Ear to speaker, Candy Anomaly adjusted themachina. Turning the dials. Turning thedials. She took notations. Decipheredanomalous code. Rewinding her own gears,when needed.

image: TerryJuku

Transmissions emerged from the Etheric field,Purple in hue at first, eventually deepeninginto a spectrum of vibrations. It became clearwhat era the machina was locking into.

START

It became necessary to issue these transmissions, after learning the local printer's scanner had

succumbed to malfunction, and would only be saved at the hand of a repairperson... on their clock.

Other solutions needed to be employed to ensure a 24th release, in the Spring tradition of Purple. And

as it turns, the transmissions of the Aetherdial are right on time.

It is hoped your heartlights will flicker with the consumption of the green & violet intel herein.

As this is an off-schedule boon of the smittle variation, the format is a bit... anomalous. Enjoy.

-PurpleZoe

from aboard the Strawberry Zeppelin in the OtherAether, crackling open a fresh back of mulberry vegly

gum-- a product of the future-now.

STOP

An Aethergram from the Editorial Chieftess

Ethergram from the Editorial Chieftess

It became necessary to issue the enclosed transmissions, after learning the local

printer's scanner had succumbed to malfunction, and would only be saved at the

hand of a repairperson... on their clock STOP Other solutions needed to be

employed to ensure that an April 24th release--in the Spring tradition of Purple--

made its way to the readership, while the scans for the Black Faery Antho are

procured STOP As it turns, the transmissions of Candy Anomaly's Aetherdial

are right on time STOP It is hoped your heartlights will flicker with the

consumption of the green & violet intel herein STOP

As this is an off-schedule boon of the smittle variation, the format is a bit...

anomalous STOP Enjoy STOP

-PurpleZoe

a.k.a Dazjae 'Moonvein Eth' Zoem

~from aboard the Strawberry Zeppelin in the OtherAether, while adding discoveries of the non-usual variation to the Othr

Compendium , and Wonderdark sequel-of-a-sort (incl.... #ether *_^) in process, and planning the revamped Purple

Aethersite,. *cracks open a fresh pack of mulberry vegly gum-- a product of the future-now~*

......tthhee nnaannoovveerrssee,, aanndd eetthheerrvveerrssee,, aanndd mmaannyy

vveerrsseess ooff ootthheerr rruusshheedd tthhee ssccrreeeenn..

CCaannddyy AAnnoommaallyy''ss AAeetthheerrddiiaall-- IIssssuuee''ss ##99..55

Within

......the dial clicked,dreamspill flying out tocover, paper, wall, and garb. Candy Anomaly pausedto gasp with delight, before proceeding.

#Greenwands

Cake and HardCandy p4

#AltUmoja

Alt-POC movement talk p5

#IndieMarketing

Part 6

#NotNew

Mimicry's the new art?

p7

#ModernMyth/HuemindFantastic/Im

agisms

p8,12,15

#DIY/Indiefied

Terry Juku p14

Gimp-color Tutorial p9

#Ether

Muthawitticisms p11

DANimality p19

#TheCuriousBazaar

p18

#TheLastWord

p20

#SubmissionGuidelines

Inside Back-cover

Editorial Chieftess: PurpleZoe

Resident Greenbone: Sholokahn

Ink Faeries: Dazjae Zoem, TerryJuku, MM Carter,

Moonvein.

VioletPaper's Purple Mag serves underreprsented

Mythmaking and Indie/DIY Other-culture/Alt-culture

ranging from Speculative fiction media creation [Fantasy,

Magical Realism, Scifi] to mediums ranging from

experimental to other-traditional. Out hope is that the

Other Black/POC experience can be celebrated and

embraced in its full beauty, rather than in poisonous

stereotypes found so often in mainstram media.

We began this journey in '06, and hope to continue for

many moons to come. We're not-for-profit and intend to

stay that way, using any coinage from donations and print

issues for overhead/magazine projcects and events,. We're

primarily digital , but issues are offered in archival print

as well within two weeks of digital issue release.

EnergyMail: Purplemag@gmail.com,

Made in 4‐5 days withOpensourceTechnologyScribus. Open Office.Gimp.Grassroots, baby!

Hard Candy.

note: Youth, get parental permissions. This can be dangerousand unfun burnwise.

Amazingly easy hard candies without all of the extra nonsense, are not difficult to make. In a nutshell,

you will require organic sugar and just enough water to cover the amount you settle on, a tsp or two of

lemon juice to provide the acidity needed to keep the sugar syrup from sticking, a mold or regular cookie

sheet and butter knife to score the candies once you've poured the boiled oil onto the sheet.

