One of the many many things that is cool about being a writer who works with designers is seeing the interaction that often happens between text and design. I’ve always been interested in the visual quality of words, how linguistic and visual languages inform and sculpt each other, and how the brain responds to both.

Additionally, there is no more rewarding experience than to inspire and collaborate with other artists. It’s no fun to just fly solo, though it’s an easy trap to fall into as a creative writer. It’s months of you and your work on one piece, with very little collab or outside attention, and then what? Maybe if you’re lucky, 100 people will read your sonnet in a literary magazine. Or you’ll be Maya Angelou. That’s the scale.

Anyhoo, I love Born Magazine. It’s an online literary magazine but its key differential is the flash design that is ascribed to each individual piece. Artists are paired with writers to collaborate on a word/visual poem. Their new issue is out and I’m analyzing it as we speak. Check it.