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001: FANTASY

June 2019

I is a fantasy.

Why Start a Magazine??

Word Count: 1,007

by Anne Marie Wirth Cauchon

An introduction to FANTASY from Stillpoint Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief.

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With artist DRITON SELMANI
Dark orange desert mountain with dark clouds behind
Dark orange desert mountain with dark clouds behind

WADING ON THE SHORES OF THE UNCONSCIOUS: EXPLORING THE ROLES OF FANTASY AND IMAGINATION IN THERAPY

Word Count: 3,182

by Elizabeth Carter

Psychologically, fantasy can be a tool, a crutch, or a means of transformation.

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With #10 – INVITATION TO LOVE: FRAGMENTED VIDEO DIARY
a video by JORGOS LOUKAKOS
Digital painting in deep blue, two heads of black figures with dark shapes around them

THE FEAR JESUS MIGHT BE STARTING A CULT

Word Count: 7,185

by Terron Ferguson

This experimental script staged in a mutating limousine begs the question: which one of these guys is Jesus, anyway?

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With COSMIC BALLET and URBAN PANORAMA
artwork by DEBORA CHEYENNE CRUCHON
A digital painting of a blue-black face in amongst abstract yellow shapes - Debora Cruchon Pacific 231
 
A digital painting of a blue-black face in amongst abstract yellow shapes - Debora Cruchon Pacific 231

OUT OF THE HANDS OF OTHERS’ FANTASIES: MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH IN THE EYE OF NEOLIBERALISM’S STORM

Word Count: 2,378

by Professor Jermaine Singleton

A call to transform the impacts on mental health for people of color in the eye of neoliberalism’s storm.

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With PACIFIC
artwork by DEBORA CHEYENNE CRUCHON
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - cover on a bed

Fiction Review: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Word Count: 1,379

by Jesse Sawyer

A review of Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2018 novel depicting the psychological preconditions for 9/11.

Distorted still image of waves with light refacting - from Jorgos Loukakos #2 - Invitation to Love, Fragmented Video Diary
Distorted still image of waves with light refacting - from Jorgos Loukakos #2 - Invitation to Love, Fragmented Video Diary

ANTHROPUSSY

Word Count: 1,769

by Caren Beilin

Experimental fiction mining the depths of gender, sexuality, and self in the Anthropocene.

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With #2 – INVITATION TO LOVE: FRAGMENTED VIDEO DIARY
a video by JORGOS LOUKAKOS

We Don’t Make Love Here Anymore

Word Count: 2,423

by Gabriela Wiener

Children, commitment, and erotic encounters in a bed for three.

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With TERRITORIES
photographs by LEVITICUS HINDS
 

HEROES AND VILLAINS

Word Count: 2,406

by Anne Marie Wirth Cauchon

Fashion in apocalyptic lit as a critique of the Self.

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With YOU’LL GET WHAT YOU’RE GIVEN
artwork by THEO WHITE
A black and white photograph of an apple tree in an orchard - Kate HOLFORD - After Annie #9

A Lover’s Block

Word Count: 4,348

by Sokol Ferizi

A meditation on the boundaries of monogamous love and friendship, and the triangular structure at the core of togetherness.

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With AFTER ANNIE #2 & #9
photographs by KATE HOLFORD
Dark trees in fog
https://stillpointmag.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Seeking-the-Self_-Fantasy-MP3.mp3
Dark trees in fog

SEEKING THE SELF: PAUL

Word Count: 414

by Seeking The Self

Stillpoint Magazine is proud to present a collaboration with Seeking the Self, a reflective, intimate, and illuminating podcast series that explores the nature of self through personal narrative and psychological commentary.

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