Soft Stir Magazine Issue 2

Soft Stir is an independent, Sydney-based publication examining philosophies, culture, art and music through the eyes of diverse emerging Australian creatives.

Issue 02: Stories of Healing brings together writers, poets, artists, illustrators, and photographers to collaborate, experiment, and reflect on what healing means for themselves and the world around us.

Find: An interview between Ayebatonye Abrakasa and cover star Genesis Owusu on learning to sit within the flames of race, identity and anger. Ben Freeman pens a love letter to the queer rite of passage, the STI clinic. Lucia Tường Vy Nguyễn and Amy Kennett’s collaborative essay and photographic exploration of salving trauma through dreams. A moving response to the Black Summer bushfires by acclaimed poet, Dakota Feirer. A painted series by Tiarna Herczeg captures the longing of living off-Country. A hilariously absurdist script by the dynamic duo, Garden Reflexxx.