'Extreme dehydration prevents the body from producing tears. Please saturate these thirsty vessels. Let them cry.'

Cover text piece of the No Jobs In The Arts Zine #7 - find out more: https://www.nojobsinthearts.co.uk/projects/issue-7/

'This is our plea to sustain an empathetic ecosystem.'

Featuring early-career creatives linked to the Midlands, UK: Issie Martin (Cover), Jessica Rose Lees, Adam Wynn, Mandeep Dhadialla and Planet Brill. Project supported by: Grand Union, Brutwood, Dizzy Ink and community donations.

Interview:

Why did you choose to share this?
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‘Simply it goes back to sharing is caring! By sharing and communicating my own fears for ecological loss, I hope that it prompts others around me to care enough to take action.’

How can we saturate our vessels?
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‘Tips for Saturation:

- Consume knowledge

- Share thoughts through conversation

- Get outside! Experience our changing environment

- Overflow with emotion’

If I can’t cry, what does this mean?
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‘The oceans have risen and you must be sat underwater. It’s too late.’

June 2023