“What Does My Art Mean to Me” by Karel Sloane-Boekbinder
She built her wings
out of her cage
fashioned them carefully
from ribs of iron
each rib stripped patiently
rivet by rivet
then reshaped to bend in the wind
no wax was added
she did not need Icarus
to tell her this
fabric instead
patches from
the quilts of her Grandmothers’ resourcefulness
stitched with the precision of her Grandfathers’ hands
she built her wings
out of her cage
scrap by scrap
laced them until
they were fine sturdy things
and then she stood
on the roof of what was left
spread them open
and flew
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Karel Sloane-Boekbinder Artist Statement:
I’m a Big A Artist. My mediums are words (creative nonfiction, poems, scripts, lyrics,) music (singer/songwriter,) performance (poetry, stage and film) visual (painting, photography) and digital (video.). I am a hard-working, outspoken, quirky versatile artist who educates through avant-garde original creative works to purposefully IN-SIGHT. I am a collaborator.
