Spaces Lit Mag

28/04/2014

Unfortunately, after a little over a year, the SPACES staff no longer has the resources to continue producing the arts magazine we hope you all came to love. We appreciate the support and kindness of every single reader we had—thank you for following us, for sharing our posts, and for telling your friends about us. We really can't thank y'all enough—without all of you, there would have been no us. We wish everyone reading this the best in all your artistic endeavors, and we hope you enjoyed your time with SPACES as much as we did.

25/02/2014

We just found out that Stephen Mead, who provided our Photo Essay for last July's issue, has had his photos collected and published in a volume! Congratulations to Stephen! Now go grab a copy this unique and very special book on ancestry!

Check out the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Our-Spirit-Life-Meditations-Ancestry/dp/1492266205/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391963041&sr=8-2&keywords=stephen+mead

These photomontages and the text accompanying them had a long hibernation period. My mom passed away in January 2000, and then in 2012 in the same month, from the same hospital, my father passed away. Both times boxes of family photos came into my possession. Over the years, I'd written poems and...

16/01/2014

We felt our editors deserved a break after the eventful inaugural year SPACES had, so the SPACES staff is on winter break! Check back here March 13 for some all new, fresh-from-the-oven SPACES goodness!

19/11/2013

If you haven't had a chance yet, be sure to check out the latest issue of SPACES!

And thanks to everyone who recently Liked this page! We like you too!

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SPACES Where Lit and Art Go Live What art offers is space, a certain breathing room for the spirit.~John Updike Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind.~ Louise Nevelson SPACES, launched in November 2012, is a multimedia online publication, literary and art journal, dedicate...

15/10/2013

If you loved Bloodhoney Seance in SPACES (and you know you did! :-) ) then check out Harun Mehmedinović's new project on Kickstarter!

Every little bit helps, y'all! Let's help bring this beauty to the world!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/harun/bloodhoney-persona-a-book-of-photos-and-stories

A coffee table book of photographs and stories of people who escaped their daily lives and went on an adventure.

24/09/2013

Mornin, y'all. Little announcement

What a crazy beautiful bunch of people SPACES has gathered together, staff, readers, and contributors

13/09/2013

Oh the beautiful irony...Don't Miss Reid Elem's Photo Essay Ominpresence, a look at our relationship with technology? Now in SPACES!

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/09/13/photo-essay-reid-elem/

PHOTO ESSAY REID ELEM OMNIPRESENCE (Interviewer: Kaitlynn Slaughter, Editor for SPACES) Omnipresence--Talking About the Story: Reid Elem Omnipresence is a fictional account of a life consumed by p...

13/09/2013

Shaindel Beers reads from The Children's War and Other Poems!

Now in SPACES!

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/09/13/writers-reading-shaindel-beers/

After a photo of a Chechen girl on a train I am four, almost five, and I am beautiful. I have my red hat, my red coat; I ride on my mother’s lap. People smile at me. I make them happy. When my moth...

13/09/2013

SEPTEMBER SPACES IS LIVE!!!

So much love and gratitude to all of the amazing artists allowing us the privilege of sharing their work! Marge Piercy, Shaindel Beers, Meg Pokrass, Susan Rukeyser, Natalie Giarratano, Pamela Painter, Robert Gray, David Parkin, Daryl Friemark, Brian Lampkin, Erin Bass, Hannah Dasher, Patricia Michaels, Lauren Reed, Jeremy Byars, Reid Elem, Adriana Barrios, Barbara Justice, and Diane Klammer! What a beautiful space you've made!

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SPACES Where Lit and Art Go Live What art offers is space, a certain breathing room for the spirit.~John Updike Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind.~ Louise Nevelson SPACES, launched in November 2012, is a multimedia online publication, literary and art journal, dedicate...

13/09/2013

Building building building! Only hours away! The September issue of SPACES! Late this afternoon, y'all! Watch this space! :-)

06/08/2013

Cyndi Lauper bringing us this morning's prompt :-)

Create art with a River as the central image or metaphor.