Begin by allowing the sugar syrup to thicken over medium-high to higher temp according to your stove,

without constant stirring (keep stirring to a bare minimum). Use a candy thermometer to indicate when

the syrup's reached 300 degrees (hard candy temp), or take a bit of the syrup onto your spoon, and pour it

into a glass of iced water. If it's ready to be poured into the molds, it will form a thin, breakable streak in

the water.

At proper temp, gently stir in your extract flavor or homemade syrup flavor, pour the candy syrup into

your pre-oiled molds, or a lightly -oiled cookie sheet (and make criss-cross marks with a butter knife before

it hardens, for later easeful breaking of candy pieces).

Vhala! fifty-leven chemical-free, and cert. Vegan.

Cake.

It's veddy easy to veganize by subbing 1 tsp cornstarch for ea

egg a non-Vegan recipe calls for (truth be told, cake can be

made without cornstarch if you use baking powder, but use it

anyway if you like).

Sub Earthbalance butter (or any butter with Vegetable-

Monodiglycerides --if it doesn't say Vegetable, it's animal

parts-- and no dairy in the ingredients), or oil where butter

is called for.

Sub Veg milk for dairy. Soy, Rice, Almond and Hemp are but

a few available that will add nicely to texture and taste

(dependent upon your preference of course).

In lieu of Baking Powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda to 1/8 tsp

salt aids nicely in a recipe using a cup to a cup and 1/2 of

unbleached or almond/nut-based flour, cup organic sugar, 1/2

cup oil, 1/2 cup water, 2 tsp Cornstarch, and 2 tsp flavor

extract (Naturesflavors.com carries numsical vegan extracts)

Baking times vary, but for a small cake like the above-

mentioned, a 1/2 hour usually suffices at 350 degrees.

Poking with a fork until it comes out dry is a decent test.

#Greenwands a.k.a Magikal Veganry

4 Purple Mag. 9.5

#AltUmoja

As we move forward into what has been a chaotic beginning to a new millenium, we're seeing more

alternative POC movements step to the forefront. The Black Rock Coalition paved the way 25 years ago, with

URB Alt next making its beginning as a 2001 showcase of a different name and eventually morphing into a

fest and genre for the boxless multi-cultural experience/process, Afropunk made a profound POC-punk

impression with a 2004 documentary and annual festival celebrating afropunks by visionary James Spooner

--who I've recently learned hasn't run AP for 3 years or so-- to my surprise, ,next, PrimordialPunk's tribal

punk pinups and burlesque events began gracing our collective, BoldasLove.us's BoldasLive and blog rose as

a firm champion of underrepresented alt-culture news with an emphasis on Black Rock, and recently an

emergence of Bazaar Royale's Ghettometal arose to represent our beloved headbangers.

These and the others I am sure are budding in the soil of our underrepresented collective otherness, are

profoundly important to the Black/POC community, as they represent our right to 'be', rather than accept

caricaturization and conditioned (overrun) stereotypes placed upon us by Mainstream interests. The

indiestream is vital to everyone now, considering the artlessness in the mainstream, in my humble opinion.

As an indie cheerleader, recently hearing that Sir Spooner is no longer running AP saddened and

dissapointed. Next, anger naturally arose, in assumption that AP was usurped, but the facts haven't been

presented, and if they have its been under the hush of this important news (hardly anyone knows about this),

from what can be gathered it changed hands willingly. I didn't delve any further researching the issue,

because I can only hope it will be run in the spirit of alt-Umoja, and serve the purpose of underrepresented

alt-events. Alarm need only be raised if word of mistreatment of the legacy arises, that needs to be

addressed. But this issue leads into an important one for us as an alt-community regarding, art-culture and

profit.

Where are we headed?

Will we see uncompromised otherness celebrated, and still in the hands of our community, or will it be

commodified, and sold out from under us.... like the majority of mainstream hiphop? I'm serious, now, this is

an issue that affects all alt-organizations. How are we, the alt-people going to champion our heart-

investment? Will we congratulate each other, as well as check each other when sight of the larger picture's

been lost? Will we succeed at rising above the crabs-in-a-barrel mentality that's been conditioned into our

community through the belief of lack imposed upon people of color? I think we can. I think it will take

integrity on everyone's part. It will take artists that won't be compromised. Event organizers that celebrate

the power of non-formulaic identity rather than the profit-only stance. Black Rock evangelists who will

continue to spread the word, as Sir Fields (BoldasLove) has described. It will take indie media that will be

honest, and as unbiased as possible. It will mean putting the movement first, even if it means 'checking' our

friends when necessary. It would be a tragedy to see this gift, as that's exactly what it is, thrown away for

fools gold.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to form into the collective alternative fam we are on some Voltron-type sh--? We've

seen too many gems emerging from original diasporic soil, fall prey to vision-interference in the past. It

shouldn't be so with the other black experience. Nerds of color *are* the highermind of the community. We

should use this opportunity to lead, or at the very least, congratulate one another and do our own thing

within the alt-hive.

