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Issue
DOMINANCE
contributors
jacob sanders
cover, p3, p6
andy evans
p4-5
jacobsandersart.com
andyevansart.com
jason melton
p6-7
meaningfulsports.com
pui yan fong
p8
puiyanfong.com
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“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something,
learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”
-Kurt Vonnegut
SO FIRSTLY, thank you for taking a look at this. Thanks to all the
contributors. They’re really the main reason for the creation of Zaftig.
I wanted to showcase their work, and create an environment to allow
for us all to express ourselves. All of the contributors have their own
venues for their work, but Zaftig serves as a sort of playground for artists and writers. And this thing exists to (hopefully) create a positive,
upward spiral into greatness, connecting talented people along the
way.
So here’s how the zine will work: all work is based on a theme each
month. And all of the contributors interpret the theme from that
point.
A bit about Dominance. It’s something that comes to mind a lot, especially in social interaction. To me, it seems to be the opposition of
love and acceptance. I catch myself some times participating in ‘the
game’ : Talking down to someone, acting like a person of some importance or authority, basically being something I’m not. I try not to, but
it happends. Mostly I catch myself when I’m the person receiving this
treatment, after which I either metaphorically eat out of their hands
or become overwhelmingly defensive. It depends how well someone is
playing the game. I’ve noticed dominance peek its creepy, heated face
in some way into my friendships, career, hobbies, and even my own
inner dialogue. But dominance is an element in human existance that
has heightened our way of life. It’s necessary, it’s progress... It’s an interesting topic, and it, of course, can be interpreted in different ways.
So I gave each contributor the theme and let them go from there. I’m
very pleased with what was created, and here it is.
Jacob Sanders
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