Folks at The Cultural Aether blessed me with a good mail day
when they sent me three of their illustrious zines to review. Writing about
these zines with no accompanying visuals is a challenge: they all feature eye-catching
cut and paste collage mixed with thematic text. The most straightforward in
this collection is The Doomsday Clock,
which is a chronicle from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists of how close we
have come and how close we are to nuclear annihilation. Love and Beauty #1 includes “words
to yearn by” with brief or extended quotes, philosophies, conversational
fragments related to love, beauty, and the angst of relationships. Here’s one
gem: “Immature love says I love you because I need you. Mature love says I need
you because I love you.” The centerpiece of The Cultural Aether #5 includes lyrics to It’s a Beautiful Day’s song
“Time Is”, surrounded by gorgeous clock and hourglass graphics. Each page is a
journey unto itself.
Essential reading.
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