Writer and Artist, Ronnie Angel Pope, is currently based in Cardiff. Her work considers themes of pilgrimage and the 'honoring' of place, whist crafting narrative surrounding the inanimate world and its interaction with the human sphere. This exploration of a co-dependent relationship between the 'human' and 'the other' is done so with emphasis on the narrative voice …
ART: Lovable Sun Dreams
Loveable Sun Dreams mashes up reality to create surrealistic pillows of electronic canvas, for the heads of weary eyes to lie upon. Within the spare time of the artist, a dice will roll inside the mind and something random will be generated. Ambitions of the creations are to release dopamine in the dope mind. If …
POETRY: Straw Man and Co.
Abeer Ameer lives in Cardiff, is originally from Iraq, was made in England like the blue Cortina. She writes poetry and her work has appeared in Writing Our Lives anthology, Roath Writers anthology, The Cardiff Review online, Mslexia Little Ms, and I Am Not A Silent Poet blog. I found Straw Man sitting with his friends …
POETRY: Walking into View and Black Dog Days by Alyson Hallett
I met [Lumin editor] Beau at a meditation at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. I was there with my fifth migrating stone - which is part of a project called The Migration Habits of Stones where I take stones around the world with a line of poetry carved into them. I've written a few books too. My …
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FILM: Jake Griffiths – Embryo
Jake Griffiths is a musician, writer and visual artist from Barry. He has been posting his work online since 2010. This piece is a visualisation of the experience of an animalistic alien in a womb. It was created by layering footage that was collected between 2009-2017
ART: Gregory Rourke
The artist Gregory Rourke is based in Los Angeles, California. His work is heavily inspired by Rock and Roll, Symbolism, ancient mysticism, and the abstract expressionist movement. Inner alchemy and outer transcendence are fluid themes found throughout the work to find the liminal space between light and darkness. His art is a journey into the mysterious …
ART: Hannah Carter
Hannah Carter is an English graduate currently living in Swansea. Since graduating from Cardiff University in 2016, she has completed an internship with The Cardiff Review. Her biggest passions are film photography, illustration and cats. More of her photography can be found at fromtheedges.co.uk In these pictures, taken at Tintern Abbey and the surrounding area, …
ART: Étude by Tomos Morris
Tomos Morris is a graduate from Bath Spa University with a BA in History and English Literature. He has taken a year out from further study and currently lives in Cardiff to pursue writing aspirations. His current interests are ideas on abstraction, minimalism, and empty space. This piece is the result of my exploration in …
ART: Becca Moody
Becca Moody is from Birmingham, currently studying philosophy at Cardiff University. She has a love for Monet, playing piano, watching stand-up comedy and runs her own comedy site, MoodyComedy. She has written for The British Comedy Guide, The Velvet Onion and Fest. My favourite thing to paint has always been natural landscapes and so I …
POETRY: Amethyst by Beau William Beakhouse
Beau William Beakhouse is a writer currently residing in Cardiff. Having dropped out of university in response to its systemic, limited way of teaching the arts, he now co-edits Lumin and intends to start his own creative space. He is particularly interested in metaphysics, spirituality, mystery and art, and has been published in Tŷ Celf, Quench Magazine …
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