Artwork: Aladdin Sane by Reverend Lance.
EDITOR'S LETTER
This is special issue for many reasons. One of
them is the extended 82-page Art Icon feature in
honor of David Bowie (January 8, 1966 - January
10, 2016). His brilliance touched and influenced
everyone, from musicians to visual artists, from
all humans to aliens alike. Some of us knew more
of him than others, but we can all agree on one
thing: the day he died, we lost something
extraordinary, otherworldly and yet something
incredibly real, honest and tangible. In this issue
we feature both writers as well as visual artists
who pay tribute to the Starman, sharing their
work, thoughts and memories of their first and
last encounters - and everything in between.
March 2016 issue also includes more design than
ever before: featured are Italian fashion designer
Sergio Daricello (Daricello), Finnish designer/CEO
Tea Latvala (Teatiamo Industries) and Pierre-Yves
Monnerville, man behind the newly launched
menswear brand Yeroglyph.
As always we feature talents from various fields:
for this issue we have musician Tom Goss, artist
Lars Deike, photographer Frédéric Roullet, poet
Jason Sinner, artist Amber Stanford - the latter
two being featured also in the Collaboration
Portfolio. Jason and Amber are both from Califor-
nia, yet it took a Finnish art magazine to bring
the two together. In addition, we have two short
stories: one by Melissa Magdalene, whom you
might remember from earlier issues, and myself.
We need a ray of light to shine our way... The
world is in such a chaotic state, and while art
can't fix the problems we have (for they are far
too great and we need everyone) it can still help
the tormented, touch the hardened, heal the
wounded, encourage the discouraged, and bring
hope where there is none. Recently it broke my
heart to see war children being given pens and
paper to draw: all they drew were bombs, blood
and death. Massive reality check. Children
should not be drawing these things. If art can be
a way for them to unleash the pain, it can be
that for all of us. But we need to be wise, and
make the world a more stable place. To learn to
co-exist. It is easier said than done but let's try
to remember we are in this together. We do not
want intolerance, we need to hold on to our
humanity with both hands. And most of all, we
do not want history repeating itself. Commit.
Become a Hero.
Kimmo Matias
Editor-in-chief/Creative Director