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Maya leaned into the reflection, face and forehead swelling, body shrinking away to nothing. There was something disturbing to her about it, a too-apt visual metaphor.
She had read the Bean was actually named Cloud Gate, which also could serve to describe the before-and-after of neuroport installation, romantically regarded. But really it was just a big funhouse mirror. Which was also fitting.
No sooner had this thought passed than another figure loomed behind her, a long white face painted with a big red smile, a bright green derby hat three sizes too small perched on a bald pointy head. She spun around so fast she nearly fell into the Bean.Â
Summer is gone. It had its bodacious way with us, leaving us sticky and hungover by the pool. It’s only now in the percolating days of autumn that we can begin to heal. Within a cocoon of outerwear we can grow our strength and a nice layer of winter marbling against the changing season. For autumn can be a dangerous time, and I’m not just talking flu shots or mold allergies. Simply put, it’s fairy season.
Colorado Festival of Horror returns for their fourth year, fittingly kicking off the 3-day convention of terror on Friday the 13th … ki ki ki, ma ma ma … Bigger, bolder and bloodier than ever before, this independent, volunteered, artist-run fest is bringing in the big guns (or maybe, machetes?) when it comes to their headlining special guests. Her first-ever Colorado con, Pam Grier (Jackie Brown, Escape from L.A., Mars Attacks!, Bones) will grace the stage. And it doesn’t stop there.
Like most other humans navigating the hellscape we call life, I find myself staying up nights and dwelling on incidents that happened many years ago. A few times, I even reached out to the person I wronged and apologized — and every time they either had absolutely no clue what I was talking about, or it just wasn’t that big of a deal to them.
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Birdy Magazine is an independent artist-run publication based in Denver, CO that explores and documents the art and culture of our current time. We believe print is undead and have proved this by publishing a beautifully curated, tangible issue each and every month since January 2014. Highly-collectible and evergreen, we offer an ever-expanding spectrum of visual and written exhibitions, advocating creative exploration of art, comedy and ideas.
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