Tattoo Art
Nando waited three years for his first client
When Nando opened his first tattoo shop in Seoul, nobody came. “For about three years after I opened, there were no clients,” he told the Korean paper eToday…
16 Oct 2026Read the storyLatest on GigDay
Painting
What Adel draws is something only she can create
Adel remembers fumbling through the entire transaction. It was the first painting she had ever sold, and it was difficult to let go of. “I couldn’t believe it was actually…
8 Oct 2026Read the story
Storytelling
Kyle Neo swapped drama for dharma
Kyle Neo never considered himself a writer, let alone one who writes about the Dharma. “Growing up, I struggled with academics, but excelled in asking the…
8 Oct 2026Read the story
Film Direction
Some ideas take years. This one took fifteen.
About fifteen years ago, Auggie imagined a film about the environmental disaster we were heading towards. Then he went back to making other people’s films — commercials for the…
5 Oct 2026Read the story
Band
One gig alone taught ILLUMINARI to make their own sound
The first time ILLUMINARI had to play a gig alone, without their musicians or their producer, they learned something they had not expected. They liked it. The gig, says vocalist…
5 Oct 2026Read the story
Magic
For Pyongyang, Mr Bottle changed one trick
One of Wee Kien Meng’s regular acts uses a torn newspaper. In April 2018, getting ready to perform in Pyongyang, he looked at that trick and thought again. “I think that may be…
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