On a cold spring day of clouds and rain, sun takes the form of a new publication–
a poetic collaboration with Floridian author and artist Steve Wing:
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Impermissible Occlusion
BluePrintReview #27:  The Synergetic Transformations Issue
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Instead of offering copious details about
our collaborative process, I’ll give just a hint:

East Coast Yoga, USA
+
West Coast Hot Springs, Canada
=  
Bi-Coastal North American Poem

To unlock the mathematical equation above, click this.

Here are the editor’s recollections on why she published ‘process notes’ in this issue:

Curiosity. It’s the first time that a whole issue of BluePrintReview is focusing on collaborations, and also is open re: format. It’s in some ways the counterpart to the usual issues. I just looked for the original call:

“The next issue of BluePrintReview is dedicated to collaborative works and has different guidelines: usually, the text + image on each page is coming from different submissions. For this issue, they come from one submission – with the submission itself coming from more than 1 person: please submit collaborative works that are combinations of text+image, and if you want, add a note on the process.”

 The issue itself was partly inspired by the collaborations in the previous issues (listed at the bottom of the “Re: Synergy” page ) With each of those, I wondered how it had come together. What had been the starting point – an image? A line? How had it all come together?” So I added the invite to send notes.

 — Dorothee Lang

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The entire issue is filled with synergy: collaborative words and images from a global cast of creators. In each case, process notes are included alongside the publication. Click on the names of individual contributors for their work(s) in collaboration:

Michelle Elvy, Walter Bjorkman, Robin Susanto, Karyn Eisler, Jónas Knútsson, Claudia Grace, 
Ron Kostar (2), Mary Duffy, Paddy Barry, Christian Tuempling, Rose Hunter, Steve Wing (2), 
Dorothee Lang, Marcus Speh, Catherine Davis, Roland Goity, Mary Alexandra Agner, Peg Duthie,
Daniela Elza (2) (3), Christi Kramer, Cliff Tisdell, Lynne Shapiro, Jeanne Krabbendam, Stacey Dye, 
Jean Brasseaur, Dianna Stark, Michael K. White, John Sibley Williams, Staci M. Cole, Kimy Martinez, 
Susan Gibb, Carianne Mack Garside, Steve Ersinghaus, Al Rempel, Joanna Smythe, Abha Iyengar, Gopal M.S.,
Judith McNally, Rosemary Lombard, Lynn Alexander, Michael Solender, Farfel Lombard,
Arlene Ang, Sam Rasnake, Cheryl Dodds