I propose a non-profit ring of alt-heads, that celebrates the underrepresented alt-family, and help announce

the happenings within the collective from the various alt genres, as well as the birth of new genres and

families within the family. If you agree and have ideas, for an as yet non-existent alt-platform, that can act

as a diaspora-owned catch-all POC alt-culture phrase/hashtag/banner for our sites, please share it with the

community.

A few othernetworks forNerds OfColor (thankyou

Sir Arcturus for

sharing knowledge

of the term):

QuirkyBlackGirls.ning.

com

Etsyaoc.ning.com

BlackNerdsNetwork.blo

gspot.com

Ecbacc.com

AfroAlternateRealities

(on Spruz and Ning)

BlackSuperhero.com

If you knowof othersdrop a DM or@CandyAnomalytext in thenanoverse.

5Purple Mag. 9.5

#Indie Marketing-Part 1

For part 1 of this article series a grouping of solid

marketing tips that can be read with ease during your

commute, or at other convenient times, has been organized

below.We'll be including quotes from folks in various

positions of indie commerce/industry in future

installments. The sole purpose of this series is to make

it easeful for indie artists and merchants to move

forward sans confusion.

LLooggooss,, aanndd ssppookkeessppeerrssoonnss aarree iiddeennttiiffiiaabbllee sswweeeetthheeaarrttss ttoo tthhee ccoonnssuummeerr

eeyyee.. They represent familiarity (the psyche likes what it's used to.) If

you're not the model for your product, hire models for your product, and

take hi-res fotos* that aren't hard on the eye of the consumer. Consider

yourself when faced with clever storytelling in an ad, or just plain high

quality simplicity. Image has power. Have a logo developed that will

remind your intended audience of your brand everytime they see it, and

be sure your models/images reflect the quality and personality of your

brand.

SSeenndd pprreessss rreelleeaasseess ttoo mmeeddiiaa eessppeecciiaallllyy iinnddiiee mmeeddiiaa ffrroomm tthhee ccoonnttaacctt

lliisstt yyoouu ddeevveelloopp.. Create a microblog on Status.net or *shudder* twitter,

and share facts and news related to your product/service. Send intel to

mags and etc at least 4 mos in advance, regardng releases and events.

Most mags are laying out a mag ahead of time. If you know your

product's releasing in May, send your press release/promo packets to

them by January.

AAnndd aallwwaayyss rreemmeemmbbeerr tthhee vvaalluuee ooff bbeeiinngg ppoolliittee.. Being rude to the folks

that support and believe in you, taking it all as given without so much

as a thankyou can turn off a warm heart ready to stand behind what

you do. Nothing beats humility, and keeping your feet firmly planted on

the ground.

RReeppeettiittiioonn iiss ffuunn wwhheenn iitt''ss cclleevveerr aanndd hhaass vvaalluuee.. It's spam when it's

repetitive and uninspiring. Repetition is however, necessary. The

average attention span and time it take to remembr something, varies

from person to person, but unlss the impression is MAJOR, it will need

to be made more than once to be recalled and for a brand to be

established 'pon the psyches of potential partakers of what you extend.

Write articles surrounding your product, approach a publication that

apprciates your work about starting a column, or offering content that

ties into your brand while offering value to their readers.

VVeennuueess ccaarree hhooww yyoouu eeffffeecctt tthheemm.. MMuussiicciiaannss,, bbrriinngg aann aauuddiieennccee wwiitthh

yyoouu,, oorr ffeeaattuurree ssoommeeoonnee wwhhoo hhaass aann aauuddiieennccee tthhaatt wwiillll ccoommee ttoo sseeee

tthheemm.. Geniuses that few know, will likely fill few seats. Venues can be

leary of this. Be vigilant. Keep extending your brand with value that

rings true to your identity (eps, flyers, newsletters in fun forms, useful

casting your

gems 'pon

unheard

space. Indie

marketing is

aconversation

, when it's

done right.

6

printouts, the list goes on... the more unusual and useful for your

intended audience the better.

