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by Magnolia Cook
May 5, 2017
in Analysis, News
tags Magnolia Cook, MGMT: The Management Is Still In Charge
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MGMT: The Management Is Still In Charge

by Magnolia Cook
May 5, 2017
in Analysis, News
tags Magnolia Cook, MGMT: The Management Is Still In Charge
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MGMT’s first appearance on the music scene was as unexpected as it was uncompromising. Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser showed up at a Wesleyan University college party as an inauspicious duo called “The Management,” playing nothing but a continuous loop of the Ghostbusters theme song for hours. The idea was to mock the pop culture music scene, mostly through the uses of irony and satire. Subsequent performances consisted of the boys dressing up in costumes,

by a featured contributor
January 18, 2017
in Galleries, Photography, Riding the Wave
tags Bobby Vasquez, Cheri Arfsten, Eric Stephenson, Layers, Lindsay Deen, Magnolia Cook, Mark Reginald WonderGhost, Photography, Savannah

NARCISSUS, Cheri Arfsten, July 2011. This is one of the last sights I laid eyes on at Hearst Castle. It is just one of a few indoor pools on the property, part of a series of pools connected by tunneled channel-like waterways. Standing there, marveling at the expert craftsmanship of the people who laid the millions of tiny tiles that form the hundreds of mosaics below and above water, is something I will never forget.

SAVANNAH STEPS, Cheri Arfsten. This picture was taken in Savannah, Georgia, right by the Savannah River. The city is heavy with history, and you can physically feel it when you are down below.

VOYEUR, Cheri Arfsten. This was taken in the Chimayo area of New Mexico. The walls surrounding this house / compound must have been at least 10 feet high, and as I was walking along the wall, really wanting to know what was on the other side, I came upon this half open door. For a split second, I thought the nude statue was a real person and I was really embarrassed for us both.

MAGNOLIA, Bobby Vasquez. This was taken at Colorado’s Palmer Park. Bobby and Magnolia love this spot for its view over the Springs and for the chill vibes it offers. Nothing complements a winter’s day better than hiking through the Colorado brush and encountering other men and women of the Mountain State.

Colored Dream, Mark Reginald WonderGhost. We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.” --Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

*Blue Claw,* Mara Zilkenat, 2013. From close vantage points, nature’s detail, even the carcass of a deceased crayfish, holds incredible beauty.

LONE TERRACE FARMER, Lindsay Deen, Longsheng County, Guangxi, China, May 2008. I stopped to snap the picture, and my traveling companions continued onward without me. Alone, I honored the farmer's toils by capturing the image, and alone, he tended the plants.

AMITABHA STUPA, Eric Stephenson, Sedona, Arizona. The Amitabha Stupa is 36 feet tall and filled with rolls of prayer mantra, grains, medicines, objects of beauty, and even meteorites, all to protect and replenish the five elements of earth, air, fire, water, and space. Consecrated and sacred, the stupa serves as a beacon of compassion designed to overcome the misery and delusion of attachment, all while casting healing prayers for the betterment of mankind.

Cathedral Rock, Eric Stephenson. Sedona, Arizona.

The Lowell District, Colorado Springs, Eric Stephenson

Zora and Lily holding a Silkie Bantam (Credit: Sandra Knauf)

Assorted Works

by a featured contributor
January 18, 2017
in Galleries, Photography, Riding the Wave
tags Bobby Vasquez, Cheri Arfsten, Eric Stephenson, Layers, Lindsay Deen, Magnolia Cook, Mark Reginald WonderGhost, Photography, Savannah

by Magnolia Cook
June 6, 2016
in Opinion, Perspective for Hire
tags A New Definition of "Community", Magnolia Cook, Perspective for Hire

A New Definition of “Community”

by Magnolia Cook
June 6, 2016
in Opinion, Perspective for Hire
tags A New Definition of "Community", Magnolia Cook, Perspective for Hire

News pundits, politicians, teachers, and parents all report that the upcoming generation will grow into a world where the Internet and social media have fractured and divided communities into mass groups of isolated individuals. The likely truth is that we have reached a point that surpasses all others in recent memory in terms of community, and that there has never been such potential for these communities to impact the institutions

by Bobby Vasquez
April 7, 2016
in What's New?
tags Bobby Vasquez, Magnolia Cook, Palmer Park, Photography

Magnolia

by Bobby Vasquez
April 7, 2016
in What's New?
tags Bobby Vasquez, Magnolia Cook, Palmer Park, Photography

This was taken at Colorado’s Palmer Park. This is a great spot for its view over the Springs and for the chill vibes it offers. Nothing complements a winter’s day better than hiking through the Colorado brush and encountering other men and women of the Mountain State.

by Magnolia Cook
December 17, 2015
in Cadence, Creative Writing, Poetry
tags Magnolia Cook, MDMA

MDMA

by Magnolia Cook
December 17, 2015
in Cadence, Creative Writing, Poetry
tags Magnolia Cook, MDMA

Some people are hard, forceful, and mean. They are stacked of brick. Their words pool like cement in my head. You make me into something soft: a blanket, a spot by the fire, a warm embrace. You are a space in my mind, a place in my blood, a room in this body where even I feel welcome.

The word for it

You simmer In my synapses, You boil In my blood– If I had to Pick a word for it, I might just call it “Love.”

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