The first issue of the Second Renaissance Magazine on the theme of Impermanence. Over forty-four gorgeous A4 pages you'll find poems, images, dreams, stories and ideas.

Like a old big oak tree rotting from the inside. Modernity is a tree that we have adored and cherished. Like a divinity dying, as it falls to the ground, it leave a big empty space in the dark forest. As light comes in a new future is budding. The Second Renaissance Magazine on Impermanence showcase the voices of the emerging future through visual art, poetry, essays and stories. This issue helps us navigate our relationship with the impermanent nature of life.

We don't want to just talk about civilizational renewal, we want to make it happen. We want to make this new culture come to life. What better way to birth a new cultural paradigm than through art?

Contributors to this first issue include:

• Sylvie Barbier (Curator, Editor, Writer, Artist)
• Chang Yu Ling (Artist)
• Ateyan Barbier Pollock (Artist)
• Ari Kuschnir (Artist)
• Luc Waring (Artist)
• John Oliver (Artist, Writer)
• Paz Perlman (Artist)
• Schuyler Brown (Artist, Writer)
• Carlo Tedeschi (Artist)
• Jote Lamar (Artist, Writer)
• Stephen Batchelor (Artist, Writer)
• Valérie Duvauchelle (Writer)
• Lindsay Branham (Writer)
• Liam Kavanagh (Writer)
• Boaz Feldman (Writer)
• Brother Pham Hanh (Writer)
• Ivo Jurian Mensch (Writer)
• Marc Santolini (Writer)
• Jamie Bristow (Writer)
• Peter Limberg (Writer)
• Rufus Pollock (Writer)