BBee ccoonnffiiddeenntt.. IIff yyoouu ttrruusstt iinn yyoouurr pprroodduucctt ssoo wwiillll tthhoossee yyoouu ccoommee

iinnttoo ccoonnttaacctt wwiitthh.. If you don't trust your product and have even

the slightest desperation for others to approve of it "for you", your

marketing efforts will repel potential audience members, rather

than attract. You could be sitting on a masterwork, but if you

don't believe in it, that truth will come through in your eyes, tone

of voice, and everything you do in association to it. You MUST

believe in its worth to sell it effectively (and get to sleep at night

*_^). Heart-centered marketing is the truest form of marketing.

MMaarrkkeettiinngg iiss wwoorrkk.. TToo bbee aann iinnddiiee mmeerrcchhaanntt oorr aarrttiisstt tthheessee ddaayyss,,

yyoouu HHAAVVEE ttoo bbee pprreeppaarreedd ttoo lloogg tthhee mmaann hhoouurrssee ttoo ggeett tthhee wwoorrdd

oouutt.. RReessuullttss wwiillll ccoommee,, bbuutt iitt iiss ddoouubbttffuull tthheeyy wwiillll ccoommee oovveerrnniigghhtt..

Commit to marketing your product with some kind of method at

least once a week. Get in the habit of bringing it up (non-

agressively) in convo. Be witty. Develop one-sentence soundbytes

that describe your product, sound, or etc to keep the attention

spans of folks who ask you about it. Long, unclear descriptions

could lose potential audience members/buyers.

Comments, questions about part 1 of this series? Beam them

through the nanoverse @candyanomaly

Purple Mag. 9.5

Mimicry: The new? not-creativity

I'm all for paying homage to those who

come before us, and find reinvention a

slick and beautiful thing, but it has to

be asked. What's happening to

mainstream artists? Is it a sign that

the part-mighty mainstream is on its

last leg to see so much regurgitation

pressed and packaged for the

consumption of the masses?

And what are we to do, aside from what

alot of us have done by turning the

radio off? Not everyone will turn the

radio off, but will instead allow

themselves to lose IQ points and think

unoriginal things because they believe

they're seeing something (that emerged

long ago) for the very first time.

Calling out names is futile, when we

see so many artists doing it. What is

necessary, at least, is the applause of

the original few that raise the societal

vibration with their mere presence.

Imagine the change for the better if the

masses were to partake of their theta

nectars.

Your thoughts in song lyric, poemlet,

micro-blog, letter, shared diary page,

image-comment, and/or etc. is welcome,

and may be published in the next

issuing.

Sleepwalking can be good, like when you

have to visit the powder room in the

middle of the night, and your body

allows you to do it half-sleep,

automatic-response like.

It can also be bad, like when you

totally forget the people who are

consuming your media/message, and in the

mad rush to keep or attain a

record/book/etc deal, you throw both art

and voice to the wind and embrace the

non-logic that regurgitating something

that was done before to happy reception,

in the form of remix, straight up jack-

move, or other, is somehow... okay, and

not a total betrayal of what you're

supposed to stand for as an artist.

7 Purple Mag. 9.5

image: P.Savitha

#DIYColoring with Gimp

(for intermediate users)

Image editing is only an ardurous task when you don't have the basics

extended in the beginning. Once you know the tools, how to resize and set

resolution and the like, the rest is a matter of play, discovery and thoutube

tutorials.

Coloring in Gimp is incredibly easy.

With your base image in the layers, right click on the layer, and click on

duplicate image 4 or 5times (as needed). Then change the mode to

-multiply- on each duplicated layer. Name the layers according to the parts

you want to color. e.g. Skin, hair, wings *_^, etc.

Click on the layer you want to begin coloring on, leaving the base layer

black and white beneath. Begin to color after you select your color, paint

tool, and the size of the brush in the Gimp toolbox selection area (usually

below all of the tool icons). Color the area with your brush but be mindful

to color without lifting the brush before you cover every part. Don't worry

about mess. The layers beneath are safe. When you've covered say the

entirety of skin in your image (se pict A), set your tools to an eraser with

brush size you want to use, then erase the color that bleeds over the lines

and onto parts of the image you want to cover in another color or have

remain untouched (see pict B). Move onto the next layer and repeat, and

so on and so forth. When finished, you will be able to go in layer by layer

and fix what you need to without accidentally making mistakes on

another part of the image (see pict C.). The result is a clean color, that is

hassle free (Play with the burn tool to add easier highlights or

shade...very interesting business). Now you may save as .jpg, .png (for a

clean online experience- press the eye by the background if you have a

partly or fully transparent background that you've erased or set that way,

then save. Saving it this way will create a transparent background via

.png- it's not smooth if you save it as a .gif, however), .psd if you want to

edit it later in photoshop, .and so forth. Save as .xcf to work on it again

later in GIMP.

