To say that i'm a fan of the cut and paste aesthetic is a little bit of an understatement. So this cut and pasted, photocopier as an instrument zine is right up my street. I'm not sucking up but the writitng in this zine is way more insightful than the usual i hate this i hate that i'm cool your not; kind of zine writing i usually read. As i'm writing this i'm literally getting seriously distracted reading the miniature hand written writing on every page of this simply beautiful little thing that is just reality distilled into paper. A real person writing down her woes, her ideas her hopes and dreams. if only the manager of Fuji Xerox could read this. He would understand, he would understand everything.
The thing about paper is: if someone really reads your stuff, or if you make music... if someone really really listens to your music. they read your words then they talk to you about it from the heart. that is why you write, just for that one person... that one person every now and then who really understands. they read it and they say yes i got it . Zines are about conversations they are about working together to create something that can be shared. Something thats actually worth sharing. The more i read of this zine the more i realize that its much deeper than just paper. its history , dreams , hopes , success stories and struggles all beautifully written and laid out. you just have to read it and you will understand. i was thinking 300 copies ? whoa thats a bit wild . . . now i understand . i'm just hoping that the people who get hold of one of these do actually read it all the way to the back. So by the time you get to the disclaimer you pretty much know everything all the heart felt words have been spilt beautifully all over the page. Success Stories is the kind of zine that needs a soundtrack with music, interspersed with silence and space, Much like our lives .
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