Little Girl Looking in the mirror at what seems unrecognizable, changed, and no longer wilting. For my arms have been injected with ink, skin pricked by needles and poked with metal, a body that has outgrown its former shell yet, it was not out of […]
Category: All Work
“To The Sleepwalkers” Prompt
Dear Over-thinker I have admiration for the way you make a home for hundreds of thoughts that never come to a halt and allow your head to believe them. You hear the words of others while hugging them so tightly to your heart it hurts. […]
Anniversary Poem Draft
Looking in the mirror at what seems unrecognizable, changed, and no longer masked. For my arms have been injected with ink, skin pricked by needles, filled with metal, yet not out of pain nor punishment, but love. The blind hatred that seeped its way in […]
Journal #4
The first artist book that I chose to focus on was the New England Cottontail book. From the first scroll through the options, it caught my eye for multiple reasons and caused me to stop. First off, the color scheme and artwork got me. I […]
Historical Imaging
MLA Citation for image: Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. “Gay Contingent, Vietnam War protest march, New York, November 6, 1971” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d76e44b0-1db9-0137-30dd-375357ba407c
Poem #2
Prompt: What do you do everyday— or on a regular basis? My delicate fingers lift the thin needle in the air and feeling its familiarity. I methodically place it against the rounded disc For I have memorized each groove, the song associated, and tune it […]
Graded Poetry Exercise #1
Prompt #3 To tuck an olive branch away in the corner of my mind leaving the berries to rot and leaves to wilt To spit bitter words and draw back my giving hand allowing hate to fester in its bones To refuse to forgive and […]
Journal #2
I think the concept of “bag stuffing” that is mentioned at the beginning of the chapter is both interesting and important. From the time we are born and through our lives we are conditioned beings. Meaning we are taught by other human beings, typically parens, […]
Journal #1
The most interesting use of the artist book I found in this article was Stephen Willats and his book ‘Taking the Short Cut’. I really enjoyed the idea he brought in regard to social interaction and community engagement. He took one common factor of individuals […]
Poem #1
Prompt: Make a list of the most memorable events in your life. Work from that list to start a poem about one of those events. On the floor of my childhood bedroom lies a pair of beaten-up sneakers their laces shredded and soles worn through […]