Enjoy!

IIff yyoouu''rree nneeww ttoo GGiimmpp,, it's Opensource, gratis, extended to help us get from under the

boot heel of the (little, but) big (seeming) guy. Download it @ Gimp.org, and visit

youtube to watch beginner tutorials. If you're reeaaallly irritated and want a few

pointers. Seesmic us @CandyAnomaly

We'll be glad to share the intel. Gimp is a winner.

Above image: Yoshiaka

A.

B.

C.

In Process Screenshots

Purple Mag. 9.5

MMMM CCaarrtteerr''ss ''SShhaaddooww ooff tthhee RReedd HHyyeennaa'' (Part Deux)rated: Mature Teen

#HuemindFantastic #LeSteam

Bowing slightly to the Inspector, Doctor Doopyduk came into

Inspector Okoye’s office carrying his slowly revolving spheres

spinning in counter direction from the silver girded etched glass

globe. A well groomed and dressed figure of medium height,

Oliver Doopyduk had the look of a successful stage performer.

But that as,

Okoye had learned,had driven the Vodunologist to become one of

the most academically esteemed scholars among his peers of all

subjects, a rarity Okoye knew, a flash of his solving a murder

case at Haven City College

involving rival professors,running through his mind as the

doctor set down his gear. ” Inspector the news I bring, I believe,

is the most disturbing in, I think four generations. The Benin

OutBreak is it’s closest rival.” He had sat in a plush leather

chair,his legs crossed, his expensive dyed navy blue ostrich

leather shoes gleaming in the light of the office. The shoes alone

were two months salary to Okoye. But he no longer bore any

resentment towards the doctor for his acquired wealth in fact on

many a occasion had been there when the

aid of the Vodunologist had helped break what would have been

called an insolvable crime.

*

Dintine’s was a favored restaurant at the head of the West

Avenue- Pierce El crossings of the bay. Painted blue and

molasses brown on the outside, depending on the time of day it

was either a bright yellow or a muddy gold colored walled

establishment inside. The banners and pennants of city, region

and national ball teams hung from the rafters or were pinned to

the walls, along with team individuals from the teams photos who

had eaten there . Green leather booths hugged the wallls except

near the kitchen and bathrooms, the rest were tables or

in a special alcove on the northside ,the two rough,made from

scrap wood, benches that were the original eating places when the

late Thomy Bleeker and Jerry Earle first opened the

establishment back on Strodes and Nyzinga,

two blocks up the street from where they lived with there young

families, the Randolph Mitchell Tower. Or Kickback Palace as

Thomy Bleeker called it in its first few years. Jerry took to calling

it the same as the older teens; The Hell. A product of a need for

housing, old style political corruption, and big government

indifference, The Hell became a breeding ground for all the ills the

Establishment sought to sweep away and appease. But the

Bleekers and the Earles, their wives Anna and Netty, respectively,

and hundreds of other made do and grew a garden from amid the

weeds. Though Waymon Earle wouldn’t have said it like that to the

two men sitting at the old plank bench with him. They were ex

Hell Tower Boys too, and still crewed with

Blip” Death” Tosten. A guy he and his pride cat Chris Bleeker

didn’t crew with,hardcore wise, but gave and were equally given

respect to. ” I tell ya mon, Way, ya daddy still be stirring on these

pigfeet and blackeyed peas,” said a contentedly smacking Yancy ”

No survivors” Mtume. 6’4” 326 pounds of a human volcano, Yancy

coud be the best friend you ever had, or the ticket to the graveyard.

Blood and life had given him features that you expected grunts to

issue from, except when he was truly happy, then he had the look

of a baby being tickled by his favorite relative, such as now. “All

the way” Upton Sinclair was better looking but just as deadly as

Yancy. Waymon remembered back to when at a house party on the

twenty-fourth floor back when he was fifteen and felt now was the

time to mingle with the big boys, Cathy Gowan, had asked him

where he got his nickname from. “because little honeydrop, if a

sumbeaytch gets on me nerve he’s ghoing have my size 11” all the

way up his a--!”

Follow the series on

HuemindFantastic.tumblr.com The start link is

in the top side column.

10Purple Mag. 9.5

#Muthawit‐ticisms(The good Doctor is in. Take out your earplugs)

"It's 2010. Am I naive to feel thatyour success is my success?"

"Wound In the Winds: Elvis Owes MyFamily and I'm The Tax Collector"

"Anti-matter is anti-time."

