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Ceramic / wood water / stones - made complete with secret compartments

My narratives are subconscious figures; actors, enigmatic

while enveloped within layers of a world, within

For National Writing Project's Write Across America: Baltimore Found poem from artist statement of Richard Cleaver https://richardcleaverartist.com/gallery

Perhaps it's the face forming first, thumbprints and fingertips pressed against a softening surface where clay eyes closed reveal themselves, caught in a moment of thought and wonder, born to a thundering world, but forged in quiet

for NWP Write Across America: Baltimore inspired by the art of Paula Whaley https://www.yahoo.com/video/studio-artist-paula-whaley-144548517.html

Sit still, please, so we might borrow your dreams

the snap of a button on a tintype camera completes the scene

In this space, as past and present collide in memory,

the ferrotypist morphs metal into magic; a moment on a screen

for NWP Write Across America: Baltimore inspired by the work of Elena Volkova https://youtu.be/5tkhkrIDBTE?si=5FNiDINDpAwtSNBV&t=199

In The Words of Ernest Shaw Jr.

There is no word for art: it's all one vibe, one rhythm, one energy surrounded by art

and what I do – I stand on the shoulders of others who have done it before me

to create work that connects with people

to communicate that which is very difficult to communicate

that's the work

for NWP Write Across America: Baltimore remix using transcript of visual artist Ernest Shaw Jr https://www.pbs.org/video/the-dig-ernest-shaw-jgi2iy/

In the moment of the middle of each falling rain drop

time stops

but we continue on

With beads bursting forth, connecting colors, strung strong to create a scene of those from the edges - it's what artists make, connecting colors bursting forth, with beads

for Write Across America: Baltimore inspired by the bead work of Joyce J. Scott https://vimeo.com/184008126

Verging on collapse, barren tree branches muster strength against this snow

Atop the mountain, a single tree grips the rock with roots, tightening

for Daily Haiku

Some branches bear weight of night storms that come along, while others, collapse

for Algot

A tale like this, scrolled and cranked by hand across the screen,

requires attention

— not to mention what must go on behind the scenes —

it's always moving forward, slowly, boldly, bringing us the story in shadowed circular motion

—inspired by “Francis Whitmore's Wife” – a Crankie Shadow Puppet Show by Katherine Fahey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYrNBbVqQGE

as part of #writeacrossamerica