Acts of Bravery by Lois Bradley
Feb26

Acts of Bravery by Lois Bradley

  “Acts of Bravery, Day 1 & 3” by Lois Bradley     It would be easier to allow the current to take me swirling, bobbing about in half-lidded repose. But that is not where my artwork happens. Artwork that means something is not created in a languorous vaccum, but when my mind is tense. Alert. Engaged. Open.   ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   Lois Bradley...

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A Message of Courage, Love and Hope
Jan28

A Message of Courage, Love and Hope

In an AROHO demitasse . . . we spoke about the reality of our bodies making the art that we make. What sheds off. What’s observed through the window-pane. What’s left. What’s still arriving. What the frequency is. Through these words, typed as dusk falls in East England, the sky an indigo tilt, I send you a message of courage, love and hope. For your practice. For your work. For who you are becoming: alongside the...

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So by Martha Andrews Donovan
Jan28

So by Martha Andrews Donovan

  “So” by Martha Andrews Donovan After Shauna Osborn’s Carved Skin                           And I have so many words— —Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior   I.   Here, in the high desert, I am finding my way back to language. I will carry these words on my back. So. I. II. Dear Shauna, I keep circling — how to enter? I have decided to write this as a letter to you. Unformed. Still forming. Four years...

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Letter For Those Who Were Unable to Attend by Bhanu Kapil

  January 11th, 2022   Dear writer-artist-maker-weaver-sculptor:   Hi. This is Bhanu. I tried to make a small video message for you, as an after-gift or invitation, feeling that (yes) sometimes it’s not possible to attend. To arrive. To travel or be there. Something stops the day, or else: work, family duties, the time zone itself. This is the body.   I tried to make a video, but it turns out that I...

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Waves by Kimberly Williams
Jan23

Waves by Kimberly Williams

  “Waves” by Kimberly Williams     Kimberly Williams’ Artist Statement: The ocean and nature is wild and unpredictable, like life. I painted this to remind myself that you can’t control this force. The sea can be rough, choppy, biting, full of predators. But, also calm, warm, glowing, and welcoming.

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