Then send it to SPACES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCWi2GvGygo

Cyndi Lauper - I'll be your river

02/08/2013

Thinking about eating this morning at SPACES :-) Eating as community, eating as comfort, eating to survive, so many who don't have enough to eat in a world where there's so much excess and waste....

Create art with Eating or Starving as the central image or metaphor.

Then send it to SPACES!

01/08/2013

A little more Rainy Day People inspiration :-)

01/08/2013

Rainy morning making it still a sleepy morning here at SPACES :-)
A lil rain, a lil coffee, a lil music :-)

Create art inspired by Lightfoot's Rainy Day People :-)

Then send it to SPACES!

Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you

Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.

Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too

Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoU7Qv6Rwec

31/07/2013

It's about Listening this morning at SPACES, listening, not listening, the incredible gift we can give to another person when we are truly present and listening.

Create art around or inspired by Listening, a moment when someone is not heard, or a time someone wished they had listened.

30/07/2013

Coffee with a cinnamon quill uncurling in the heat :-) Herbs and spices are magical mythical things :-)

-Cinnamon, along with grape vines and ivy, is a sacred plant of Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstasy. The Phoenix, the bird that rises from its ashes in mythology, uses cinnamon, myrrh and spikenard to build the magic fire in which it is reborn. Cinnamon was used as incense in Chinese temples, Egyptians included it in their embalming process, and its oil was used in ancient Hebrew anointing rituals.

-Basil was possibly first cultivated in India, where it has been considered a sacred herb associated with love and faithfulness. Basil plants are sometimes grown in the homes of Hindus to bring the family happiness. A basil leaf buried with a person was considered his passport to heaven. Ancient Romans called the herb "basiliscus", a reference to the basilisk, a very fierce and dangerous dragon that could kill a person by looking at him. Eating basil was thought to be a protection from dragons. Basil plants were also reputed to have sprung up at the foot of the Cross where fell the Precious Blood of Christ and the tears of the Mother of Sorrows. It is also associated with Erzulie, a voodoo love goddess worshipped in Haiti.

-Dill, in ancient Greek and Roman cultures, was thought to be a sign of wealth, as well as being known for its healing properties. Talmudic records show that dill was valuable enough to be tithed.
In medieval times, dill was both used in witchcraft, notably by burning it to clear clouds and thunderstorms. and as protection from witchcraft. A charm made from dill leaves or bunches of dill hung by the door was the remedy. Drinking dill water was also considered effective in removing a witch's spell.
Other past uses include adding it to wine to create passion, or bathing in it to become irresistible to one's paramour.

-Rosemary is native to the Mediterranean, its Latin name meaning "sea dew," The most famous legend about this plant has it that rosemary's flowers were once white. They turned blue after the Virgin Mary laid her blue cloak over a rosemary shrub while fleeing from Herod. It was also once thought that the long-lived shrub never grew over six feet tall, no matter how old, because it refused to grow to be taller than Christ. Ancient Greek students weaved rosemary into their hair to help them when taking exams. Rosemary is the herb of fidelity and remembrance. "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray you, love, remember," as Ophelia said in "Hamlet."

Create art where one of these beautiful herbs or spices is the central image or metaphor, weaving the ancient meaning in as subtext. Make us taste and smell it :-) Then send all that goodness to SPACES!

29/07/2013

Woke up thinking about how Chance, in many cultures, is viewed as Sacred :-) which, of course, led me to Sting

Better quality without cutting the last 7 seconds here http://youtu.be/zhec3tHwLzo

26/07/2013

Internet issues :-) again! But here we are, and here's something Promptish for you! :-)

If I could live my life over, I'd try to make more mistakes.-Jorge Louis Borges

Create art where a mistake turned out to be the best thing after all.

Then send it to SPACES!

