MIA MAGAZINE

issue one“wanderlust”

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MIA MAGAZINE

1/2014

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I want to welcome you all to the very first issue of Mia. The theme for our first issue is "Wanderlust". And boy have we traveled a lot since Mia came along. Mia was an idea that has been on my mind for a very long time. But with the help of Kelsey Ipsen (who I admire and am thankful that she is part of this). Mia was able to come to life.....

Mia is filled with talented photographers, writers and artists from all walks of life. Talented people who I'm deeply honored that they have chosen to share their work with Mia. From photographer Anna Marcel, whose work is breathtaking. To Fleur De Luna another amazing musician, whose voice is enchanting yet beautifully mysteri-ous. As well as Nicola Cayless whose words have the power to take us to places. Each one of these artists gives us this feeling of desire. A desire to dream, to write, to travel..... With that said I want to thank you! Yes you who has supported us with your kind words. Whether by email or liking our posts on our site, by reading Mia, or by commenting. I'm very thankful for your kindness and that I hope you en-joy Mia as much as I have enjoyed creat-ing it with my dear friend Kelsey Ipsen.

So I invite you to find a place whether is outside or in the comfort of your room, with a cup of tea or better yet a smoothie and explore Mia. Let the artists inside these pages inspire you and take you places ......Enjoy!

Angela

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T.S eliotinterview with fluer de lunainterview with anna marcella gentle hommage to the papin sistersclair sainte-camillegloria endres de oliveiraGhaneema Al-Muailibella tsopje nicola caylesspeggy mchris andrewsdanielle millerinstagrams we lovela vie en france

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ing entirely relatable today. We all have something we'd like to say but have difficul-ties expressing exactly what that thing is and in the end we are never sure if we've said what we've intended to. This is true with our art also. Prufrock illustrates this so wonder-fully - in the way that we are unsure if the poem ever really states what it is meant to. There are a lot of different points which are all trying to say the same thing but can we find it? This is one of the mysteries of human existence.

It is a significant dispute among the analysts of Prufrock on what is the overwhelming question the narrator is trying to ask. Many believe that Prufrock is trying to tell a woman he is in love with her. Others believe that he is trying to point out a disillusionment with so-ciety but fears rejection. I don't believe it is important what he is trying to ask but that the importance and significance of this poem lies in the act of trying to collect your thoughts to ask any question and failing. It is human na-ture to want answers yet how often do we know the question?

Like Jeanette Winterson, T.S Eliot helped me. Poetry is beautiful, it helps us continue to play with words until we get closer and closer to questions we want to ask. Not only this but poetry is a slice of something beautiful, a way to look at the world in a different light. At times Prufrock is quite depressing but the language used is so beautiful that we can't help falling in love with the situation and feel-ing hopeful it can be as beautiful as the words that describe it. And that is the magic of poetry and the immense power of words.

“I had no one to help me, but the T. S. Eliot

helped me. So when people say that poetry

is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated

middle classes, or that it shouldn’t be read at

school because it is irrelevant, or any of the

strange stupid things that are said about po-

etry and its place in our lives, I suspect that

the people doing the saying have had things

pretty easy. A tough life needs a tough lan-

guage – and that is what poetry is. That is

what literature offers – a language powerful

enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place.

It is a finding place.”

— Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Eliot began writing Prufrock un Februrary 1910. At the time of publication it was consid-ered shocking and offensive but it is now re-garded as the beginning of Eliot's career as an influential poet. The poem is a dramatic interior monologue of an urban man who is struggling with feelings of isolation and an incapability fro decisive action. Prufrock la-ments his physical and intellectual inertia, the lost opportunities in his life, the lack of spiri-tual progress and lost and unattained love.

The poem present apparently random thoughts of the narrator and thus it can be hard to interpret. The links between stanzas are psychological rather than logical. On the surface, the poem communicates the thoughts of a sexually frustrated middle-aged man who wants to say something but is afraid to do so, and ultimately doesn't say a word outside the poem. I think this is beautiful, and certainly leads to this poem still being

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An Interview With Fleur De Luna

With her unique style, and beautiful voice, Fleur De Luna has captured us with that wonderful personality of hers, always surprising us with new things and her love for flowers....

