My Room by Barbara Presnell
“My Room” by Barbara Presnell In sum this work is about: The place where I have space that is mine and only mine, where words and pictures come, where thoughts are past and future, right and left, north and south, up and down, clockwise and counterclockwise. My pup and my pencil guide me. ____________________ Barbara Presnell’s Artist Statement: I call myself an artist with a big A,...
Procrastination as Part of the Process by Gina Moriarty
“Procrastination as Part of the Process” by Gina Moriarty I know I’m acting cowardly when I procrastinate taking a seat at my desk. When I wash dishes that I typically neglect, when I dust my bookshelves and reorder my to-be-read… when I scrub the walls, I know I should be writing. I must face the facts, that my writing process is meant to heal. To process. To forgive. To learn. To make sense of my heart, I...
Come Be With Us En El Jardin
Dear Creative Woman, WE ARE FROM THE DESERT, THE DEEP FOREST, THE CLEARING BY THE RIVER, A UNIVERSE OF SECRET GARDENS. “Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.” — May Sarton “In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.” — Alice Walker “En El Jardin” by Karina Puente,...
Life is Precious by Tonya Russell
“Life is Precious” by Tonya Russell As a creative woman, my deepest need is: to create Tonya Russell Artist Statement: I consider myself an artist, a self-taught photographer with a borrowed camera. Photography is a way for me to connect with a part of myself I have yet to fully find. The world is changing, so am I. Little by little, I am understanding myself. Fragments are coming together and...
Magnolia 3 by Cynthia Yatchman
“Magnolia 3” by Cynthia Yatchman As a creative woman, my deepest need is: to do the work. Cynthia Yatchman’s Artist Statement: I identify as an artist and art instructor. As a former ceramicist, I bring some 3D focus to my 2D work. I primarily make paintings, prints, and collages, often using common latex house paint coupled with ink. These days I work primarily on my own art and do some teaching...
En El Jardin by Karina Puente
“En El Jardin” by Karina Puente, symbol of AROHO’s Global Summer Camp “En El Jardin translates to In The Garden. The Guardian of Imagination is our Guide. Welcome Sisters, Thank you for being here. Today, we appreciate how far we’ve come by enjoying a refreshing drink and refreshing the page. By taking a cool deep breath, in and out, we clear our minds long enough to enter through the...
Writing by Nina Pick
“Writing” by Nina Pick I was jealous of her writing, the only writing I have ever been jealous of. — Virginia Woolf, on Katherine Mansfield I was jealous of her writing, the only writing I have ever been jealous of. I was jealous she was writing, doing the writing I was jealous of. I was jealous that a part of me was writing while the other part was silent. I was jealous of the part that was not writing,...
Out of Chaos by Margarita Cortes
“Out of Chaos” by Margarita Cortes In sum, this work is about: That which is created out of chaos. Margarita Cortes Artist Statement: At nine I rendered photographic sketches, wrote plays in elementary school, and performed with my fellow pianists at the Carnegie hall chamber. I copied Rembrandt paintings and The Blue Boy, with appropriate confidence. Later I choreographed dance performances and taught...
Pandemic Journal #4 by Candace Richerson
“Pandemic Journal #4” by Candace Richerson As a creative woman, my deepest need is: To be remembered. Candace Richerson’s Artist’s Statement: I am a writer I am a poet. I am a journalist. I am an advocate. I am an historian. I capture those moments in collage, narrative, verse and photo. Living quarantined alone, with a project to keep me busy in my isolation. I have four completed journals...
Women Writers by Guliz Mutlu
“Women Writers” by Guliz Mutlu My hand-drawn illustration is dedicated to women writers. I used only pen as if they are writing. Guliz Mutlu’s Artist Statement: Poetess, artist, living in Turkey. As a francophone, she is the author of Les Paroles Saphiques (Les Éditions Apopsix, France, 2011) and four other published books. Her haiku in English are published by The Mainichi, Modern Haiku,...
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