"Artists, this is 2010.Your label(major orindie) and mgmt shouldnever be the samecompany. It's a recipefor indigestion."

"Get your thumb out of your mouth."

"Everyone can't havekiller tone but theycan care enough tosing in tune."

"The only reason to beashamed of your gifts is ifyou know you didn't earnthem."

@@MMuutthhaawwiitt

image: Tina Lawson a.k.a MsLovely

...The people of the trees poked out their heads,just long enough to register on the dial.

Aura Reading for Mythwhisperers

If you can discern his tale in poemlet, nanolit,

or a longer telling, send it 'pon the ethers

for potential publishing in a Purple issuing.

image: P.Savitha

13 Purple Mag. 9.5

WWhhaatt aarree ssoommee ooff yyoouurr eeaarrlliieesstt iinnssppiirraattiioonnss tthhaatt ssuuppppoorrtt yyoouurr ddeecciissiioonn ttoo eemmbbrraaccee yyoouurr iinnddiivviidduuaalliittyy aanndd ccrreeaattiivviittyy??

My earliest memories of creativity came when I sewed doll clothes with my mother as a child. My mom bought this kit that was

basically a long piece of fabric with outfits printed on them. You would cut a section out, sew the sides together and have new

clothing for your Barbie dolls. Later, on when I was about ten years old, I received an American Girl doll named Melonie. I would

search toy stores to buy clothing for her, but found nothing. I decided to make clothes for her myself from scratch. My mother's

sewing tips, coupled with my own imagination gave way to doll clothes that were uniquely my own designs. When I entered middle

school I found the confidence to embrace who I was as an individual. Surrounded by intelligent, creative and imaginative friends, I

developed the person I am apart from the mass identity, pulling inspiration from all directions. I also received my first sewing

machine during this time and used my clothing to interpret my visions outwardly, for better or worse.

WWhheenn ddiidd yyoouu ffiirrsstt ppiicckk uupp aa ccaammeerraa?? IIss iitt yyoouurr pprriimmaarryy aarrttiissttiicc ffooccuuss oorr ddoo yyoouu aallssoo wwoorrkk iinn ootthheerr mmeeddiiuummss?? AArree yyoouu sseellff--ttaauugghhtt??

IIss yyoouurr DDIIYY eetthhooss eexxppeerriimmeennttaall,, ccaauussiinngg yyoouu ttoo ttrryy yyoouurr hhaanndd aatt aalloott ooff ddiiffffeerreenntt ccrraaffttss??

My first camera was a little pink, film Barbie camera gifted to me when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. Nothing came of it, except

for a few blurry, confusing photos of people and stuffed animals. I hadn't picked up a camera again until I was 13 and owned my

first digital camera. Photography is just one of my main artistic outlets. I've

always enjoyed sewing and designing for as long as I can remember. Recently,

I've been dabbling in drawing and painting a bit, but have yet to make a full

fledged exploration. Everything I do is self taught. Aside from the very last art

class I took in 8th grade and random tutorials I find online, everything I do

comes straight from my noggin (however, I am itching to take courses to fill in

any information I may be overlooking). Experimentation is my #1 method and in

fact, it forces me to try a variety of things. When you don't necessarily have

certain resources, you're on your own to provide them, which leads me to try my

hand at it all.

WWhhaatt aarrtt--mmaasstteerrss ((aannyy mmeeddiiuumm)) ddoo yyoouu iimmmmeerrssee yyoouurrsseellff iinn tthhee eetthheerrss ooff?? DDoo yyoouu

tthhiinnkk eevveerryyoonnee iiss aann aarrttiisstt ooff aa ssoorrtt ((tthhoouugghhtt mmoosstt mmaayy hhaavvee sshhuutt tthheemmsseellvveess

ddoowwnn)),, oorr ddoo yyoouu tthhiinnkk aarrttiissttss aarree aa ssppeecciiaall kkiinndd ooff mmeesssseennggeerr,, sseenntt aass aann

eexxaammppllee iinn tthheeiirr oowwnn wwaayy ttoo hheellpp ootthheerrss bblloooomm??

Zoetica Ebb, Miles Tsang, Katie West and Lou O' Bedlam are currently my main

sources of inspiration in both photography and illustration. However, there are

scores of Flickr users, online artists and fashion designers that influence me

everyday. Even ordinary people, nameless faces on the street and friends ignite

creativity in me as well. I believe everyone harnesses the power to create. It is a

human instinct we all share. It is what has helped our species to communicate

and survive. Everyone has a craft they can master, a medium in which they can

interpret their experiences. Whether they want to call themselves an artist or

not, people are creative, innovative creatures. I wish more people would find

what they're good at and express their feelings.

