a handful of ocean
If you are not the free person you want to be you must find a place to tell the truth about that. To tell how things go for you. Candor is like a skein being produced inside the belly day after day, it has to get itself woven out somewhere. You could whisper down a well. You could write a letter and keep it in a drawer. You could inscribe a curse on a ribbon of lead and bury it in the ground to lie unread for thousands...
Six Objects by M. Talu
“Six objects I can’t seem to get rid of though I don’t like them all that much” by M. Talu The box with the frog After I left home, my mother would mail me the tiniest of flower buds every so often from her home altar. She opened and closed each day at that altar, which housed pictures and statuettes of select deities of the Hindu pantheon. She had different altar rituals depending on the day of the week and...
Kith, Kin + Smoke Trails by Alexa Wheeler
“Kith, Kin + Smoke Trails” by Alexa Wheeler Being part of the AROHO circle means contributing my voice to a larger, evolving archive of women’s creativity, experience, and collective memory. I am drawn to the idea that our individual stories, however different, become part of something greater when brought together. ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here...
Mindful by Mac Morrison
“Mindful” by Mac Morrison We are never So mindful Of the beauty In this world As when we are In danger Of losing it. A diagnosis A death, A parting… Waves designed by Sheer magnitude To take our Breath away… Submerge us Gasping for air, Designed To shake us from Mindlessness and Beckon us To the savoring Of each infinite And yet fleeting Point in eternity And we experience As if for the First time The...
Ode to Georgia O’Keeffe by Nancy Iannitelli
“Ode to Georgia O’Keeffe” by Nancy Iannitelli ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here Nancy Iannitelli Artist Statement: I define myself as a lifelong visual artist, painter, sculptor, and creative spirit. For more than five decades, art has been the constant thread connecting my curiosity, experiences, and desire to communicate. My work moves freely...
