Peaceful Memories
Rolling hills Century old farmhouses A forgotten lifestyle Kept alive by the old folks Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2020 If my poetry helped, entertained, or moved you, please consider a donation, so that Edge of Humanity Magazine can continue sharing chips of my mind, that I…
Read articleMemories Of France’s Coastline
Artist Christy Titus is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the project ‘Silver Coast. To see Christy’s body of work, click on any photograph. These images are part of the project Silver Coast, a site-specific installation of cyanotypes and digital color…
Read articleManuel Alvarez Bravo: Photographs and Memories | Photography Book Recommendation By Edge of Humanity Magazine
This Aperture published book is a nice selection of Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s black and white daily life artistic photographs that took place in Mexico from the 1920’s though the 1990’s. Every photograph has strong impact and is museum quality. The portraits display raw emotion and I especially like the photo…
Read articlePhotography | A Language To Express My Memories
Photographer Kathleen McIntyre is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Color Me Softly’. To see Kathleen’s body of work, click on any image. As a young girl, I was a quiet and an observant girl, lost in…
Read articleExploiting Memories Of Hard Times
The Life Coaching Series Written by Life Coach Carioca Da Gema “He comes from nothing” We all have heard this phrase multiple times and it is usually accompanied by the person’s achievements. The same humble beginnings can have contrasting results in people’s lives. Some strive to succeed at…
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Photographer Stefania Orfanidou is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Jaguar Sun’. To see Stefania’s body of work, click on any image. “Our memories are dreams, the house of the past has become a great image, the…
Read articleMemories Or Induced Images | Television & Our Minds
Street and Documentary Photographer Görkem Keser is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Dead Retina’ project. To see Görkem’s portfolios, click on any image. Can technology steal our memories? This is a very important question we need to…
Read articleHow Our Visual System Works & The Impact Of Photographs In Our Memories
Neuroscientist, Photographer and Writer Dr. Joshua Sariñana is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this article. From his On Photography article series ‘Memory, Photography and the Human Brain‘. To see Dr. Sariñana photographic projects and articles click on any image. There is a good deal written about the similarities…
Read articleSearching For Historical Memories In Contemporary Mainland China
Photographer and Multimedia Storyteller Sabrina Merolla is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From her series ‘Dunwu – Epiphanies‘. To see Sabrina’s body of work click on any image. The series is part of an ongoing research on lishi jiyi, “historical memory”, in…
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Written by Life Coach Carioca Da Gema Like liquid on flat surface They run Deep diving into the crater of my memories Moving around searching for murkiness To fester Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2021 If my writing helped or entertained you in any way, please…
Read articlePerceptions Of Our External World
Artwork By Edgar Invoker Edgar is an artist working at the intersection of abstraction and surrealism, which is true not only in relation to his style of painting, but also relates to the topic of his research. Being passionate about painting since early years he successfully graduated from…
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Art | The Written Words Presented By NO MIDDLEMAN ART GALLERY Written By Joelcy Kay | Curator @ NO MIDDLEMAN ART GALLERY & Edge of Humanity Magazine “These forces I feel that make the world around me seem unimportant. This need I have to communicate while no one…
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Artwork By Daria Amaranth “I like the feeling of an inexplicable mystery, that envelops like a fog, I need to put a feeling into a photograph, something completely deep in every picture. In many ways fine art photography is a stream of consciousness and unconsciousness for me,…
Read articleClearing The Docket At 50
Written by Life Coach Carioca Da Gema Life goes through a tremendous spin in our first five decades. At fifty without thinking that our life is over we start prioritizing our time. Let’s face it the time is really ticking now, and watching commercials between our favorite shows…
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The Components Of Beauty In Uganda’s Culture Written by Andronicus Enoch Muwanguzi “I want you to respect me as a person but please choke, slap, bite, spank, restrain and call me a dirty slut…” Written by Lay Sion Ng @ Issues Under Tissues …
Read articleBlending Past & Present Lands
Artist Ellen Jantzen is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay . From the project ‘Mid + West’. To see Ellen’s body of work, click on any photograph. (A visual essay on adaptation and acceptance in relocation/immigration and migration) Some say…
Read articlePhilosophical Rambling | Punishment & Mind
Written by Life Coach Carioca Da Gema For sake of this argument let’s agree that the facts on both stories below are indisputable truths. Story#1 A drunk driver killed a young woman. Days before the trial the driver got shot while interrupting a playground shooting and saved…
Read articleFACES
Artwork by Sari Piek “Gradually Sari Piek found a way for herself to combine both the craftsmanship with her urge to experiment, which resulted in sometimes highly abstracted faces, bigger than real live, on canvas. Also, on paper, sometimes in many thick layers, she conjures up faces from the material,…
Read articleRepurposed Materials Sculptures
Artwork By Experimental Sculptor Mary Johnson Through an artistic practice that melds sculptural and traditional craft processes, my work draws on the familiarity of repurposed materials, investigating the ways in which our memories become associated and entangled with the items we come in daily contact with. I…
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He does not remember much about his mother Even when at times Drifting through murky memories If he did not have a photo of her he would not remember what she looked like Over 60 years living with this emptiness Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2020 If…
Read articleRural Life | Burgundy, France
Photographer Sharon Draghi is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Pastoral’. To see Sharon’s body of work, click on any image. This project is about a small village in Burgundy, France – the village where my husband’s…
Read articleOld & Beat-Up