##TTeerrrryyJJuukkuu

"I believe everyoneharnesses the power tocreate. It is a humaninstinct we all share. It iswhat has helped ourspecies to communicateand survive. Everyone hasa craft they can master, amedium in which they caninterpret their experiences.Whether they want to callthemselves an artist ornot, people are creative,innovative creatures."

images: TerryJuku

Wisdom belongs to the innerchild. It was always there. Bitterness belongs to

the elder who never used the voice as it was meant to be used. Terry Juku

represents a generation of young adults that've been changing the world, with

voices they embrace and explore, untethered and gladly.

I wish more people would find what they're good at and express

their feelings.

WWhhaatt aarree yyoouu hhooppiinngg ttoo ccaappttuurree wwiitthh yyoouurr lleennssee?? WWhhaatt kkiinnddss ooff

ssttoorriieess?? WWiillll tthheerree bbee aa ccooffffeeee ttaabbllee bbooookk ssoommee ddaayy ooff yyoouurr

ddrreeaammvviissiioonn??

Today, I still struggle with what exactly I'm trying to say when

I'm behind (or even in front) of the lens. Outwardly, if feels like

I'm trying to capture important moments in my life so I can hold

onto them and remember them as long as I live. I would say

that's why most people photograph. Then I question whether I

want to expose these images to other people, if there's a point to

share my life with others. Inwardly, I sense a greater motive

and possibility for my photography that I haven't pinpointed yet.

I expect it to come with more practice, experience and

experimentation. Despite this conflict, I know I want to teach

people and show all walks of life because I feel currently, people

lack an understanding and acceptance of different lifestyles,

even with today's cultural diffusion. A coffee table book is far off

from anything I'm expecting, but if it happens, I'll be completely

excited and proud.

IIss tthheerree aannyytthhiinngg yyoouu''dd lliikkee ttoo sshhaarree wwiitthh tthhee rreeaaddeerrss tthhaatt wwee

hhaavveenn''tt ccoovveerreedd?? ((SShhoouuttoouuttss,, wwoorrddss ooff wwiissddoomm,, eettcc))

I heard a quote once, "If you hear a voice inside of you that says,

'You are not a painter,' then, by all means, paint! And then that

voice will be silenced." It's by Vincent Can Gogh and I cannot

express how true it rings. Often, I will talk myself out of doing

things because I believed I couldn't, but that closed the doors to

a whole range of possibilities, unfortunately. Notably, this kind

of thinking often spurs moments of creativity and I urge

everyone to fight it. Do not suppress the vision or message you

want to relay for any reason. It is vital to relate your

experiences with the world. Experiment, find your craft and

create. Fulfill yourself.

You can currently find Lady Juku's worksvia her TekkyTechno Flickr, her Deviant artpage, and via Otherbox.tumblr.com

" It is vital to relateyour experienceswith the world.Experiment, findyour craft andcreate. Fulfillyourself. "

16Purple Mag. 9.5

(Updates)

MM Carter's 'Shadow of the Red Hyena is still going

strong at HueMindFantastic.

Sir Uzzle's comic, Neters, has released another volume.

After the BSFS scare two networks saved the day

before that BSFS admin put the network back online.

Show them love:

AAR: BlackSciFiFantasy24.ning.com and

Wagadu.ning.com

Enjoy them.

Ecbacc is coming!!!! May 15. Visit Ecbacc.com for

details.

Google Steve Hyppolite's 'A Warrior's Passage' and

thanks us later<3

Valjeanne Jeffers Immortal III: Stealer of Souls draws

near.

SilverGoggles is extra sleek with its new layout and

SteamPunk Nusantra (on Dreamwidth) is the bidness

:D Props to the Ldy Jahmeia.

BeyondVictoriana is a .com now. Blessings 'pon the

Lady Ayleen.

Sandrine Thomas' steam romance blog is offering

many resources for Afrikan-American period writing.

'Virtuoso' an Afrikan Steam comic has recently been

released, with print copy available for retail.

Check the HuemindFantastic.tumblr.com for more

intel, and drop us an @reply @CandyAnomaly with

any news we may have missed.

#HuemindFantastic

#Nanowrit

... beyond a static that almost obscured the etheric, theyoung Anomaly caught the signature of further hueminddreamspill, abundant in otherworld news, and story. It wasso much, it could only be shared a bit at a time.

"Imagined you doing pixie dust drivebys in the hood. You load

up the shotty. Mad dust from the bag in the backseat. Shoot a

dude in the arm @ the corner store - it turns mechanical. Shoot

a Sis' in the back, she grows wings. Pull out a ninja star.

