Readers,

Each month, ArtSloth is a little love letter to creativity, a chance to pause and step into the worlds artists build for us. This issue drifts between the poetic and the powerful.

Liu Chen (Liễu), an interdisciplinary artist, transforms chaotic thought into layered visual poetry, exploring the shift between the digital and the deeply personal. Valerie Syposz, a printmaker, takes us deep into the evolving language of hand-crafted printmaking across continents. Irfan Ajvazi offers quiet, intimate moments suspended in time, crafting atmospheric scenes that blur memory, time, and place. Nazia Naureen, balancing art with life on the medical frontline, channels raw human emotion through textured abstraction, creating deeply resonant layers on canvas. Rounding out the issue, Kateryna Aleksandrova blends classical technique and symbolism to create soulful paintings that feel timeless yet alive.