An art instructor, aspiring poet, and mixed media artist, Nicole, creates in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. A gem + mineral enthusiast and consciousness explorer she believes in magic. Nicole is moved by the beauty of the nocturnal sky, astronomical phenomena, metaphysics, and cosmology. Nicole is a practitioner of herbal medicine and an alchemical philosopher who dwells in a derelict apple orchard surrounded by an extensive collection of houseplants and creature companions.

You can keep up with Nicole @NicoleIreneArt on Instagram and Twitter and on her website www.NicoleIreneArt.com

Will McDonald lent our Fall 2020 issue a little piece of the absurd with his story about social media and Lenin and it has had us thinking ever since. 

Will was kind enough to give us a little bit of time recently to pick his brain about books, influences and the writing life.