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  • Someone you were hoping I might be (15)

    Willy-O’ is a self-taught, pseudonymous artist and stranger on this Earth. He primarily works in mixed media and is especially fond of found printed materials collected while wandering around. He currently resides in Vancouver, Canada.

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  • Diego

    “on a street corner, in eugene, selling books on enlightenment, but this is enlightenment—your awareness of all that is until it dissipates”

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  • Olympic Peninsula, WA 3

    John K. Plaski (he/him/his) is a queer, neurodivergent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He teaches high school English, Theatre, and Film Studies. His film photography has been shown in markets across the Milwaukee/Chicago area and featured in publications by Foto Mercado and Novelty Pot (IG: jkpphoto1196).

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