Cleaning The Octopus

Cleaning The Octopus

Flat of palm, then fine-boned fingers break the mirror surface, beckon the creature below to let go its hold on the rough stone. Slowly its knobby arms open exposing the mouth to receive hand’s offering. That’s how it begins, the dance. Tentacle tips curl around pale...

For The Women Of Afghanistan

They seem to be flying, their burquas black wings as they speed from one sand-colored house to the next, dark angels bringing light. They sit with the other women, faces uncovered. Don’t be afraid – it is your duty to vote, they tell themselves and each other. What is...
This Earth, This Body

This Earth, This Body

Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: Kelsay Books (September 7, 2022) “We are not this flesh we call ourselves…/this seeming solid self only the sounding bell.//Yet the world’s beauty is ours/to bear, and the austere does not call.” Exactly. Again and again in this...

Jackie Abrams: 45 Years of Making

On May 29th a new show goes up––a particularly important one––at Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts. Titled “Jackie Abrams: 45 Years of Making” it brings together basketry from Abrams’ many series over her lifetime, from her early years of traditional...