For Michael Newberry, Freedom to go Anywhere, Figure | Ground Gallery, June 1, 2023, Seattle, WA USA No need for an Oracle to predict the parent dethroned. A collective betrayal: to be outlived, outloved, no matter what we blame on the one who birthed the next generation, even if she bedded a god.
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His Danaë
Posted in Aging, Art, Legends and Mythology, Painting, Women on July 7, 2023 | 1 Comment »
Dark magic
Posted in Girls, Patriarchy, Roe v Wade, Women on May 24, 2023 | 1 Comment »
Vanishing coin, hare pulled by its ears from a hat, the lovely assistant who is disappeared, sawed in half, guillotined, her squeals prelude to applause
To be written
Posted in Art, Florence, History, Women, Writing on February 2, 2023 | 2 Comments »
When we are naked, we are unwritten… We only want to be written.– Orlando White, Discourse I cross cobbled streets, enthralled by street art, modern images adorning walls, utility box covers, traffic signs, there for every passerby, uncontained by museums
Innocent, this need for breath
Posted in Aging, Dreams, Rock formation, Transformation, Women on October 3, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Rousted from buxom dreams, hunched like a tramp, she crept along the thin knife’s edge, then curled, petal-soft, averting pursuit.
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Posted in Protest, Roe v Wade, Women on May 6, 2022 | 4 Comments »
Something is askew. We’re back to imprisonment myths sequestering women who think or act as if they had the right to.