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Tell us a little bit more about yourself and what you do.I recently finished my studies in floristry, and I guess I am currently stuck in the idea of what to do next, I think a lot of people my age are, it's not a

very nice place to be stuck in. I'm a singer, and a poet, not a very good one, but it's some-thing I adore to do, I'm cur-rently collecting all my poetry and journals pieces I wish to share with others and placing them into melodies, I want to sing about things that

means an awful lot to me and things that I believe could help a lot of other people too, I want to cre-ate something that will continue to live when I no longer exist, I want to inspire the world.

What's your favorite flower?I really adore hydrangeas, I've seen such beautiful photos of fields of hydrangeas, I think they're magical. Also my darling friend Julia gave me them when I was in hospital once, they are really special to me.

Where did you grow up?I grew up in new south whales, Australia. We moved to a few places when I was young, my mother was very animal friendly, I remember we had ducks, rabbits, guinea pigs, a dog and mice in our small house, I'm grateful that I grew up in that environment.

What's your favorite thing about your neigh-borhood?The neighborhood I live in now I'm not very fond of, I live in an apartment next to the train tracks with my closest friend, I adore our home, we have a swing in the backyard and we have been spending most of our summer afternoons on the swing or laying on the picnic blankets in the backyard, which is awfully nice, but apart from that there isn't anything really special about where we live, oh though I must say, the train lights come into my room at night and the patterns of my curtains re-flect on the wall, that makes me happy.

“I want to create some-thing that will continue to live when I no longer exist”

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At which time of the day are you most inspired to create?I become inspired usually spontaneously, there isn't really a certain time of day, I'm more inspired by things around me, or a certain feeling, I'll see something or feel something and have the desire to make something out of that.

If the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do?I would do all the things I've wanted to do so desperately that I was afraid to do due to conse-quences.

What is your favorite quote said by an author?John green wrote a quote that really inspires me, it honestly terrified me when I first stumbled upon it. "You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how youʼll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present."

Who is a fictional character you feel as though you relate most to?I recently watched a Disney film Frozen, there's a girl name Elsa in the film who in short terms feared to show her true self, she was terrified of what eve-ryone thought, she didn't partially like herself, she kept herself distant from others, until she was forced to in a way stop hiding, she then grew to learn to love and accept herself, and understand that what she thought her imperfections where ac-tually were what made her special. I really adored the storyline or the film and I think it's something everyone can relate to.

Whatʼs your favorite movie?I remember when Into the wild came out, I was really inspired by Christopher McCandles story, Emile hirsh did so well portraying him.

What language would you like to learn ?oh my, I think I would learn French.

We heard you auditioned for X Factor? Tell us a little bit about how it all started?I was terrified to audition x factor, Im still currently terrified of the whole process, but if I wait until I was ready I would most defiantly be waiting for the rest of my life. I did it for partially I wanted to see if I was good enough, also having no knowledge of how to get myself out there, I decided this would be a wonderful platform. I'm still currently in the

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process of auditions in X factor so I cannot tell you much, I've done two auditions and waiting to see if I've made it for the live auditions, I truly hope I am given the chance, the deadline is soon, it's a lot of pressure, I have a lot relying on this, more then I probably should.

Last but not least tell us more about your name, Fleur De Luna? It's so beautiful....is that now your name?aw yes, thank you, that's my name by law, it was a huge decision to change my name, not many peo-ple approved but I've recently learnt "you do not exist to impress the world". Sometimes you have to do these things for yourself, I'm very lucky to have the closest people around me being supportive.

For More Fleur De Luna: Instagram: fleur de luna

Tumblr Page: http://fleur-de-luna.tumblr.com SOURCE FOR PICTURES: Fleur De Luna

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ANNA MARCELL

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You say your work stems from inti-macy, capturing moments. What are your favorite moments to capture? When I'm in my room, that's where I like to capture these moments, it's where I can be in solitude, capture photos and to create art.

Our current issue is inspired by themes of wanderlust, do you think your photos show this idea, and how?

