomming him after he's gone somewhere else where gender doesn't exist? Did the darned feminists put phytoestrogens in the water? Grandpa!

That's not how hormones work and you already have estrogen in you naturally. Did you hear about the JUSTICE FOR SOLI movement? No charges will be laid in his brutal assault and murder? Did your grandpa fight in World War 1? Did he survive the Spanish Flu? If Trudeau is in charge while Unceded Wet'suwet'en Territory is invaded by the RCMP to make way for

a Trans Mountain pipeline in Western BC - is he directly responsible and complicit in systemic racism, violence, and genocide? If i am on spironolactone and eat a hundred impossible burgers everyday do i count as Transgender?

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DM ITRY (DIM A) UCHITEL in st agr am : @urban_pigeon sit e: www.dmitryuchitel.com

STATEM ENT My submissions for this current callout involve the transient element of mystery, the fleeting moments that evoke a sense of awe and wonder in the viewer - be it the kaleidoscope of colours shining through prisms of water droplets on the window during a drive as a delirious observer to a fog enveloping monumental dystopian structures and every human movement in between.

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BIO Dmitry (or Dima) Uchitel is a Russian-Canadian photographer/videographer based in Kingston but has lived mostly in Toronto. While working full time as a research coordinator for Queen's by day, he's done music video work for Kingston's Deux Trois and continuously working on concept photography of city nightlife, film noir and dystopianism.

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MYLES DUNIGAN in st agr am : @mylesdunigan sit e: www.mylesdunigan.com In an er a w h er e w e f eel in cr easin gly displaced f r om t h e n at u r al w or ld du e t o polar izin g ecological r h et or ic, or t h e ever -en cr oach in g r ole t ech n ology plays in ou r daily exper ien ces, I believe t h er e exist s a n eed f or t h e u n r eal an d t h e u n seen . Th is is n ot a call f or f an t asy, bu t r at h er a r adical r est r u ct u r in g an d r e-evalu at ion of t h e w or ld ar ou n d u s. We can n o lon ger t r eat im ages as m er e f acsim iles, or t h e ph ysical w or ld as in f allible ver it y. One needs to simply turn on the news and switch between channels to experience alternate realities. M y pr ef er r ed ar en a is on e of con t r adict ion s, w h er e t im e, space, an d h ist or y ebb an d f low t o r eveal som et h in g m yst ical at t h e edge of pr econ cept ion . By con volu t in g t h e t r u t h of t h e lan dscape im age t h r ou gh m y pr ocess, I st r ive t o r eveal it s ar t if ice, docu m en t in g a n ew w or ld design ed t o in t er r ogat e ou r expect at ion s of ?n at u r al?, an d w h at m ay occu r w h en bot h t ech n ology an d n at u r e leave u s beh in d.

M y w or k explor es h ow im agin g t ech n ologies, clim at ological an xiet ies, an d ou r ph ysical exper ien ce of n at u r e collide. In an er a of scien t if ic sk ept icism an d ?f ak e n ew s?, r ealit y h as becom e per vaded by u n cer t ain t y. I em ploy m yr iad pr in t m ak in g, ph ot ogr aph y an d digit al m et h ods t o bu ild den sely layer ed, lim in al pr in t s t h at su bt ly in vest igat e t h e ver it y of lan dscape im ager y. By con st r u ct in g an d docu m en t in g m odels t h at em body a dialect ic bet w een obser ved an d f abr icat ed n at u r e, m y pr act ice oper at es as an ext en ded m et aph or f or br oad-r each in g u n cer t ain t ies r egar din g h u m an im pact on t h e ecosyst em an d t h e su st ain abilit y of ou r w or ld. St yr of oam r ock s popu lat e pr air ies. Digit ally gen er at ed f og obf u scat es r ock y coast lin es.

