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Founder and Editor of Sparked Magazine, Mario Miotti is a Toronto-based photographer and writer covering festival culture, electronic music, and conscious travel.
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Why Envision is One of the Best Festivals in the World

We have been going to Envision for many years, and it has become one of our favorite festivals anywhere. Every return reminds us why…

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ILLUSTRATIONS- Fairy Tale Worlds by Mercedes Knapp

Mercedes Joy Knapp an illustrator, painter, designer and activist from Michigan, who paintings caught our eye at several festivals. We had to find out…

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Health and Wellness! Kiki Takes us Through the Basics

  Hi! My name is Kiki and I’ve teamed up with Sparked Magazine to bring to you health and wellness insight, recipes and nutritional…

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Turn Cellphones Off, for a Better Connection

Last year I attended Lighting in a Bottle Music & Arts Festival in Bradley, California, for the very first time. I was a Coachella…

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Working for Fun

Indentured servitude is a lot more exciting than it sounds. Nearly every festival provides the opportunity to work on different volunteer teams in exchange…

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Star Stuff… What is a Solar Eclipse?

A total solar eclipse is the act of the moon stealing the sun’s show, completely blocking it out of the sky and turning day…

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ILLUSTRATIONS- Beauty by Brush

Over the past twenty years illustrator, painter and designer Ursula Xanthe Young has become known for her unique flowery urban fairytale illustrations. Graduate of…

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The History of Music Festivals

What is a music festival? Type in Music Festival in Wikipedia and you get this definition, “A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme…

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Somewhere between Nudity and a Onesie

I try to stand up but I cannot find my balance. My happy place has become a nightmare. The main stage at Bass Coast…

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Why Humans Need Festivals

Since the beginning of our evolution, our species has instinctively gathered into groups and villages. There is something in the human psyche that craves…

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