The overcast chilly mornings and shadows stretching longer across the pavement signal the arrival of fall in Oakland, California. The signature browns and muted green colors the hills of the city. It’s on a walk on one of these early fall mornings that I become spellbound by the ginkgo trees t
Demian DinéYazhi´s practice as an artist, curator, and writer cultivates futures grounded in Indigenous, queer, trans, non-binary, and Two-Spirit resilience and regeneration. They challenge systems of extraction and control while envisioning liberating futures. Through refusal, irony, reverence, a
Into the layered soul of Alicudi, a remote Aeolian island where time slows, boundaries dissolve, and reality slips into dream. Angela Ferrotti takes us on an analogical journey with “Until the Sun and Moon Go Down”. The Islands resist the pace and logic of a fast-moving, hyper-connected world
What if dreaming is standing at the edge of a miracle? Dreaming is not unique to humans. REM-like sleep evolved around 450 million years ago, long before animals emerged from the oceans. Zebrafish dream with their eyes open. Zebra finches, while asleep, rehearse their songs. In different animals, d
AI has rapidly become embedded in our daily lives, shaping what we watch, how we shop, and even the way we communicate with each other. From recommendation engines on streaming platforms to chatbots and virtual assistants, invisible algorithms are woven into the fabric of our routines. The energy r
Art as Act of Communion with Nature Olana Light @olanalight is a multidisciplinary artist. Through photography and performance art, she interrogates the relationship between humanity and the natural world. In this Interview, Light shares with our Culture Editor @leila.elzabri how her creative pr
The Soul Comes from the Sea The origin of the word soul is suspected to have originally meant ‘coming from or belonging to the sea’ from Proto-Germanic *saiwaz (sea). Our bodies are formed with the water of our mother womb, from the egg to the seed, fluids provide moisture that is crucial fo
While man becomes the inner part of the landscape, the landscape becomes the inner world of man. In the midst of a storm within, Stéphanie Labé found healing in nature. Listening to and observing the quiet voice and tenderness of the natural world, she walked barefoot through forests and swam in