In our current climate, we paint our faces bright pink to muster the anything to walk outside. The grocery store is our fashion show. The bank is our stage. Performance is both menial and extravagant.

Our eighth issue considers the act and non-act of persona. Through our feature interview with Purris Stilton, a Burlesque artist, we ask what imagination does for the spirit, and how we can all “find our sexy.” This issues visual artists find a sense of self through the lenses of dress and style. Our writers and psychics try to build a future they want to be happy in.

This issue is a beautiful collaboration between reality, fabrication and grand expressions.