“My greatest challenges in life were the ones that flipped everything upside down. They made me question all I thought I had figured out, calling forth a great clarity and humility within me.”
-Helena
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview & Photographs by Theo Constantinou
Helena has eyes of a child, untainted by the cynical and limited perspective of life that courses through society. Her’s is a world of boundless wonder lust overflowing with a hunger for the ...
“So leap out of your comfortable life and seek. Take a risk and find yourself inspired. Dare to veer off the path that’s been paved before you and find your own Ometepe, your own place of mana, whether it’s in Montana or Mongolia. As you introduce yourself to the indescribable energy of a powerful experience, you offer yourself a chance to taste parallel possibilities within your own nature. This is self-awareness in its most dynamic ...
“… a prehistoric atmosphere ready to reclaim the earth.”
-Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Original Photographs by Ricardo Lozano for Paradigm Magazine
Words by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
“That’s when I started creating art that I was ok with, I wasn’t being anyone else. I wasn’t trying anything, or being creative for someone. It wasn’t intention, just pure art. I was ok with no one ever seeing it, buying it, or liking it. I have found that more people like my work because there is no motive.”
-Sarah Reynolds
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview by Theo Constantinou
Images provided by Sarah Reynolds
Sarah Reynolds is blessed with the ...
“I don’t think I have really tried consciously to find acceptance for my work. I just did creatively what I felt was right for me and got me excited. In that I guess others also wanted to come along for the ride. I’m not really sure what my image is, but working for these major companies and designers has aloud me to make a living from doing what I love.”
-Corey Adams
Introduction & Interview by Adria ...
“It’s hard being self-aware but once that awareness happens just go with it. Don’t dwell on why we can’t all be this way, just go forth on your path because as you go others will follow.”
-David Sylvester
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview by Theo Constantinou
Photographs provided by David Sylvester
When David Sylvester’s friend and mentor gave him praise for his accomplishments David forgot to say, “Thank you.” A few days later his friend was lost in the 9/11 ...
“Head on rotation as though orders
are received via satellite.”
-Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Original Photographs by Ricardo Lozano for Paradigm Magazine
Words by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
“You can fake things or you can build things, you make that choice and sometimes people fake it if they can talk real well, or look right, and take it pretty far but in the end they have nothing behind them so it just blows away. Things that have real purpose and foundation, they’re the ones that last.”
-Abe Burmeister
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview and Photographs by Theo Constantinou
Gallery Photographs by Emiliano Granado
Abe Burmeister is a man ...
“I actually think parents and school guidance counselors do us a disservice telling us we can be anything we want to be. That’s not true. I definitely couldn’t be a nuclear engineer, I’m a shitty mathematician. I think it is important to know your limitations, and recognize what you’re good at as a kid and try to hone that focus and make it into something that could literally be something that doesn’t feel like work ...
“You have to be a strong individual to really want to succeed at your craft or your art. It takes a lot of discipline and focus but also it takes a certain amount of not giving a shit too.”
-Hanni El Khatib
Introduction by Adria Leeper-Sullivan
Interview & Photographs by Theo Constantinou
The needle is set. There is a brief droning hum before the song begins to play. A crackle underlines the rowdy guitar riffs, and then a powerful ...
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