*camera zoom follows the stars to a high schoolers head. Sends

him hightailing it to a library."

- @MiQL a.k.a MiQL Xander

"*the blackbirds perched 'pon her shoulders & took berries frm

vines twined in the blk cotton hair, leaving rebirth there*

#LuneMath"

"#Antiplastic *he was non-standard issue. Instantly imperfect

(and therefore sane) in an upside world*"

-@Moonvein

Gentle Ward, Black Fae Antho

sneak peek: artistry ala PZ

17Purple Mag. 9.5

Recommended links to Etsians of

Color

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PeaceImages

http://www.etsy.com/shop/UrbanAdornments

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TizzyDee

http://www.etsy.com/shop/naKiMuli

http://www.etsy.com/shop/junkprints

http://www.etsy.com/shop/OdodoOriginals

Props to @ MiQL for lending

suggestions.

#TheCuriousBazaar

#YumEthers

Artists releasing EPs For theEtherbox currently searchable onthe Aethernet:

Rick Lucy, URBAlt Sampler Dos, Haz Solo, Tone Trezure,

Phraim, JDavey, Iman Williams' Stupid Human Trick,

Matt Martian- Jet Age, Jneiro Jarel, Full Crate and Mar.

#Greenmen Khalief Khadafi and Safari_Black have

recently extended High Ethers. Visit Sir Khalief's zone

(add a .com to his name in the url-bar) to download the

Rebel From America LP, and peep Sir Black's newly

released 'Uncivil war' track from the forthcoming EP @ the

Safari_Black Bandcamp. Log onto Safari-Black @blogspot

of the same name for more on the Vegan HipHop

movement, and tutorials for veg-numsicals. Both of these

greentongues are peoples with high-end gems to extend.

Have we missed anyone? Seesmic

@CandyAnomaly

Heartable Etheric HavensMuphoricSounds.com, ThisisRealMusic.com,

URB ALT.ning.com (URB Alt Fest in June <3

#Yay), SongsInTheKeyOfLife

Where do you go for hoops shaped in the form of the

Motherland continent, crochet caps to house the locs,

Vegan Mexicana Cookery zines, teabowls from descendants

of Asiatic teahouse tradition? You go to the source, which is

fortunately not as difficult to find now, as it usually is...

Makers of color are doing their thing, and Etsy Artists of

Color is a group intent on shining a strong light 'pon the

works. Enjoy their etsyaoc.ning.com, and search them @

Etsy for further details on joining this group if you're an

Etsian of color, or finding Sister-Brother makers if you're

looking to purchase wares.

For connoisseurs of fineethers, and original arts,applauding rebel beautiesof chromosome x and y.

note: A few articles we were unable to fit into the issue are en

route and include Elsie Law, Signif the gift, Bless Roxwell, and

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OOnn DDaanniimmaalliittyy......

"I'm sayin,' what are they sayin? I got monopoly money thats screamin' for land! Talkin' bout

using intellectual property as the commodity to back wharbux or dan3r0s."

"If anyone asks me what's the difference from me now and my music years ago, I'd say intimacy."

A snippet of an interventure starring the UA Maestro Boston Fielder and Dan The Man.

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What we give our attention to grows. A lazy mind, supports lazy giants, and their overworked minions (both witting and unwitting).

What seems impossible is often made to seem that way. Indie thought manifests just as powerfully, as programmed thought. Your

mind is your responsibility, as it's been given to you. Love it. Guard it fiercely. Tune it into higher frequency. Share higher frequency.

Those little regurgitated made-bigs, are only as powerful as their audience. They are nothing without our minds. Celebrate true

artistry. Reject marketing hype in favor of heart-centered marketing (not stunts, but actual this-is-who-I-am based ads/articles/style

editorial/and other promo). Again, the negative soul-eating media placed on your tv's and in your mainstream mags, etc, by the

highest bidders, does erode the thought process overtime. How fortunate then, you have the choice to tuneout.

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Grungecake Crisis (There are adult and Lite versions of this fly-quality art publication, as I understand it. Seek the

appropriate end for your age group).

NeetMagazine.com (For the indie fashionistas, indie makers, and merchants.)

Anomaly Mag (an anti-hierarchical alt-culture experiment in-process- DM @CandyAnomaly for details.

Vivalamoda.co.cc (High end indie fashion/handmade)

You running or reading a mag that's indie, supportive and non-anti-competitive of

fellow indie's? DM @CandyAnomaly with the details. We support fam.

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Shorter is acceptable for mini-features. Longer lit may be broken up over the course of several issues if accepted.

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