REALmag. is a magazine and website about the beauty of emotions.

In REALmag. authenticity is paramount; ‘mag’ is not only the abbreviation of magazine but also stands for the Dutch word ‘mogen’, translated into English: ‘have the right to’, because you have the right to be authentic! Emotions are inextricably intertwined to authenticity. Why you might ask. In most cases emotions are sincere and authentic. When you think there aren’t many emotions, which would mean REALmag. will soon run out of inspiration, you are wrong. Try to come up with a list of emotions, certainly you will know more then you would have expected before hand. Because there is much to say about every emotion we know, REALmag. will focus on one emotion in every edition.

We’ll start with a tricky one: Shame. In the upcoming editions we will consider negative as well as positive emotions. We don’t particularly like to discuss the emotion ‘shame’. That is exactly the reason why we decided to start our first edition revolving this theme, because once in a while everyone is ashamed of something.  The question is whether it is lucrative to discuss the other person’s shame. This you can decide for yourself. REALmag. at least will give the assist.

REALmag. is a magazine and website about the beauty of emotions.

In REALmag. authenticity is paramount; ‘mag’ is not only the abbreviation of magazine but also stands for the Dutch word ‘mogen’, translated into English: ‘have the right to’, because you have the right to be authentic! Emotions are inextricably intertwined to authenticity. Why you might ask. In most cases emotions are sincere and authentic. When you think there aren’t many emotions, which would mean REALmag. will soon run out of inspiration, you are wrong. Try to come up with a list of emotions, certainly you will know more then you would have expected before hand. Because there is much to say about every emotion we know, REALmag. will focus on one emotion in every edition.

We’ll start with a tricky one: Shame. In the upcoming editions we will consider negative as well as positive emotions. We don’t particularly like to discuss the emotion ‘shame’. That is exactly the reason why we decided to start our first edition revolving this theme, because once in a while everyone is ashamed of something.  The question is whether it is lucrative to discuss the other person’s shame. This you can decide for yourself. REALmag. at least will give the assist.

In the first issue you’ll will see and read work of a.o.: Albert Kokosky (filmer), Benno Vranken (illustrator), Coen Simon (philosopher), Don Sars (photographer), Erwin Kompanje (ethicist), Gert-Jan van den Bemd (artist), Gerard Helder (architect),  Diederik Corvers (typographer), Lisa Jacobs (artist), Marguerite Smit (photographer), Michiel Daverschot (philosopher) and many others…