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Who made it? | Issue #19

Who made it?

September 2022 | Issue #19

With “A Small Death” by Heidi Kasa

abstract painting of woman listening to music served on a tray, while blood drips from her heart into a wine glass and her ear is a mouth devouring the music
Hearlip, oil and acrylic on wood, by Ryan Lane.

With “The Cat in the Window” by Rosemary Jones

“Ancient Egyptian Flute Ney Music” by Turrim Aurea.
graphic design of the Egyptian Goddess Bastet, a black cat silhouette with gold background
The Goddess Bastet, graphic design, by Ossama Boshra via Wikicommons.

With “Solder” by Ted Mc Carthy

“Song for Hope” by Peter Meechan, performed by Ryan Anthony and friends.

Acknowledgments

Photo of rambutan fruit by GoPlaces via Pixabay.

Illustration of butterfly effect by geralt via Pixabay.

Photo of full moon by Alexis Antonio via unsplash.

Photo of euphonium by Richie74 via catawiki.

Photo of Kintsugi pottery by Riho Kitagawa via unsplash.

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Who made it? Issue #18

Who made it?

May 2022 | Issue # 18

With “My Friend Stacy Works in the Emergency Room” by Cortney Davis

“Che Gelida Manina” by Luciano Pavarotti.
Dissection illustration of the arrangement of the cardiac nerves. . . in mammalia”.
Dissection illustration from thesis on the “Arrangement of the cardiac nerves … in mammalia,” 1861, James Bell Pettigrew.
Colored wood engraving of female nurse holding a candle in a roon full of sick men in beds.
“Florence Nightingale. Coloured wood engraving, 1855.” by R. Burgess, Wellcome Library no. 7456i via Wikicommons.

With “What Is It?” by James Landwehr

“z.x^3 + 1i*z.x^2*z.y^2 – z.y^3 + c” by DmitiriiFractaler.
abstract painting with shades of yellow, pink, and orange, the top 2/3 in geometric pattern, the bottom 1/3 in grass-like pattern
SS-70, 2022, acrylic on paper, 11.5 x 8.25 in, by Sara Risley.
watercolor illustration, compact blots of dark blues, yellow, orange resembling hydrangeas fracted through a prism
Orange 3, “An essay on a New Theory of Colours and on Composition in General,” by Mary Gartside.

Acknowledgments

Photo of lion yawning by Clickit and photo of dandelion field by Silvae1 via Dreamstime. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Photo of mother and child by Ivan Hafizov and photo of polaroid by Tuja66 via Dreamstime. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Background photo of dandelion field by Customposterdesigns via Dreamstime.

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Who made it? Issue # 17

Who made it?

April 2022 | Issue # 17

With “After Uncle Louie Got Me on Some Nights at the Daily News” by Joe Benevento

“Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bob Dylan.

With “A Brother Is” by Nancy Huggett

“Brother” by Kodaline.

With “Bird Say” by Jeff Schiff

“World’s Weirdest Bird Sounds – Part One” by Bird Kind.
The Tower of Babel, 1563, oil on panel, 44.88 x 61.02 in, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

Acknowledgments

Photo of men with rolls of newsprint from the series DOCUMERICA via Wikicommons.

Background photo of vintage punch clock by Brad Calkins via Dreamstime.

“Family record of [blank] / Chapman Bros. Lith. Chicago” via the Library of Congress.

Background image of sister and brother walking down path by Annie Spratt via Unsplash. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Background photo of paper cranes by Rishabh Dharmani via Unsplash.

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Who made it? Issue #16

Who made it?

March 2022 | Issue #16

With “Winter Solstice 2021” by Nate Maxson

“Politik” by Coldplay.
Count Argutinsky crossing the Caucasian range, 1892, oil on canvas, 126 x 199 cm, by Franz Robaud.

With “We Will Not March Back” by Joy Gaines-Friedler

Duet, a short film  about ballet and women, featuring Yasmine Naghdi and Beatriz Stix-Brunell dancing a pas-de-deux.

With “Last Responder” by Kristen Roach

“Close-up of hands moving slowly to hold each other” by Beautiful Relaxation.

Acknowledgments

Illustration of multiple earths by geralt via Pixabay.

3D rendering of floating cement staircase by Antonio Solano via Bigstock.

Background photo of carnival ride by ElleJayeDee via Pixabay. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Photo of white lotus by HaHa169 via Wikicommons. Photoshopped by Cheryl Wilder.

Background photo of flower decoration made from bullet metal by EM80 vis Pixabay.