Greg Francis is a member of shy kids, a band of filmmakers from Toronto. Interview by Rebeccah Love Rockets, released in 2015 What non-musical art forms do you look to for inspiration in your own practice? the first place I go to when looking for inspiration is the movies. there's just something so magical about capturing light and watching it flicker on the big screen. films have so many elements to them: the soundtrack, camera work, production design, editing…something's bo

Conor Casey is a Toronto-based screenwriter and illustrator. His films have played at Sundance and SXSW. He's worked with Vince Vaughan, MTV, HBOGo, and Letterkenny. He's currently working on an Italian sitcom called "New School." Follow him on instagram @conorcaseyart

Patrick Cederberg is a member of shy kids, a band of filmmakers from Toronto. Interview by Rebeccah Love the shy kids launched their new music video, 'the middle', this week. How can visual imagery heighten the experience of music? To me, an exceptional song (or in rare but exciting cases, an entire album) has the power to take me on a very affective journey - through emotional ups and downs, the building and release of tension, like an inhale and exhale and a visceral non-co

EA Douglas is a multidisciplinary artist living in Toronto. She helps run The Sophisticated Boom Boom reading series & fears dropping books in the bath. Follow her on Instagram @pinkcentaur. Interview by Rebeccah Love What were your interactions with poetry like in your youth? Do you remember any poems you studied in school? In Grade 6 we were expected to memorize "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service. I had neither the patience nor the home life to pull it off –

Walter Woodman is a member of shy kids, a band of filmmakers from Toronto. Interview by Rebeccah Love What kind of creative activities do you remember from your childhood? I remember playing with toys quite a bit. making movies with lego men and action figures. I was home alone a lot so I just remember doing this. How did art-making play a role in your teenage years? I was in a highschool band called the castros. with our hit song amy that rhymed “amy” with “the same-y”. I d

Peggy Lampotang is a writer, photographer, and an artist. She lives in Toronto. Her most recent book, Island Lovers, is a collection of evocative poems and photographs on the island of Mauritius, where she was born. Her first novel, The Coral Heart, is a historical fiction about a young Chinese boy's journey as a shopkeeper in Mauritius. Her non-fiction writing has been published in Canada in The Globe and Mail and in college textbooks by Nelson Education. For more info on he

Jessica Popeski is a Classical Voice and Creative Writing graduate of Brandon University, where she was awarded the Silver Medal in Creative Arts for her thesis, Big Sky. Sickle Moon. Her poetry has been published internationally in Acta Victoriana, The Cadaverine, carte blanche, The Irish Literary Review, Canvas Magazine, Boston Poetry, Room, Leaf Press, The Nervous Breakdown, Hart House Review, The Windsor Review, Harbinger Assylum, Dusie, and more. A recipient of the Ontar