Kamika Cooper and Urmilla Khanna
Kamika Cooper “my healer” digital photography/illustration response Art and Science in Medicine By Urmilla Khanna Inspiration piece “Jonathan has an earache?” I said in a half-angry voice as I took an emergency …
Shalini Rana and Diane Mayr
Shalini Rana and Diane Mayr
Diane Mayr “Risible” Inspiration piece Failing Sunburst By Shalini Rana Response The first laugh I loved galloped in a broken body: Brother’s silent open-mouthed grin, ready to swallow me whole in a sea of small …
KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Seth Leamer
KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Seth Leamer
Seth Leamer Inspiration piece Kaorog’s Companion By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Kaorog regarded his tentacles. They were turning purple. Whereas that hue was lovely, it was, simultaneously, an indicator of …
Jennifer Fendya and Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya and Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya “Unmasked, and kisses” (digital photo, 2020) Response Care and Concern in the Time of Quarantine By Jenny Forrester Inspiration piece You ask, “Can I get you anything at Costco?” and …
Jenny Forrester and Jennifer Fendya
Jenny Forrester and Jennifer Fendya
Jennifer Fendya “HIHOWRU” (Digital Photo, 2013) Inspiration piece A Friend Flattened My Narrative ByJenny Forrester Response We’re walking along the creek. He’s just had chemo. He never complains, mid-western, older white man. …
Jay Young Gerard and Lisa Nielsen
Jay Young Gerard and Lisa Nielsen
Jay Young Gerard “Golda” Response Another walk, alone By Lisa Nielsen Inspiration piece I saw a rose half buried in the sand and it still haunts me was this a love letter to …
Lisa Nielsen and Jay Young Gerard
Lisa Nielsen and Jay Young Gerard
Jay Young Gerard “Threadbare” Inspiration piece thoughts while twirling angel hair By Lisa Nielsen Response it’s been a long time since i’ve let anything marinate overnight soaked in garlic, parsley, lemon intoxicating the house is …
Marilyn Ackerman
and Kathleen Finn Jordan
Marilyn Ackerman
and Kathleen Finn Jordan
Marilyn Ackerman Response Flatten the Curve By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration Piece This dark and cloudy day in time of isolation Mimics the inward – outward silence As all stay in to …
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Marilyn Ackerman
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Marilyn Ackerman
Marilyn Ackerman “Covid Cat” Inspiration piece Covid Cat By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response Covid Cat – copiously churlish The haunting harmonies of the chanting birds and rustling trees Usually his music of the …
Dominic Mazzilli and Amy Souza
Dominic Mazzilli and Amy Souza
Amy Souza Inspiration piece Dominic Mazzilli Response Mad, Crazed, Insane, a hundred whispers surround the painter, but he does not listen, there is no time. He dashes and rubs …
Amy Souza and Dominic Mazzilli
Amy Souza and Dominic Mazzilli
Amy Souza Response Prologue By Dominic Mazzilli Inspiration piece “The Tinkerer made the Irons, at least, that’s what everyone says, but I’d reckon it’s the Irons that made the Tinkerer.” …
Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine
Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine
“Gray’s Creek Disturbance” Matthew Levine Inspiration piece Doctor Feelgood By Robert Haydon Jones Response Eustace Trelawney was 22, married for two years and a red-hot advertising copywriter, when he first developed …
Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones
Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones
“Worth Something Someday” Matthew Levine Response The Robinson Ball By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Robinson struck the baseball so savagely that it felt more like an execution swipe than a …
Diane Mayr and Shalini Rana
Diane Mayr and Shalini Rana
Diane Mayr “The Right Tool for the Job” Response Sister, the Fly That’s Never Near Walls, and Other Things We Are By Shalini Rana Inspiration piece She’s a splash of red …
Jonathan Ottke and Kathleen Finn Jordan
Jonathan Ottke and Kathleen Finn Jordan
Jonathan Ottke Spring Moondance Ink on Paper Response Raining Paint Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration It’s raining paint on this dark February day As social media splashes me with photos of sea, dolphins, art and news Friends …
Anya Mayer and Amy Souza
Anya Mayer and Amy Souza
Anya Mayer Response You’re tough // You can handle it By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Blackberry brambles are impossible to kill But the fruit they bear hangs tender on the vine You’re tough someone told …
Jennifer Fendya and
Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya and
Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya “Jenny con mala“ Response Jenny Forrester Inspiration piece “Jimmy Si Malo” is at the mic. Gen-X. Claims he’s a millennial. White. CIS man. He says, “The black man on …
Amy Souza and Anya Mayer
Amy Souza and Anya Mayer
Anya Mayer Inspiration Piece Something Else By Amy Souza Response We used to be something else Jagged edges tucked together Beauty in the wear Lucky attachment I dreamed of more But needed to survive When you …
Amy Souza and
Lisa Kilhefner
Amy Souza and
Lisa Kilhefner
Lisa Kilhefner Inspiration Piece One Time or Another By Amy Souza Response Feathered energy Whirlwind of white sky Listen for what the page wants And then oblige What wasn’t there now exists Lonely anger, yellow …
Channie Greenberg
and Ash Martins
Channie Greenberg
and Ash Martins
Channie Greenberg Response Final Call By Ash Martins Inspiration piece “Oh, isn’t it divine?” Beatriz queried, her eyes bright as always, despite the perilous finality before them. “Why yes, yes it’s …
Jenny Forrester
and Jennifer Fendya
Jenny Forrester
and Jennifer Fendya
Jennifer Fendya “And then…” Inspiration piece Jenny Forrester Response She had her way with me in ways I didn’t want but agreed to via silence and acceptance. Acquiescences. Resignations. You know. You’ve …
Susan B and Kamika Cooper
Susan B and Kamika Cooper
Susan B “Dreaming” digital photography Response You Did By Kamika Cooper Inspiration piece thank you for all the things you taught me for all the smiles you brought me stopping to say hello even though didn’t …
Kamika Cooper and Susan B
Kamika Cooper and Susan B
Susan B “Portal” digital photography Inspiration piece Rendezvous By Kamika Cooper Response i never understood how love could be forbidden as if what exists between you and me is anyone else’s business or concern as …
Kathleen Finn Jordan and Jonathan Ottke
Kathleen Finn Jordan and Jonathan Ottke
Sun and Flower Jonathan Ottke Inspiration Earthy Lapis Kathleen Finn Jordan Response The seeds sleep Closeted in cold, damp soil Recovering strength sapped by red-hot days Of summer sun snorting their fragrance, licking their …
Ash Martins and
Channie Greenburg
Ash Martins and
Channie Greenburg
Channie Greenberg “Bewildering Shopper” Inspiration piece Bewildered Shopper By Ash Martins Response Farm-fresh flowers and what else? Damn forgotten list. Ah! Bark, twigs and grass. —————————————— Note: All of the art, writing, and music on …