By Laura Jean Dahl Inspired to combine contrasting ideas, Laura Jean Dahl is a boundary pushing writer, artist, producer and educator. A life-long writer, she now has the time to devote herself fully to the craft of creating compelling literature. Her art has been featured in many shows, including the national Silvermine Guild competition and the international Art Reach competition in Utah. As an American nomad, Laura’s diverse career includes being a back stage tour guide at

...the simplicity of minimalism reduces nature to its basics to reveal the underlying beauty of structure and form.

Macapá city, the capital of Amapá state, is a unique Brazilian city crossed by the Amazon River.

By Francesco Capasso "This work aims to reflect on identity and self-search, a current theme that poses questions. It attempts to break the traditionalist ideology that society often imposes by addressing the self within "nature." Our ancestors founded their values and ideas about race, gender, and sexuality through pre-established and imposed conditions found in nature. Society forces us to identify ourselves within some traditional/perfect/natural categories. Does nature re