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SRISHTI DASS in st agr am : @lostwherever All t h e places I h ave lived in h ave been ver y t em por ar y. Th er e is n ot on e place I can call h om e an d f eel f u lly at h om e. Th u s, I u se m y pain t in gs t o cr eat e u n f am iliar spaces t h at m ake m e f eel com f or t able. Un f am iliar becau se of t h e color s an d sh apes I decide t o u se; a space I w ou ld n ot n or m ally be in . I n ever st ar t w it h a sket ch or h ave an ou t com e in m in d - it is alw ays abou t dif f er en t elem en t s an d color s. Each elem en t of t h e w or k (a lin e, a cir cle, a sh ape), is der ived f r om on e an ot h er . I decide each on e of t h em by at t em pt in g t o balan ce t h e com posit ion . M y en t ir e ar t pr act ice, as of n ow , is based on at t em pt in g t o explor e alt er n at ive k in ds of spaces on a t w o-dim en sion al su r f ace. It also allow s m e t o br eak r u les of per spect ive. I st ar t m y pieces by decidin g t h e f ir st van ish in g poin t of t h e f ir st space. I leave t r aces f r om t h at t h at leads in t o a secon d space. Th is cr eat es a m ovem en t t h at h elps m e t r avel w it h in t h e pain t in g. Th e color is an ot h er m ajor con cer n in m y w or k . Com in g f r om an ext r aor din ar ily r ich cu lt u r e in In dia, I gr ew u p w it h a lot of r eds, yellow s, an d gr een s. I su bcon sciou sly deviat e t ow ar ds t h ose color s w h ile I?m pain t in g. Recen t ly, m y f ocu s sh if t ed t o h ow ligh t f u n ct ion s as color . I am at t em pt in g t o u n der st an d t h e r elat ion sh ip of ligh t f allin g on abst r act f or m s an d u sin g f igu r at ive elem en t s w it h in m y abst r act com posit ion s. I h ave gr ow n m or e in t er est ed in t h e r elat ion sh ips of t h e elem en t s t o on e an ot h er over t h e en d pr odu ct .

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BIO Srishti Dass is an abstract painter and illustrator born in New Delhi, India, currently pursuing her BFA in Fine Art at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Srishti derives inspiration from her culture. Indian culture uses a lot of reds, yellows, and greens and thus her work mainly evokes those hues. She focuses more on the color than on other content and depends on applying color theory to get a successful composition. She wants the viewer to live in her paintings, maybe in a completely different way than her experience. She was part of a studio collective for a year where she showed in different public places around New York. It started off in someone?s apartment and her final showing was at Pine Box Rock Shop in Brooklyn. She got featured in an online exhibition by Serving The People, BFA Show 2020. Her interview was also published in the first issue for Hazel Art Mag in August 2020 as well as a featured article on the Curator Mag website. She also has been the Editor in Chief for the school magazine since 2018 and shares an interest in editorial and managing roles.

THE PROBLEM W ITH CONSPIRACY THEORIES Personal Essay By James Flux James Flux s a multidisciplinary artist and mystic with a focus on painting, illustration, installation and event coordination. His artwork explores vibration, nature, the human experience and transcendental realities, with a sharp focus on our inner spaces and how they manifest and shape our everyday reality. You can find him on instagram at @jamesfluxartist When I was in Elementary school I had a friend, (for the sake of this article let?s call my friend "Tom"), whose father was obsessed with conspiracy theories and as a result passed this on to his son.

Tom lived with his mother, who had left his father for reasons that were never explained to me. What I could figure out was that Tom's father was extremely sexist and paranoid. Tom blamed his mother for the separation, and as a result had extreme unprocessed anger towards her, despite living under her roof.

By the time we had reached high school Tom began to attempt to push his inherited theories and beliefs on to me and our friend group. He would often tell me that I didn't understand society, and that the world was not what it seemed.

Consistently I was told that our government was being controlled by a secret society. When I would question his racial

and sexist ideas that seemed to go hand in hand with the conspiracies, I was simply told I "didn't understand". As a result, I began to pull away from my childhood friend, and when he brought conspiracy topics up, I maintained that I was happier living in ignorance. I decided that if knowing the truth made you become racist, misogynistic and angry, then I wanted no part in the truth.

In my later years of high school Tom and I had almost become strangers, though from time to time we would catch up.

I felt a lot of guilt about completely cutting him out. He was a childhood friend, and I knew he didn't have a lot of people in his life. At this time I was also becoming somewhat of a philosopher. I became a very curious person, and I wanted to learn and experience everything that I could in life.

When high school ended, I was finally curious to know more about conspiracy theories. l was finally ready to listen to Tom. "What was the government hiding?" I wondered.

During this time, like a dog wagging his tail he would excitedly tell me things. He would tell me about how Fluoride in the water is being used to poison society, about 9/11 being orchestrated by the U.S government, politicians being controlled by corporations, and about secret societies. He believed the whole world was being brainwashed.

I began my own journey watching documentaries, and reading articles. It seemed a lot of what Tom was saying had some validity to it, or at least there was a good case to be made.

However, Tom?s energy was angry, and there was this untempered sense of wanting revenge for being lied to. He reminded me of conspiracy theorist poster boy Alex Jones, loud and arrogant.

