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Jonny Clugston is a narrative photographer and writer based in Santa Cruz, CA, attending the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Film & Digital Media major. He has worked with the Santa Cruz Sentinel, receiving multiple awards for his editorial work in sports. His photographic works manage to capture intimate yet casual […]
Bay Area-to-international artist, Seren Moran, shows us her newest series of abstract paintings, Feisty. According to her website, the artist considers her form “like dancing,” using her impulsiveness to her advantage. Her characteristically vibrant work mimics the vibrancy of the area of which the art was inspired by. Feisty pushes abstract boundaries even […]
I hear a lot of talk going around lately about the idea of “self love.” People are usually referring to the acceptance of one’s bodies, and therefore their own physical flaws. Though I’ve been slightly perplexed about exactly what that means, I know that it goes deeper than that, and must include forgiveness for mistakes […]
This is partial inspiration for the last poem that I posted, My Neighbor’s Roses. These one’s aren’t quite as attainable–in fact, I day dream of flying over the fence somehow very discretely, and finally smelling that lovely bunch. However, the jasmine flowers remind me to stay grounded, and to appreciate the sweetness already so near […]
I don’t usually post my poetry here, but I thought that I might give this one a shot since it seems to be related to a lot of the things that have been inspiring me lately, and because it ripens as the new summer does. It’s about being refreshed, and indulging for yourself. Enjoy […]
My favorite time of day is right before dusk, when the sun lets everything be golden for a moment. It’s like a spotlight on the entire world–tiny green leaves with white juices inside (when I was a kid, I used to think it was glue) shine like the rims of an old Volvo, like […]
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I pulled out the charcoals and did a sketch, sort of in the same way someone might do a rain dance. Artist- Julianna Chavez
This morning I’ve been working on freehanded details for a typical Californian home. Typically, when I’m trying to create a familiar environment in a piece, I prefer to work from mental generalizations and memories rather than tangible photos (The house and the car had blossomed just as the palm tree and the flowers had). Mental […]
During this last Spring quarter at UC Santa Cruz, I had the pleasure of taking Stacy Kamehiro’s class, Art of the Body in Oceania, a course about visual culture phenomena in Polynesian island areas. Before this class, whenever I had heard the term, “tribal tattoo,” all I could think about were sunburned, sweaty lines […]
This week’s illustration, Autopilot, represents moments when I feel most like myself. Namely, I’m referring to walks home, usually from running errands. I believe religiously in stopping and smelling the roses, and if the roses do not require stopping, then I put myself on autopilot, completely encapsulated in the scent of the flowers. With the […]
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