Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026
Artwork
COVER IMAGE: “Holding the Light“ by Siying (Rella) Wang
I’m Siying (Rella) Wang, a high school photographer from Connecticut. Through my photography, I explore a question that feels more urgent than ever: After all our inventions and interruptions, can we still coexist with nature?
With my camera, I seek to capture the quiet moments we often overlook: The subtle patterns, the pauses, the evidence of harmony that still exists between human presence and the natural world. My work suggests that technology itself is not what distances us from nature; rather, it is how we choose to use it. When wielded with care, the camera becomes a tool for reawakening our attention and deepening our connection to the earth.
Nature, in my eyes, is the original artist. I hope to encourage a slowing down, a return to observation, curiosity, and wonder. Through my images, I invite others to feel the web of interdependence that binds all life, to notice the recurring patterns that speak of quiet intelligence, and to consider the gift economy of ecosystems where nothing exists in isolation and everything is part of a greater exchange.
Through this way of seeing, we not only capture images, but we are also captured by them. We remember how to belong.
Cynthia Yatchman
Cynthia Yatchman is a Seattle-based artist. A former ceramicist, she received her B.F.A. in painting (UW). She switched from 3D to 2D and has remained there ever since. She works primarily on paintings and prints. Her art is housed in numerous public and private collections. She has exhibited on both coasts, extensively in the Northwest, including shows at Seattle University, SPU, Shoreline Community College, the Tacoma and Seattle Convention Centers, and the Pacific Science Center. She is a member of the Seattle Print Art Association, COCA, Women Painters of Washington, and Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists.
Antonio Garcia III
Shaped by limited access to creative outlets, my work is of resilience and transformation. Painting on discarded, broken sheets of plywood I’d find in alleys, construction sites, or on the side of the road. I explore themes of overcoming doubt and embracing uncertainty to find good in each other. Through my art, I hope to inspire others in a meaningful way and believe in the power of art to change lives and communities.
Antonio Garcia III, based in Las Vegas, is interested in what survives when things fall apart. Shaped by early efforts to access creative opportunities. Today, Antonio is in group exhibitions across Los Angeles,
including galleries: Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Emerging Gallery, and The Los Angeles Makery. He believes in the power of art to inspire, change lives, and communities.
David Capps
David Capps is a writer and philosophy professor based in New Haven, CT. His chapbooks include Poems from the First Voyage (The Nasiona Press 2019), A Non-Grecian Non-Urn (Yavanika Press 2019), Colossi (Kelsay Books 2020), Wheatfield with Reaper (Akinoga Press 2024), and the philosophical experiment, On the Great Duration of Life (Schism Neuronics 2023). For his chapbook A Pythos Jar he was a 2024 writer in residence at Sacramento State University.
Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
Ayush Pradhan
Ayush Pradhan is an artist and photographer who loves creating bizarre, interesting, and vividly drawn art that explores visual storytelling through color, texture, and emotion.
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