As my curiosity unfolded and I continued my research, one question plagued me. What were the secrets that the most powerful people on the planet were hiding? Tom had echoed this my whole life, and the documentaries I watched echoed this idea as well. There was this idea of secret societies and hidden knowledge used to control the world, but what exactly were the secrets?

I asked Tom this question outright on several occasions. He always looked at me with a strange, confused expression. To him, the world was a hoax and we had been fooled. He couldn?t grasp that there was maybe something to gain at the end of the mystery.

I continued my quest, beginning to explore documentaries on the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, and the Illuminati. This led me to the different mystical traditions of the world such as Taoism, Zen buddhism, and Gnosticism and alchemy. I was on a

journey to find out what it was all about. At some point along the way a theory began to root itself in me.

Waking life for humans was, at its very essence, made by the individual's attention first and foremost. It seemed that each and everyone of us were actually the creators of our own worlds.

As I read about psychology, and marketing, and propaganda, it seemed that Tom was right. There were forces brainwashing the world. But instead of feeling worried about secret societies and men behind closed doors, I started to see a world that actively preyed upon individual wants and needs and manipulated people based on sensory input. Everyone was trying to sell you something, manipulate you by preying on subconscious desires and insecurities. Car companies and beer commercials promised you the girl. Beauty magazines capitalized on your feeling not beautiful and they had the solution.

From where I stood, Tom was right. There was a world in front of us that no one could see. There were secrets. However from where I stood, Tom hadn?t cracked the code. Instead of spending his time creating the world he wanted to live in, he spent his nights angry, bitter and resentful. His revelations didn?t bring him peace, They consumed him. He felt a sense of power

being the one who knew everything, and from this throne of arrogance he could comfortably judge everyone else. Instead of focusing on his own life and growing, improving and changing, he stayed stagnant and alone.

Tom didn?t understand that by his very obsession with conspiracy theories, he was wasting his life. He was selling his attention to unknown forces. He was no better or happier by knowing everything he knew. He gained no special privilege.

I understood and empathized with how angry Tom was, but to me, he wasn?t making the world a better place. He wasn?t fighting the shadowy figures. He wasn?t gaining anything from what he knew. If shadowy figures were out to control everyone, then wasn?t he also in their grip? Wasn?t he spending all of his energy obsessing over things he had no control over? Hadn?t he sold them his attention? Hadn?t he given them his life?

It was around the age of 24 when I cut Tom out completely. I could no longer invest energy into a friendship that was bringing me down and distracting me from what I wanted my life to become.

To me, that was the problem with conspiracy theories, in a world where your attention is everything. If there are shadowy figures controlling the world, and if you spend your whole life sitting in the shadows obsessing over them...

Do they not win?

2020 Ast rological Event s Support ing Conspiracy Theories Astrological Insight by Leanne Vanderham The veil is being slowly removed all throughout 2020.

Conspiracy theories are no longer just theories. We are questioning things more and thinking for ourselves. There are many astrological events and aspect that I believe have been influencing this. Astrology is very fascinating as you can see so many patterns throughout time. First, In January we had the exact Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, which is a relatively rare event that happens approximately every 33?38 years and lasts slightly over two years. It?s when the two planets meet within the same degree of Capricorn. Saturn will be in the sign of Capricorn from December 19, 2017, to March 21, 2020; and then finishes its transit from July 1 to December 17, 2020.

Whereas Pluto moved into Capricorn back in 2008 for a 16-year long period until 2024. The Saturn-Pluto conjunction is a time when societal structures decay and breakdown, and then there?s room to begin building new forms and foundational elements in their place. Pluto is the Planet of death, rebirth and transformation and Saturn the planet of Structure, social order, conformity, government and karma. Signifying the death and transformation of the old societal & government structures and clear out old karmic energy. The last time we had a Saturn-Pluto conjunction was in 1982 during the recession and a time of some of the highest unemployment rates.

Around the end of March, Mars met up with the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction, intensifying their activation and

forceful expression. Pluto also went retrograde in Capricorn on April 25thalso activating the transformation of the old ways into the new. Saturn went retrograde in Aquarius on May 11thadding to the mix. Saturn retrograde reveals truths involving limitations, restrictions, and karma. The Aquarius influence brings rebellion, universal orientation, and more conscious actions. Saturn moved back into Capricorn on July 1sthelping us to transform and recreate our societal structures ? Saturn is in retrograde until September 29th.With Saturn retrograde we?ve seen a lot of karmic punishment - many people being exposed, Maxwell Files for example.

