Shane Castaneda and Melonie Weismann, from Volume 2:2

Shane Castaneda, a native of San Diego, California specializing in visual arts, provides the front and back cover art for Volume 2:2. His interests in the visual arts are expansive, a fact reflected in his greatly differing styles. He considers his influences to be all graffiti enthusiasts (living or dead), Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and the sometimes naturally barren, sometimes over-industrialized landscapes of southern California.

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Melonie Weismann provides all of the internal art for Volume 2:2. She craves the texture of oil paints, the click of her camera's moving parts, and the friction of colored pencils on paper. Trained at the University of California at Santa Barbara, her thoughts often revolve around the fertilization of creation within destruction, the power of collective consciousness, and minimalist non-attachment. She enjoys blending the real and the surreal, building bridges between the real world and the dream world for those who don't yet know them as one and the same. A transplant from northern California, Melonie finds inspiration in the foreign flora and barren desert landscapes of the southern region. She is currently focused on designing immersive audiovisual experiences with the Triptych collective in San Diego, California.

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Experience a wide array of artwork in Synesthesia Literary Journal Volume 2:2!