RACHEL JADE REES

RACHEL JADE REES

A surreal artistic collage featuring a woman in red surrounded by deer against a backdrop of bare tree branches, illustrating themes of transformation and wilderness connection from the magical realist short story "The Roar"

The Roar: A Magical Realist Short Story

July 18, 2025
Short Fiction Magical Realism New Zealand Fiction

A woman's solo bike journey through New Zealand's wilderness becomes a transformative encounter with predators, protectors, and primal power. Read this haunting magical realist short story.

A Room of One's Own

Finding Creative Space: A Room of One’s Own

October 27, 2023
Everyday Philosophy Technology

What does it mean to have a room of one's own? On the surface, it is something tangible, but as I've now learned, it's so much more...

Same but Different 1

Same but Different – a paper Collage made with love

September 2, 2023
Collage

A recent collage, made for a dear friend who is undergoing treatment for bowel cancer.

durer

Thanks Dürer for inspiring me to make this hand cut collage

February 3, 2023
Collage Artists who Inspire

My first paper collage for 2023