Explore Collective Magazine Articles By Topic
Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the Comox Valley Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.
![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: JO PAYNE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Jo is a Comox-based artist with a passion for exploring colour, texture, and light. Using primarily acrylics, ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MATT NEWFIELD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.jpg)
Nature has always been a key part of Matt’s life. Growing up on Vancouver Island has given him countless mountains ...
![Explore by Topic BELTANE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
Curled against you under the night sky
your touch reminds me
that my flesh is made
from the spark and dust
of ...
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![Explore by Topic ON THE SHARP EDGE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Sharp-Edge_Header-400x284.jpg)
A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of observers who press their ...
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![Explore by Topic AIMING FOR ZERO](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Aiming-Zero_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it transforms from one state to ...
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![Explore by Topic THE CURVE OF TIME](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Curve-Time_Header-400x284.jpg)
I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants tucked in among the ...
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![Explore by Topic TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Turning-Down-Temp_Header-400x284.jpg)
The second in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...
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![Explore by Topic THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Where_Header-400x284.jpg)
Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle swoops low across ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ART OF THE ARCHTOP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_What_Header-400x284.jpg)
Musical wizardry is something I’ve always admired, and after meeting Comox Valley luthier (guitar maker) Wyatt ...
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![Explore by Topic NO FEAR OF FALLING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Who_Header-400x284.jpg)
GALLERY PHOTOS BY COLTON WILS
& TOM LAPLANTE
Throughout history, humans have been fascinated–even ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: JO PAYNE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Jo is a Comox-based artist with a passion for exploring colour, texture, and light. Using ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MATT NEWFIELD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.jpg)
Nature has always been a key part of Matt’s life. Growing up on Vancouver Island has given him ...
![Explore by Topic BELTANE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
Curled against you under the night sky
your touch reminds me
that my flesh is made
from the ...
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![Explore by Topic ON THE SHARP EDGE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Sharp-Edge_Header-400x284.jpg)
A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of ...
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![Explore by Topic AIMING FOR ZERO](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Aiming-Zero_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it ...
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![Explore by Topic THE CURVE OF TIME](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Curve-Time_Header-400x284.jpg)
I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants ...
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![Explore by Topic TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Turning-Down-Temp_Header-400x284.jpg)
The second in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...
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![Explore by Topic THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Where_Header-400x284.jpg)
Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ART OF THE ARCHTOP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_What_Header-400x284.jpg)
Musical wizardry is something I’ve always admired, and after meeting Comox Valley luthier ...
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![Explore by Topic NO FEAR OF FALLING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol22_Who_Header-400x284.jpg)
GALLERY PHOTOS BY COLTON WILS
& TOM LAPLANTE
Throughout history, humans have been ...
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