I think so in some ways, wander-lust in a certain way is an im-pulse to create something. I cer-tainly do feel that way when I want to photograph outside and explore different areas that I haven't been to. I feel this as

well when I'm in my room, if I get this im-age in my head that I want to convey through the camera then I capture that emotion and feeling.

Do you scrapbook or sketch your ideas and inspiration? When it comes to photographing my work I capture that moment of what I'm feeling whether it's happiness, sadness, frustration or anger that's when I'm very inspired because the photo can say express so much emotion and feeling that it makes people wonder what is really going on.

Why photography? It's a visual expres-sion of my life and who I am as an artist. It's more of a diary. But, yet it's what I am expressing to how I feel and conveying that emotion through the camera. In addi-tion, I capture photos on the adventures I take on and the experiences I learn throughout my visual storytelling.

What is your favorite format to use and why? Polaroid hands down is my pas-sion. It's really a special format to use for many reasons: It instantly appears in front of your eyes, you have only eight expo-sures to get what you want, it makes you

“wanderlust in a certain way is an impulse to cre-ate something.”

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You take beautiful self-portraits, what do you love about it being just you and the camera? It's my visual expression of who I am as an artist and having the courage to share with people.

Where in the world do you most want to travel to? Oh my goodness, I want to go everywhere! But, I think the one place I want to visit, is Norway. My father's side of the family came from Oslo, and it just looks so beautiful and the nature looks incredible.

What adventure is there in your every day life? Having the freedom to create what I want.

Advice to budding young photogra-phers? Keep creating, capturing and in-spired

5 words to describe your relationship with photography: Nostalgia, Surreal, Poetic, Ethereal and Emotion

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"A Gentle Hommage to Papin Sisters"

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Aleksandra Stevanovic and Dragana Steva-novic (Fantina Vaslava), analog artists from Serbia (freelance/self taught ), working to-gether, focused on fine art, conceptual & self-portrait photography. 

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CLAIR SAINT-CAMILLE

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I'm quite inspired by the idea of wanderlust, and think it is in fact an almost natural side effect of being a photographer.  One must see new and pretty scenes and meet new and pretty people.  

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GLORIA ENDRES DE OLIVEIRA

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“ROSEMARY LANE”

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Dear Diary, 

While my skin was kissed by the lathering of strawberry shower gel, I began to perceive light sheering into my bathroom it is these times I am reminded of the world beyond the wind. The rays of light serves as a kind  reminder from nature, that something else past the hollow border awaits. - Ghaneema Al-Muaili

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<Adventure on arms>

Where else can I go?When you're the atlas for my ad-ventureI could identify every spotsOutline of your chin and backUnlock every hidden placeAt the bottom of your soul There are glittering starsLiterally grow within my skinWhen your warm lips and soft cheekLeft a taste of sugary cherry scentWith each whisper lingering be-neathIt soften the joint of my bones

BELLA T

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SOPHIE

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NICKY CAYLESS

are you, are you done

I thinkthe only wayto explain last night

is that we were chokingon words as we triedto speak them,

or maybe thatsomewhere in our bodiesthey took the wrong turningin the blood and went downto our toes,

perhaps it wasthat I spoke a languageyou couldnʼt understandand vice versa,

because when you spoke,all I heard was, “itʼs you,itʼs you, itʼs you,”

but you werenʼt saying thatat all, so maybewhat really happened

is that your lovewas a different shapethan mine.

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“ocean things”

there is a spaceinside my bellythat is you-shaped

and one day I told my doctorthat I ate everything in my pantryand still there was a gnawing hungerfor the taste of you

he said breathe more, sleepmore, laugh moreand I did and I did

but the only things that tastelike home are coffee-cup smilesand butterfly touches,

remembering that i thoughtthis is the seawhenever I looked into your eyespressed my seashell ears to yourbellybutton and listenedfor ocean things,

sometimes even thinking of the colours in your voice whenyou said I am small and warm and yours,

and Ilaughed because you tastedlike bubblegum

like happiness

like flying,

and I think I have been drowningsince you disappeared intothe waves

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These Are The Things I Wish You Were Thinking

It is snowing outside and I am thinkinghow nice it would be if my insideswere as white as the world.