Those operating from low vibrational frequency of control, hate, shame, fear will be exposed and cleared out. There are quite the amount of planets retrograding that have been influencing here on earth. Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto are all retrograde in Capricorn all from end of April/Early May until September and October. Pluto Retrograde is the destructor, comes in to crumble and shatter old ways that no longer serve us. Very much the tower card in tarot, a time of chaos and destruction so we many rebuild and recreate what serves us better. Jupiter Retrograde in Capricorn has been influencing us all to re-evaluate our values and beliefs ? influencing us to question more and critically think. As well helping us to focus on our spiritual development more and caring more for our well-being.

On a Global level it influences old ways, old systems, belief systems, limited belief systems, and programming to be revealed, a need for change and restructure ? New ways of living and believing that aligns more with the collective consciousness.

Jupiter Retrograde helps us to be more open to new perspectives and ways of living ? helping us to see through the veil, to see through the programming and the illusions. A time of making changes so we can evolve. Jupiter is the planet of

expansion and growth, coming in to help us expand our minds and hearts. We also have Neptune in Pisces that went retrograde on June 23rd. Neptune is the planet of dreams, imagination, creativity and illusion, and when retrograde the Neptunian fog is lifted, we?re able to see more clearly, see past the illusions that have been holding us back. More of the veil is lifted! Exposing the illusions and programming we have subconsciously picked up on, a time on unlearning and relearning. A time of discovering the lies and programming that is happening on a global level. Neptune in Pisces also connects us to our spirituality, helps us to activate the pineal gland and connect to the collective consciousness. Neptune retrograde can really help to discover the root cause of the pain or trauma which can be a catalyst for spiritual growth and higher awareness.

Mars also went Retrograde on September 9thwhere even more veils of illusions will come off. Uncomfortable truths may be revealed, forced discontent and uneasiness brewing in the masses. Fears and aggression may really increase during Mars retrograde and its important for us as individuals to be more aware of our emotions and triggers and to not reflect them onto others. To gain control of our anger and avoid acting impulsively. There may be many triggers that will help to break patterns of stagnation during this retrograde. 2020 is truly a year of awakening, so much is being revealed and the astrological influences are here to support the exposure and human consciousness ascension. It?s seemed like a very chaotic, stressful and anxious year but all this chaos is bringing the opportunity to rebuild, higher alignment is coming.

We?re rising up and we?re no longer being a follower but were becoming a leader for ourselves. Thinking for ourselves, believing and thinking more than just what mass media is telling

us. 2020 is a year of big changes and big shifts. We?re purging the energies associated with the 3D ? anger, fear, shame, guilt ? so all these events are happening on a global level for us to clear it out. Everything is a reflection, this has also been impacting us on a personal level of feeling the need to let go, clear out old ways and learn new ways.

For some who are more resistant to change this will be more forceful ? with the chaotic events forcing you to restructure and reassess. 2020 has been a heavy year, so I did a horoscope and tarot card pull for each zodiac sign on how you can cultivate the current energies.

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By Lean n e Van der h am

IG: @Glow Wit h Lean n e Ar ies Card: 4 of Wands Celebrate yourself, I?m feeling you haven?t been appreciating yourself as much as you should. Remember to celebrate all the little wins too. You?ve been putting in the work and now you?re being called to slow down and bask in all you have already accomplished. It?s a really great time for you to connect with like-minded individuals and possibly share any wisdom or inspiring stories. Things lately may have come crashing down but this is because it?s helping you to rebuild stronger foundations and healthier environments.

Tau r u s Card: The Hermit Turn everything off and turn hermit mode on Taurus. Its time to rest, to reflect, to reassess. It?s time to hibernate. Maybe you?re ending a cycle and its time to slow down and process everything you?ve just observed and journeyed through. It?s been a chaotic last couple of months for you and you haven?t really had that ?me time? or really any time to process your thoughts and emotions. You need a little retreat, to distance yourself from reality and all the chaos. Take the time to heal, to recharge and recoup.

Gem in i Card: 8 of Cups Yes Gemini, you?re taking action and removing yourself from those undesirable and low vibrational situations and environments. You?re creating a new space for yourself or have the opportunity to do so. It?s time to move on from those situations, people, jobs, and environments that aren?t bringing you joy and all you desire. There shall be no time wasted on things that do not bring you joy. It?s a great time for you to really clear out all the old emotional attachments and energies that are holding you down. Rise up and claim the joy and abundance you?re worthy of.

