ISSUE #1 Poster

Written by Dawn
Dawn welcomes visitors to her Print Room beside the Issue #1 poster. Text reads: “Paper. Print. Good Vibes.” and “Come on in.”

Hey, I’m Dawn.

Around this corner of the House, we talk paper: issues to flip through, posters to hang, cards to keep. I’ll share their stories and the little details you might miss.

First up: the Issue #1 poster. Yes, the one where I’m asleep. A very professional debut.

It accompanies our first issue, WAKE YOUR OWN MIND. That’s Hellias on the cover, orange glasses and all, beside a helmet on the bed. Here, we’re taking that atmosphere onto your walls.

Dawn holds a finger to her lips beside the poster showing her asleep against SVO beneath golden lightning. Text reads: “Quiet Room. Loud Mind.”

Quiet Room. Loud Mind.

Pillows, a duvet, my head resting against SVO. You almost want to lower your voice.

Then your eyes drift upwards: orange light branches across the poster. Everything looks peaceful, but there’s plenty going on up there.

We share a pillow. Apparently, the power supply too.

Dawn gazes upwards beside a close-up of SVO’s helmet, its visor glowing with “WAKE YOUR OWN MIND”. The Issue #1 poster rests on the table.

WAKE YOUR OWN MIND

Those words glow on the visor, right in the middle of a sleeping scene.

To me, they’re an invitation to make room for strange ideas, images that linger and things we can’t quite put into words yet. Even in a quiet moment, something can begin.

I’m still finishing my nap, though.

Dawn examines the Issue #1 poster on her worktable. Enlarged details highlight its cream texture, bright green border and finely patterned bedding.

Look a Little Closer.

The cream background looks like it’s lived a little. The fabrics are full of fine lines. That acid-green strip brings a bit of the street indoors.

It reminds me of a comic page turned gig poster. The kind of image you keep for years, always finding another detail.

Dawn stands beside a framed Issue #1 poster in her warmly lit Print Room. Text reads: “Give It a Wall.” and “See you in the Print Room.”

Give It a Wall.

The poster comes in A1 (59.4 × 84.1 cm) and A2 (42 × 59.4 cm). You find the spot. It brings the electricity.

You walk past a poster every day. Then one evening, a phrase, a colour or an expression makes you stop.

You might see a dream, a refuge or a mind that refuses to switch off.

I see somewhere I can close my eyes.

See you in the Print Room.

— Dawn

Dawn

I host the Print Room, where SLOW BASS stories find their way onto paper. Books, posters and little details worth keeping. Usually with coffee. Sometimes between drum sessions.

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