thistle magazine

thistle magazine, n. an experience of the infinite variety & intimacy of life; an atlas of souls, past and present.

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Wassily Kandinsky, Composition V (1911).

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... the other arts can also be sensuous, if only they will look to music, not to ape its effects but to borrow its principles as a "pure" art, as an art which is abstract because it is almost nothing else except sensuous.

Clement Greenberg, Towards a Newer Laocoön (1940).

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dear Thistle team, it saddens me to see you go, but I will continue to cherish the little spark of magic you set in my heart. for the grand finale, do you think you can make it possible to purchase your very first issue in print? I'd love to have a complete series sit on my shelf. with my best wishes for your future, a long-time admirer

thank you for your kind words. we are sad to be ending Thistle too. we would love to make the very first issue available in print & will aim to do so very soon! <3

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James Melia Photography

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Thistle's Final Issue & Extended Submissions

After much thought, the Thistle team has decided that the SYMPHONY Issue will be our last. We appreciate the tremendous support over the last 5 years and have enjoyed looking over thousands of submissions and connecting with so many talented people. To say goodbye, we really want to make th

Friends, we have a bittersweet announcement for you. SYMPHONY will indeed be our final issue, but we have also extended the submission deadline. We’d love to hear all about the songs and sounds of your heart for our fall/winter issue. Send us your artwork, photography, poetry, and prose. Submissions are now open until November 10.

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What are you waiting for? We want to hear your song. 

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playlist concepts

you’re in an old car, driving away from your home towards a new adventure, drinking iced coffee with the love of your life in the passenger’s seat, planning where you’re going to stop to see the sunset, and dreaming your adventure to be something amazing

you’re in your best friend’s room, blasting music, singing along to all the words, venting about the latest asshole in your life and commenting on the inevitability of heartbreak and now you’re actually free of the expectations of assholes

you’re sitting by a camp fire, it’s cold and a little windy and you’re drinking mulled apple cider and you can hear your friends laughing in the backgroud, but all that you can focus on is the fire and the feeling that you were meant to be doing something bigger

you can’t sleep, you’re on the verge of tears, and all you can think about is the melancholy ache in the pit of your stomach and how there’s a haunting melody filled with acoustic guitars that you can’t place your finger on

blasting music through the car stereo, wearing cheap sunglasses with your hair down, turning down the road towards the ocean and screaming the words in time with the music so loud with the only intention that even the sea could hear your words

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throisma (θρόισμα)

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Thistle's Final Issue & Extended Submissions

After much thought, the Thistle team has decided that the SYMPHONY Issue will be our last. We appreciate the tremendous support over the last 5 years and have enjoyed looking over thousands of submissions and connecting with so many talented people. To say goodbye, we really want to make th

Friends, we have a bittersweet announcement for you. SYMPHONY will indeed be our final issue, but we have also extended the submission deadline. We’d love to hear all about the songs and sounds of your heart for our fall/winter issue. Send us your artwork, photography, poetry, and prose. Submissions are now open until November 10.

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from an old issue 🌸 submissions are still open for a little while and we need your wonderful art ! #thistlemag #thistlemagazine #literarymagazine #artwork #photography #submissions http://ift.tt/2ym1luK

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On music and magic in the everyday

I aim to connect the two [music and magic] as often as possible, and have better results some times than others… I try to find the right song to play in my house in my daily life — or in the car or wherever — to join with that moment and elevate it, without being aggressive or too passive. I would say this search is with me non-stop. If it’s in concert-going or dancing in a club or preparing music for people, I try my best to merge the two.

Björk (one of the greatest magicians practicing today)

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↳ musical aesthetics ; rent 

to days of inspiration playing hookey, making something out of nothing the need to express- to communicate, 

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