Synaesthesia Magazine Atlas | Page 11

we walked our Tinian entirety in the sand of a half hour glass were we small? before we could answer, the thought was swept away in Pacific wave. Marlon Hedrick is a poet, rapper, and activist with origins in the islands. His poetry seeks to situate his island homelands as a lens for his American experience. At present, Marlon is working on a poetry chapbook dedicated to his mixed-race, transnational origins entitled, Island//Water//Mainland. Art Ilich is a 29-year-old professor of arts from Maribor, Slovenia. Her artistic style comes out of admiration for painters like Schiele and Basquiat and has evolved into illustrations with a conceptual twist. Instagram: @artailich. Visit her website here: artailich.wix.com/artilich.