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Writers Reading: Bob ShacochisJuly 13, 2013by spaceslitmagThe Education of the Terrorist Osman Aziz Bob Shacochis It was that day early in their courtship when they told each other their memories of growing up, first her, then […]Read Article →Writers Reading

16/07/2013

Feelin like a superhero? :-)
Don't miss Graphically Speaking in this issue of SPACES!

Jeffrey Veregge is a Native artist hailing from Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, and has spent most of his life on the reservation locally known as Little Boston, located near Kingston, Washington. His creative mantra is best expressed, he says, through a phrase from his tribe’s language, “taʔčaʔx̣ʷéʔtəŋ,” meaning “get into trouble.” This sense of mischief and energy is easily seen in his work, which centers around characters from comics and sci-fi/fantasy TV and film, as are other strong Native influences.

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/07/13/graphically-speaking-jeffery-veregge/

GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING Jeffery Veregge Jeffery Veregge is a Native artist hailing from Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, and has spent most of his life on the reservation locally known as Little Boston, l...

16/07/2013

Life is short. Why hold back?

16/07/2013

Check out this great Prompt Response by Lois Bassen, featured in the July issue of SPACES!

Then look at all our crazy prompts--and send us yours!

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/07/12/prompts-response-l-s-bessen-art-by-mike-stanko/

SPRITES & FLARES: PROMPTS RESPONSE FEATURE LOIS BESSEN: ORRERY ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interview with L. S. Bessen...

15/07/2013

FABULOUS advice for FABULOUS styling from the FABULOUS Faustina Rose! :-)

Interviewed by the MIRACULOUS Katherine Sloan and Angie Sloan
(What? You wanted another FABULOUS? :-) we all might explode! :-) )

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/07/13/closet-space-faustina-rose/

15/07/2013

Now that the July issue's out and rocking the webosphere :-) we're back to prompting!

Heat's rolling the country, bringing those "Dog Days of Summer" :-)

The phrase "Dog Days" refers to the sultry days of summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog days of summer are most commonly experienced in the months of July and August, which typically observe the warmest summer temperatures

The Romans referred to the dog days as diēs caniculārēs and associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. They considered Sirius to be the "Dog Star" because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). Sirius is also the brightest star in the night sky. The term "Dog Days" was used earlier by the Greeks (see, e.g., Aristotle's Physics, 199a2).

The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise (heliacal rising), which is no longer true, owing to precession of the equinoxes. The Romans sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, sultry weather.

Dog Days were popularly believed to be an evil time "the Sea boiled, the Wine turned sour, Dogs grew mad, and all other creatures became languid; causing to man, among other diseases, burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies." according to Brady’s Clavis Calendaria, 1813

Create art around or inspired by this old phrase.

Then send it to SPACES!

14/07/2013

Bob Shacochis reads from his new novel The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, forthcoming from Grove/Atlantic--now in SPACES!

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/07/13/writers-reading-bob-shacochis/

The Education of the Terrorist Osman Aziz Bob Shacochis It was that day early in their courtship when they told each other their memories of growing up, first her, then him. She in Kenya and Hong K...

13/07/2013

When the picture tells the story.....

Don't miss Stephen Mead's Photo Essay OUR SPIRIT LIFE
in SPACES!

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/07/13/photo-essay-stephen-mead/

PHOTO ESSAY STEPHEN MEAD Our Spirit Life Our Spirit Life– Talking About the Story: Stephen Mead These images from a series in progress, “Our Spirit Life”, are photomontages which had a long hiber...

13/07/2013

"I woke out of a dream but kept
its low noise, its slow movements...."

Poetry from Julie Brooks Barbour now in SPACES!

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/07/13/poetry-julie-brooks-barbour/

FOUR POEMS JULIE BROOKS BARBOUR The Body, the Water, the Mind I woke out of a dream but kept its low noise, its slow movements. In the shower, my mind followed no particular train of thought, the w...

