John Sable (body paint by Dawn Marie Harms-Svanoe)

“Android #3,” by John Sable
JOHN SABLE is a lifelong learner. He spent the last 30 years enrolled in various public university and private college programs. Currently he owns and operates Sable Park Photography, a wedding photography business in Madison, Wisconsin with his wife Anna (sable-park.com).
The android project was John’s submission for a figure study assignment at Madison College. He collaborated with body paint artist DAWN MARIE HARMS-SVANOE (facebook.com/dawnmariesvanoe). She was a colorful contestant on Skin Wars season 2 (facebook.com/SkinWarsShow/) and is the co-founder of, and lead makeup artist at, Glitter to Gore, a cosmetic supply store in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (facebook.com/newglittertogore/).
The full collection of android photos is available for viewing and purchase at photos.sable-park.com/android

“May” suggests potential paths, offering not the certainty of resolution but the allure of possibilities.
In this spirit, our eighty-ninth issue grapples with some tough questions. What have you lost? What if the circus didn’t have to die? What was Mary Jane Kelly like before she met Jack the Ripper? What’s in the box? Why aren’t you a spoon? Does this month’s cover art include an ouroboros?
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Skyler Darshini Freimann

“Unity,” by Skyler Darshini Freimann
SKYLER DARSHINI FREIMANN is a retired mental health care practitioner and an award winning, published photographer. She is a lifelong student, practitioner and teacher of spiritual traditions. Among her publications are the books Ring of Dreams, a California Living Book, and One With The Sofa, a Taoist Guide for the Physically Challenged, available at www.amazon.com. Her mandala designs on t-shirts and greeting cards can be found at www.darshiniarts.com. Skyler Darshini lives in the Northwest with her human and animal family.