Issue 8, Spring 2021
Foreword
from “Spirit Animal” by Adam Romano
As the world continues to struggle against COVID-19, Ovis Issue 8 has a decidedly melancholy feel as our artists and writers tackle death, longing and the darkness of the human condition.
Included in Issue 8 are works from Amber Cole, Michael Fleming, Karrissa Goforth, Callen Martin, Lucy Suzanne Nelson, Adam Romano, Jay Vance and Jocelyn Reyes, and Taylor Ware.
Issue 8 marks our first issue without short form pieces, but poetry from Fleming, Goforth, Martin and Ware provide plenty of depth for our readers.
Cole and Romano provide a diverse array of visual art including ceramics, watercolor, photography and digital art.
Finally, thanks to the MCC Flash Film Festival, Ovis branches out into another new medium with two short films from Nelson and duo Vance and Reyes.
Contents
Film
Love Letter to the Pacific Northwest by Lucy Suzanne Nelson
Emergence by Jay Vance and Jocelyn Reyes
Photography
From a Tropical Skyline to a Monochromatic Alleyway by Amber Cole
Poetry
An Unexpected Sunrise by Michael Fleming
In the Waking Hours by Karrissa Goforth
A Coalition of Mentality by Callen Martin
Remembering December by Taylor Ware
Visual Art
Spirit Animal by Adam Romano
Harmony by Amber Cole
Feline Friends by Amber Cole
Self-Portrait by Adam Romano