Author: Amy Souza

30 May

Susan Bee and Patricia Morningstar

Susan Bee and Patricia Morningstar

Escape Susan Bee Response Inspiration Reading In Patricia Morningstar Words whispered around her like a stiff autumn wind. Imogene felt as though she would stop breathing. Her knees ached, as did …

 
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20 May

Barbara Duarte Esgalhado
and Susan Bee

Barbara Duarte Esgalhado
and Susan Bee

Susan Bee “Bliss Dancer” Photograph of Bliss Dance sculpture on Treasure Island, San Francisco Permission By Barbara Duarte Esgalhado Response There is something peculiar about a dress turned inside out. With seams agape, unabashed it …

 
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14 Mar

Susan Bee and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

Susan Bee and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

Susan Bee “After Rainfall” Response Cicatrix By Barbara Duarte Esgalhado Inspiration piece Cicatrix: 1. a scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a flesh wound.  2. a mark resembling a …

 
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05 Mar

Amy Souza and Seth Leamer

Amy Souza and Seth Leamer

Seth Leamer “Meat Goat” Inspiration piece From “A Brief History of the Seventeenth Conflict” By Amy Souza Response First reference to the meat goat can be found in the 26th century, …

 
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05 Mar

Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

Barbara Duarte Esgalhado Inspiration piece Worrying Lack of Context By Amy Souza Response The man next door is shaped like a vee, his bottom so skinny it’s a wonder …

 
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04 Mar

Marcela Kogan and Lisa Pimental

Marcela Kogan and Lisa Pimental

Lisa Pimental Inspiration piece Surprising Green By Marcela Kogan Response CHAPTER 1 Color forbidden in my all—all that is dark and impenetrable. Grass did not grow in the fields of my …

 
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15 Dec

Jane Hulstrunk and
Terah Van Dusen

Jane Hulstrunk and
Terah Van Dusen

Jane Hulstrunk Response Cave Dweller By Terah Van Dusen Inspiration piece I tiptoe back into my cave here I know no love and my dreams are slaves the walls they’re painted with a man and child that have no …

 
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Terah Van Dusen
15 Dec

Jane Hulstrunk
and Lisa Lynn Biggar

Jane Hulstrunk
and Lisa Lynn Biggar

Jane Hulstrunk Response Celebration By Lisa Lynn Biggar Inspiration piece Once in a lifetime, perhaps, one escapes the actual confines of the flesh. ~  from The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley This …

 
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15 Dec

Paula Kaiman and
Brian MacDonald

Paula Kaiman and
Brian MacDonald

Brian MacDonald Inspiration piece Disconnection By Paula Kaiman Response “Your primary problem,” said the healer, “is that, energetically, your head is disconnected from your body.  In other words, you’re not …

 
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15 Dec

Uma Gowrishankar
and Aimee Fullman

Uma Gowrishankar
and Aimee Fullman

Blown Away Aimee Fullman Inspiration piece Lay Out By Uma Gowrishankar Response The story of earth is cycle of becoming. Path of light enters the eye at birth, exits in column of water, surfaces, breaks through sheet of silence to …

 
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13 Dec

Tora Estep and Adam Cornford

Tora Estep and Adam Cornford

Tora Estep Oil on canvas Response Arroyo By Adam Cornford Inspiration piece The house says ours but with its wide rooms and windows waving slow tree shadows I don’t seem to know …

 
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12 Dec

MM Panas and JoAnn Moore

MM Panas and JoAnn Moore

m.m. panas Zeniths Await mixed media on paper 26″ x 18 1/2″ Response Lincoln’s ABCs By JoAnn Moore Inspiration piece An airy sun and Boardwalks become, “Come! Come to the edge. Dig your toes into the …

 
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12 Dec

JoAnn Moore and MM Panas

JoAnn Moore and MM Panas

m.m. panas Summer 28″ x 21″ mixed media on paper on board Inspiration piece Summer Recipe By JoAnn Moore Response Blend until smooth: one tray of ice cubes a frozen container of limeade three-fourths container (reminder: …

 
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09 Dec

Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

The Answer Is Usually No

 
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07 Dec

Helen Lewis and Michelle Wallace

Helen Lewis and Michelle Wallace

Michelle Wallace Inspiration piece   Letting Go By Helen Lewis Response (Click to view larger version)  

 
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06 Dec

Susan Bee and Marla Deschenes

Susan Bee and Marla Deschenes

  Susan Bee Heart Response Identity By Marla Deschenes Inspiration piece The slumlords thought the poor people wouldn’t notice If they postponed trash collection a few weeks Poor people don’t care If their asphalt backyard Smells …

 
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12 Sep

Tora Estep and Crossley A. Simmons

Tora Estep and Crossley A. Simmons

  Tora Estep, pastel on paper Response Paralysina By Crossley A. Simmons Inspiration piece There is no allegro in a child’s dream pirouetted accident. Tutu discipline drowns pink and now I am abled less than. To …

 
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11 Sep

Uma Gowrishankar
and Lisa Nielsen

Uma Gowrishankar
and Lisa Nielsen

Lisa Nielsen “Unravel” Inspiration piece Unravel By Uma Gowrishankar Response Spine ………bends back to touch the ground. Sky is the face of sea. Block of waves between ribs of concrete prints on my skirt ……………..as empty space. Words crowd in …

 
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10 Sep

Georgia Ludwig VanDerwater
and Isabella Nazari

Georgia Ludwig VanDerwater
and Isabella Nazari

Isabella Nazari “Grandma Fish” Inspiration piece Grandmother Fish By Georgia VanDerwater Response There once was a grandmother fish Who had pearls and was very stylish. She wore a pink dress Made of satin, no …

 
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08 Sep

Isabella Nazari and
Georgia Ludwig VanDerwater

Isabella Nazari and
Georgia Ludwig VanDerwater

Isabella Nazari “Glimpse” Response Glimpse By Georgia Ludwig VanDerwater Inspiration piece . I caught a glimpse of a gnome in the pansies Just a glimpse but I saw it quite clear. He appeared to …

 
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06 Sep

Amy Souza and Greg Adkins

Amy Souza and Greg Adkins

Amy Souza All the things I can’t have/Ladd’s Response Everything By Greg Adkins Inspiration piece Everything. It’s such a simple word, but with such endless possibilities. What is “everything” exactly? For …

 
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06 Sep

Amy Souza and Susan Kerr

Amy Souza and Susan Kerr

Susan Kerr “Start Again” Inspiration piece Start Again By Amy Souza Response Throw everything into the air and watch it scatter like a handful of jacks. Think: I don’t have a life; …

 
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14 Dec

Robert Haydon Jones
and Greg Lippert

Robert Haydon Jones
and Greg Lippert

The Pervert Song (click to listen; read lyrics below) A song by Greg Lippert Inspiration piece Lyrics: She looks good enough to eat I can almost taste her thighs I’m losing …

 
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14 Dec

Tora Estep and Marla Deschenes

Tora Estep and Marla Deschenes

Tora Estep “Amma,” oil on canvas, 20×20 Response   Grandma Marla Deschenes Inspiration piece Walking through the house with crumpled paper towels in hand I know so much more about you even though …

 
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11 Dec

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
and Amy Souza

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
and Amy Souza

Amy Souza Mixed media and collage on panel Response Quilt Map By Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Response My grandma stitches swatches matching patches blue and red. She’s making me a crazy quilt to snuggle with …

 
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