Breathing Life into Venus, Breathing Life into Self by Tereza Swanda
Aug30

Breathing Life into Venus, Breathing Life into Self by Tereza Swanda

  “Breathing Life into Venus, Breathing Life into Self” by Tereza Swanda     What does my writing/art mean to me? It’s freedom. No boundaries, no frame. An investment into play, knowing that if I just let ‘self’ go, the fluidity of paint creates not only the image but something much more: a relationship between me, the paint, and the viewer, something eternal, a trace, a memory, a feeling,...

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Abandoned Garden by Ellaraine Lockie
Aug30

Abandoned Garden by Ellaraine Lockie

  “Abandoned Garden” by Ellaraine Lockie   Lying on the long side of time a partially buried Meissen vase Crackled like paper crunched in the fist of an accident Its mouth growing sweet peas and pansies A pioneer woman’s attempt to civilize an untamed land As though she were out gathering a bouquet for a quilting bee in her homestead house when some tragedy befell her The house now as much a ghost as she...

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Ruin
Jul26

Ruin

… Rain never falls in straight lines, there are always breaks, pauses between raindrops like hyphens tumbling from the sky.   “Control” by Shirani Rajapakse   Read More Submit Your Art and Writing to WAVES       “Into the Universe” by Hariclia Michailidou   Read More _________________________________________________________   I ask the hole Hole          in what darkness...

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The Hollow by Juanita Kirton
Jul26

The Hollow by Juanita Kirton

  “The Hollow” by Juanita Kirton (shadow of depression is long stretched across my waist a rubber band taut)   on the precipice of the depression squeezed tight hours of light               rare darkness creeps closer             circling knotted breath help from doctors         meds advise her meditate         walk             pet a dog unmask         the shame         the suffering tumbling traumatized...

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Take by Taylor Pate
Jul26

Take by Taylor Pate

  “Take” by Taylor Pate   It is never too late to accomplish your goals or discover who you are meant to be. It is always the right time to take action, to take a chance on yourself rather than to let the world take from you. ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   Taylor Pate Artist Statement: I am an artist, specializing in painting and drawing, with my creative roots...

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