You could walk along my bonesand leave footsteps. Like bread crumbs.Like morsels of love that I could followwhen I am scared.

Instead if you walk inside of me,youʼll tread blood into the carpets,and thatʼs a mark weʼll never get out. I donʼt want you to be mad at mefor staining everything weʼve builtwith the broken parts of me.

Last night you whispered,you know you can tell me anything.

I wonder if that means I can tell youabout how I would touch your mouthwith my hands until you swallowed them,just so I could be touching youall the time.

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PEGGY M

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The ʻReligious Undertonesʼ exhibition show-cases 13 images from the name series by fine art photographer Peggy Maree Pullen. Created during a 13 week semester as her graduation piece at CATC Design School, the series is very a very personal and introspec-tive look at a personal journey.In the series Peggy Maree seeks to speak of her beliefs and experiences, both on a relig-ious and spiritual level. At a very young age Peggy Maree was introduced to a religious group, which she was a part of for several years. The body of work represents the emo-tional and difficult journey undertaken during those years, at which time she began to question her self-worth and belief systems.ʻReligious Undertonesʼ has already received many accolades, including the Peopleʼs Choice Awards at the CATC Graduation Ex-hibition in 2013 and a Bronze Award in the 2013 International Loupe Awards.The exhibition will be held at Gaffa Gallery from the 6th of February, running until the 18th. Opening night is the 6th of February, 6-8pm. For further information please contact Peggy Maree or Gaffa via the following linkswww.peggymphotography.com.auwww.gaffa.com.au

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CHRIS ANDREWS

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I recently went camping in the de-sert. It was beautiful. The weather at night was absolutely perfect. The air was still and calm, and the sky painted with stars. The full moon unveiled itself in the late hours of the night and illuminated the entire sky. I sat by the fire and listened to my thoughts as I watched the flame kindle and glow. These thoughts were ones I had pushed aside as I went about my days working, and simply pushing onward through it until it was over. Thoughts of worries and stresses, doubts, dreams, desires, and anything that came to mind in the course of some busy, tiresome days. In this pause, by the glowing fire and in the peaceful calm beauty of my atmosphere, I was able to acknowledge these thoughts, and watch them drift slowly by like the smoke from the flame. I felt completely peaceful. I was finally able to collect my thoughts and reconcile them, good or bad. It was a myste-rious peace and comfort. I was somewhere I had never been: a vast desert with an end-less space above. Being distanced from my home and daily routine, I was able to hear my thoughts, and completely absorb my sur-roundings. As I went to sleep I heard crickets and frogs croaking in the distance, and the coyotes making their nightly howl. I heard the fire crackling a few last times before it burned out. Every once in a while the wind would gust and the shrubs would sway. I wasnʼt afraid though. I knew that nature was being nature. The next day I hiked and saw an Oa-sis. I collected various formations of the love-liest rocks I encountered. I saw humming-birds(including a nest of babies), and long horned sheep making their way up the moun-tain. Every moment was valuable.

Danielle Miller

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I returned home from this brief weekend trip to a nearby desert with my fam-ily feeling bittersweet but inspired. I had an experience that I really needed. I am always fantasizing and dreaming of faraway lands. Especially lands to escape and distract me from my thoughts and fears.I had eventually developed an understanding that no matter where I was, I would still have to deal with the issues at hand, even if I was far away from it all and in a better environment. This may be somewhat true. However, now,   that desire to travel and longing for nature is a longing for peace. And when I feel peaceful, I can face anything. I am fervently awaiting my next travel.

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Voices, with flowing words and silent letters, fill the air. I thought there was nothing I couldn't do, but voices in a language I don't understand are filling my long ears with bees. Close my eyes and think of them as music, cute cakes are dancing to the sound in the windows. This show is for me, people are looking at me strangely. Nostalgic sixties themed dresses and berets, pretty creatures in the street. Winged eyeliner staining the pillow in the morning, melancholy looks good on paper. My life is in a suitcase at home and I want to move into the future. I try words that drop from my tongue instead of rolling and lifting and filling the light air with sounds. Life is one big dance keep dancing. There is noth-ing I can't do, on repeat.

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