Can cer Card: 7 of Cups Making the choices that fill you up. Cancer, there is an abundance of opportunities available to you, but which one will you take? I feel you?re worried and stressing about the future and your path. Take a deep breath and bring yourself back into the now. Stop worrying about what may or may not work out and bring yourself back to your heart centre. What brings your heart joy and warmth, and how can you start incorporating those things into your daily life. Its time to make choices that align more with your greatest joy. Make more time to do what you love.

Leo Card: King of Cups You?ve been mastering your emotions haven?t you Leo. This year

has been chaotic and probably has shaken up quite a few emotions, but it?s really given you the opportunity to gain control and deeper awareness of your emotions. You may really be able to help others understand their emotions or relationships better. It?s a time for you to be compassionate and vulnerable with others, as well as yourself of course. You?re really developing your emotional awareness and becoming more diplomatic.

Vir go Card: King of Wands Virgo?s are feeling passionate! It may be because it?s been your season these last couple of weeks but you?re feeling fueled up.

Full of ideas, motivation and inspiration. You?re ready to take some fiery action but make sure you?re being practical ? I mean when aren?t you but be wary of acting too impulsively or with your ego. You may be able to create some very practical yet heartfelt plans at this time. Your creativity is on the increase and you may have a very positive and inspiring influence on others at this time.

Libr a Card: 5 of Cups Forgive your self!! You?re being a little to hard on yourself Libra.

You may have been or will be facing some challenges, frustration, disappointment or loss. This is a reminder that if it didn?t work out it wasn?t meant too, something more aligned with your highest good is coming instead. You feel you have messed up and that?s okay, we all make mistakes. Plus, once you?ve hit rock bottom there?s nowhere to go but up. Take the

time to heal and recover but then pick yourself back up Libra, you got this, you?re a sovereign being.

Scor pio Card: Knave of Wands Tapping into that solar plexus chakra Scorpios! Your creativity and inspiration is on the increase. You?re learning to reclaim that inner power and magic. You?re learning how much potential and gifts you are filled with. You?re feeling excited as you discover more about your hidden talents, there is so much wisdom and knowledge available to you. Keep an open mind and remain flexible scorpio. Be open to change, new perspectives and new ways of living. You?re truly discovering what it is that lights you up inside.

Sagit t ar iu s Card: 8 of Pentacles Cultivating your inner balance. I feel you?re really clearing, balancing and aligning all your chakras. You?re doing the work but very carefully, making the effort to protect yourself. Society and external sources have really been weighing you down. It may be highly beneficial for you to detach from society and tune back into your soul and wellbeing. It?s time to nourish your soul, make time for self care and self love. Find the perfect balance of action and rest, taking grounded yet passionate action will serve you well. Be wary of over-working thyself.

Capr icor n Card: Strength You?re making your way through those obstacles Capricorn!

There has been so many challenges and obstacles this year but you aren?t letting any of it hold you back. Its been long and tiring but you?re cultivating that inner strength. Using your calm, cool and collected energy to change the course of a situation that could easily get out of hand by redirecting the energies at play.

You?re using your inner strength and will power for transmutation. Turning your wounds into wisdom. Your insecurities into confidence. You?re a powerful strong being, don?t forget it!

Aqu ar iu s Card: 9 of Cups Managing things well I see, Aquarius. As chaotic as the energy is, you seem to be handling it quite well. You?re not letting things get to you, you?re managing to stay grounded and calm. You?ve got control over your emotions, but are still working on clearing out some old stagnant energy. It?s a great time for you to practice gratitude and really honour the abundance that surrounds you. You?re moving away from that scarcity mindset and stepping into an abundance mindset. Congrats Aquarius.

Celebrate all you have overcome and all that you currently have.

Pisces Card: 6 of Pentacles Creating healthier boundaries. Pisces, as giving and nourishing as you are, its time to take a step back and let others fill up your

cup for once. It?s time to develop a balance of giving and receiving. You?re either giving too much or giving too little and it is affecting your well being. Don?t be afraid to say no, and don?t be afraid to say yes or thank you. Allow yourself to be open to receiving, work on being in the receptive mode and letting things flow to you. Shift away from any people pleasing tendency and make space for people to respect your time and energy. It?s a great time to ground yourself, release any tensions or anxiety and work on how you can respectively communicate your boundaries.

Lean n e Van der h am I?m an Astrologer, Card Reader, Energy worker and Spiritual Mentor. Consciously connected to the cosmos, a little obsessed with collecting crystals and manifesting with the moon phases.

IG: @glowwithleanne Website: www.glowwiththecosmos.com

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