13/07/2013

Check out the UK's Erotic Artist of the Year 2012/2013, Fuschia Ayling, now in SPACES!

http://spaceslitmag.com/2013/07/13/art-2/

ART & THE DIARY OF A BODY: Interview with Erotic Artist Fuschia Ayling (Interviewer: Lindsay Hosmer, A& Editor for SPACES) Fuschia Ayling is an artist living and studying in the pinnacle of...

13/07/2013

And we're LIVE! The July issue of SPACES is now available!

Endless gratitude to Julie Brooks Barbour, Remica L. Bingham-Risher, Meg Harris, Robert Gray, Bob Shacochis, Stephen Mead, Jeffery Veregge, Fuschia Ayling, Nancy Stohlman, The Liars' League, Faustina Rose, L.S. Bessen, George Kovach, and Drew Davis for letting us share their beautiful beautiful work!

Thanks too the staff of SPACES for all their efforts as well :-)

Now let's go git that beauty on, y'all!

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Writers Reading: Bob ShacochisJuly 13, 2013by spaceslitmagThe Education of the Terrorist Osman Aziz Bob Shacochis It was that day early in their courtship when they told each other their memories of growing up, first her, then […]Read Article →Writers Reading

12/07/2013

And.....we're accepting submissions in all areas for September! The world's just waitin for you to share you artistic space--and so are we!

http://spaceslitmag.com/submit/

Submit here! through our Submittable page! General Guidelines In each issue, we'll be featuring writers' reading videos, as well as pastiche, photo essays, found poetry and other beautiful inters...

12/07/2013

Tomorrow's issue of SPACES is gonna be so beautiful!
Y'all excited? We are!

Hey Benningtonites!
Watch this space for a video reading from Bob Shacochis!

Check out May's issue while you're waitin!
JULY SPACES TOMORROW! :-D

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Writers Reading: Janet RogersMay 13, 2013by spaceslitmagDirectional Geometry 101 This was dreamed into being the light, the lines sounds and vibes I follow roads that bend like E strings used to play the blues and suddenly […]Read Article →Writers Reading

08/07/2013

Less than a a week to the next issue of SPACES! :-)

Have you seen the last issue? Check it out here!

And be sure to check out the submission guidelines!

The world's just waiting for you to share your artistic space, and so are we!

http://spaceslitmag.com/

Writers Reading: Janet RogersMay 13, 2013by spaceslitmagDirectional Geometry 101 This was dreamed into being the light, the lines sounds and vibes I follow roads that bend like E strings used to play the blues and suddenly […]Read Article →Writers Reading

02/07/2013

Reading on a rainy day here at SPACES :-) Loving how seemingly random intersections are always present, how art is always in conversation with itself :-)

Two for Tuesday Prompt Love

This set contains random photos. This is updated automatically. Set automatically created by dopiaza's set generator on 1st July 2013 at 3:39am BST

01/07/2013

WRITERS! Want to share your work in a new and interesting way? Want to reach a WHOLE NEW audience simply by the way your work is presented? Want the ability for your writing to go VIRAL?

Then make a video for the Writers Reading section of SPACES! We are extremely interested in seeing any and everything you have to show us! So set up your iPhone camera, mom and dad's vintage camcorder, or your friend's Flip Cam and record yourself reading your own work! (Yes, it really is that easy!) Then send it to us asap!

We can't wait to see what you've got!

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01/07/2013

Sometimes, it's about light. Sometimes, it's about shadow. Sometimes, it's about knowing and accepting both.

01/07/2013

Busy gettin the next issue of SPACES ready! Only 12 days!!! So much beauty there, y'all :-)

In the meantime, we're accepting now for September :-) And we'd love to feature your work in an upcoming issue!

Check out the last issue, and then submit!

http://spaceslitmag.com/submit/

Submit here! through our Submittable page! General Guidelines In each issue, we'll be featuring 6-8 videos, as well as pastiche, photo essays, found poetry and other beautiful intersections of wo...