Clock ticks Bad memories stick Try to sleep Days go by Beard is now white Youth gone Please Sing me a happy song Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2020 If my poetry helped, entertained, or moved you, please consider a donation, so that Edge of Humanity Magazine…
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Childhood memories Blank Nothing written No explanations Denial Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2020 If my poetry helped, entertained, or moved you, please consider a donation, so that Edge of Humanity Magazine can continue sharing chips of my mind, that I diligently scribble into poems. Thank You…
Read articleThe Real Value Of Things
Photo-Based Artist Marina Font is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From ‘THE WEIGHT OF THINGS’ series. To see Marina’s body of work, click on any image. What happens when the weight of something is determined by other attributes? How much…
Read articleClothing | How to Minimize Production, Consumption & Disposal | Yumenoshima, Japan
Photographer Maki Hayashida is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the ongoing project ‘BEFORE THROWN AWAY. To see Maki’s body of work, click on any image. On March 14th, 2020 At studio On March 14th, 2020 At studio On March 14th,…
Read articleFeeling The Rain
Artwork By ALESSIO TREROTOLI “The rain washes memories off the sidewalk of life”, Woody Allen said in an old movie. Raindrops, like in a blues song, fall with a repetitive but fascinating rhythm, awakening, as they were called in XVII century, the “blue demons”: a suffused sensation of melancholia.…
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Artwork By AMY KANKA VALADARSKY I am eight years old. A new country, a new language, no friends. Our small house, one of many identical cubes lining the street, overlooks endless dunes stretching all the way to the sea. The backyard – a square patch of dry soil,…
Read articleNO MIDDLEMAN ART GALLERY | New Artworks | Mystery
Artwork By DARIA AMARANTH “I like the feeling of an inexplicable mystery, that envelops like a fog, I need to put a feeling into a photograph, something completely deep in every picture. In many ways fine art photography is a stream of consciousness and unconsciousness for me, it…
Read articleNO MIDDLEMAN ART GALLERY | FACES
Artwork by Sari Piek “Gradually Sari Piek found a way for herself to combine both the craftsmanship with her urge to experiment, which resulted in sometimes highly abstracted faces, bigger than real live, on canvas. Also, on paper, sometimes in many thick layers, she conjures up faces from…
Read articleNO MIDDLEMAN ART GALLERY | New Artworks | Repurposed Materials Sculptures
New artwork by Experimental Sculptor Mary Johnson Through an artistic practice that melds sculptural and traditional craft processes, my work draws on the familiarity of repurposed materials, investigating the ways in which our memories become associated and entangled with the items we come in daily contact with. I…
Read articleKolkata | City Of Joy
Photographer Md Arifuzzaman is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this article. To see Arif’s body of work, click on any image. The History of Kolkata When I think of Kolkata first thing strikes me that its history. Once upon a time Kolkata was the…
Read articleThe Vibe Of Hong Kong
Visual Storyteller, Photographer, Printmaker and Art Director Zhou HanShun is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the book/project ‘Frenetic City’. To watch the project video click on any image. To say life moves fast in a city is an understatement. People…
Read articleLandscapes Of Uncertainties | Greece
Visual Artist Maria Mavropoulou is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Inner State’. To see Maria’s body of work, click on any image. “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new…
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Death, Catholicism & My Mother’s Decisions Kelly Burke Intimate Passages Of My Mother’s Turmoil Marilyn Jaye Lewis “It’s for the mice” | Memories Of My Grandmother Marilyn Jaye Lewis “…you know you can’t sleep there” | Passages Of A Homeless Person’s Life J H Martin By…
Read articleTop 100 Songs Of Hermit Poet’s Music Collection | Indonesian Music: Suarasama-Fajar Di Atas Awan
This song totally relaxes me. Sometimes when I do not have time for meditation, I will listen to a couple tracks of music and Fajar Di Atas Awan is on my relaxation song list. The music brings back memories of my time visiting Indonesia. The country is a magical place…
Read article“…you know you can’t sleep there” | Passages Of A Homeless Person’s Life
Written By Poet and Photographer J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey NFA I wake up And I’m on a train I pass out And I’m in a station Drunk Hungover Drinking Somewhere Walking backwards Through the morning crowd Talking sideways to…
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Written By Poet and Photographer J H Martin @ A Coat for a Monkey ကဆုန် February – I hear you Coming up the stairs Cursing my name Hammering on the door Accusing me of Sleeping with money-changers Bank tellers And a hundred other women I have never…
Read articleYellowknife | A Familiar Landscape
Visual Artist Dyanne Wilson is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘North of 60’. To see Dyanne’s body of work, click on any image. When my husband accepted a position with the Territorial Government, I was fortunate…
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every few years opening boxes old photographs shared with bottle of wine memories flash-by quick pass of time Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2019 If my poetry helped or entertained you, please consider a donation, so that Edge of Humanity Magazine can continue sharing chips of my mind,…
Read articleWhat Do You See In Your Rear View Mirror Of Life?
As individuals get older what do they see when looking in the rear view mirror of life? Many people chase their entire time on earth and at the end there is nothing but despair and bitterness. What is happiness and contentment? Money comes and money goes, but no one can…
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Photographer Benedikt Partenheimer is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘TURNAROUND’ series. To see Benedikt’s body of work, click on any photograph. The images from the series “Turnaround”, deal with the relationship between “internal” and “external” space. Displayed…
Read articleThe Inevitable Changes Of Self-Preservation
Fine Art Photographer and Artist Jane Long is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the ‘Self-Preservation’ series. To see Jane’s body of work, click on any photograph. This series examines the relationship between attempts at preservation and inevitable change. Nothing…
Read articleIt’s Always Winter In New York City
NFL Player & Poet Ryan Russell is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this poem. * It’s Always Winter in NYC “Shouldn’t writers move to New York City?” I have to forgive them, of course they don’t know. They don’t know how that city has…
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