I once published a book called This I Believe. I pulled it from the market in 2017 and decided to revise the contents. Instead of putting it back on the market as a second edition, I published it as my perzine, Fragments.
Fragments is where I share my world - an insight into my highly unconventional (and often controversial) life as an introvert. I focus on sharing my stories, ideas, and feelings about all kinds of random things that interest me. I am keen on writing in a sincere way that allows me to share even my deepest heart’s emotions, as I am quite an emotional being. This is where I sit down and open my heart. This is where I write things too hard to speak aloud. This is where I turn the music up. This is where I tell you my dreams. This is where I tell the truth. This is where I tell you all that I know. This is where I cry. This is where I find grace. This is where I talk to strangers. This is where I share my sorrows, my pain, my fears, my doubts, and my rants. As well as my love, my happiness, my joys, my peace, my pleasures, my hopes, my poetry, and my treasures in life. This is where I work things out, heal, express, refresh, remember and document.
Creating zines is one of the many ways I channel my creativity, and it’s a platform away from the ordinary and mundane. In this space, I can bathe you in metaphors and symbols, idealism, and beauty. I like to think of it as a way of connecting on a somewhat quantum level. I always have a lot to share and doing so lets me express everything I can offer to add value to your life. I hope you are inspired to embrace freedom and contentment through your own deep need to express yourself authentically.
Fragments is where I share my world - an insight into my highly unconventional (and often controversial) life as an introvert. I focus on sharing my stories, ideas, and feelings about all kinds of random things that interest me. I am keen on writing in a sincere way that allows me to share even my deepest heart’s emotions, as I am quite an emotional being. This is where I sit down and open my heart. This is where I write things too hard to speak aloud. This is where I turn the music up. This is where I tell you my dreams. This is where I tell the truth. This is where I tell you all that I know. This is where I cry. This is where I find grace. This is where I talk to strangers. This is where I share my sorrows, my pain, my fears, my doubts, and my rants. As well as my love, my happiness, my joys, my peace, my pleasures, my hopes, my poetry, and my treasures in life. This is where I work things out, heal, express, refresh, remember and document.
Creating zines is one of the many ways I channel my creativity, and it’s a platform away from the ordinary and mundane. In this space, I can bathe you in metaphors and symbols, idealism, and beauty. I like to think of it as a way of connecting on a somewhat quantum level. I always have a lot to share and doing so lets me express everything I can offer to add value to your life. I hope you are inspired to embrace freedom and contentment through your own deep need to express yourself authentically.
Each issue is half-sized, black and white, and 20 pages. Shipping is free! I ship first-class, next day, local and international. If your order does not arrive within one week, please contact me. I also accept trades.
Issue 1
$4.00
Contents: On how I see God, On appreciating God, On growing closer to God, On God's faithfulness in my life, On how God won my heart
Issue 2
$4.00
Contents: On surviving trials and tribulations, On serving God without fear, On God's power to humble, On God comforting my heart, On God giving hope, On keeping God's word, On being compassionate, On meditating on goodness, On being with or against God, On suffering with humility, On the measure of faith, On heartfelt confession, On the redemptive power of reconciliation, On loving one another, On being baptized into grace, On quantum physics, On the tree of knowledge, Lost within my own world (poem), She cried (poem)
Issue 3
$4.00
Contents: On lust as the root of sin, On faith that supersedes logic, On demons disguised as aliens, On my trouble with friendships, On my struggles to overcome stress, On how I have dealt with loneliness, On feeling like an outcast, On reaching the top of my mountain, On rising above judgment and criticism, On recovering from hardship with dignity, On the wisdom gained from life's hardships, On being accepting of myself, On embracing my true self, On accepting and loving myself, On discovering my stumbling blocks, On how I feel about my past, On learning to meet my own needs, Lone soldier (poem), Awkward (poem)
Issue 4
$4.00
Contents: On God revealing who I am, On God's communication, On God's guidance, On the concept of time, On my issues with women and vanity, On learning to keep anxiety low, On advice for my future self, On what I value in friendships, On forgiveness and faith, On looking forward to healing, On what I value most, On observations of human behavior, On being careful of who to trust, On consistency and healthy relationships, On following my heart, On truly loving only one person, On why love at first sight doesn't exist, The fantasy we live (poem)
Issue 5
$4.00
Contents: On genuine intentions, On morality and compassion, On emotions and creativity, On understanding the bigger picture of life, On parenting priorities, On being fearlessly unapologetic, On loving yourself, On being happier in life, On journaling as therapy, On sexual abuse, On my military discharge, On running away from home, On being in foster care, Free handwriting analysis (advert)
Issue 6
$4.00
Contents: My INFJ profile, My enneagram personality type 4: the individualist, My secondary enneagram personality type 9: the peacemaker, On becoming a Christian, On being suicidal as a teen, Painful memories (poem), Feel what I feel (poem), The games we play (poem), Taken granted for (poem), Sometimes (poem), To protect my heart (poem), All for nothing (poem), My Jesus (poem), Come and gone (poem), Farewell my dear (poem)
Issue 8
$4.00
On my journey through high school, On fragments of Jean, Praise to a fellow journal writer, On chapter 2 notes of listen to me satan, On God's empowering love, On Tony Robbins videos, On trusting the King James Version Bible, On how becoming homeless changed me, On what it means to bear fruit for God, photography, colored pencil drawing, quotes, postcard expressions mail art call
Reviewed by Sea Green Zines
Fragments is a ½ fold black and white text-only (except the covers) perzine about a number of different life thoughts and subjects.
Right from the get go, Fragments gives you a look into their life and thoughts with a writing voice that is unflinching and confident. I was just as fascinated by their writing voice as I was by what had been written. The intensity I thought may have been reserved for the intro ended up carrying all the way through. I was taken in by this interesting combination of strength of conviction and thought alongside admitting they are still learning and growing.
From their annoyance about empty words, to creativity, to parenting, Fragments covers a lot of subjects big and small in mostly short sections. I had to smile as I increasingly got the feeling that Fragments likes documentaries – even sharing notes on one of them in one section.
I get the impression that Fragements is someone who doesn’t just think that people can be and do better – they know it. There are no illusions about what people often are, and yet there is this impression of realistic optimism about the potential of people – including Fragments.
I must confess that there is a section of the zine that I wasn’t able to read because of my own stuff, but I admire the bravery in being able to share what one has been through. There’s also mention of physical abuse as well, but it’s not explored to the same degree.
Fragments Issue 5 was an intense (in many ways), interesting zine about many different life moments. If you want to check out a perzine by someone with a strong writing voice and don’t mind the content warnings, definitely check out this zine.
PS. Fragments also offers free handwriting analysis, which sounds really cool to me.
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