Author: Amy Souza

31 Oct

Lauren Flax and Donna Gagnon

Lauren Flax and Donna Gagnon

Lauren Flax Hush … I see a ghostbird Donna Gagnon (response piece) he liked to strike, leaving handprints on my face harsh outlines of hatred under that handsome face uncertainty shook his unbreakable belief …

 
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31 Oct

Bridget Fahey O’Brienand Annmarie Lockhart

Bridget Fahey O’Brienand Annmarie Lockhart

Bridget Fahey O’Brien Getty’s Top Hat and My Fake Flower Response Annmarie Lockhart Moonlight Dance, After the Wedding Inspiration Piece . green eyes, sea green see every thing eyes some times blue . blue-black, deep dark …

 
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31 Oct

Annmarie Lockhart andBridget Fahey O’Brien

Annmarie Lockhart andBridget Fahey O’Brien

Bridget Fahey O’Brien The Magical Place Inspiration Piece Annmarie Lockhart Second Honeymoon Response . Alright, hold on. No peeking. I want it to be a surprise. You’re going to love it baby. Hold …

 
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31 Oct

Bonnie Lebesch and Cat Ross

Bonnie Lebesch and Cat Ross

Bonnie Lebesch, “Ed McMahon Said ‘Yes,’ But I Said No”, acrylic on panel

 
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31 Oct

Janet Yandik and Phyllis Weissman

Janet Yandik and Phyllis Weissman

Moondust Janet Yandik Response Equinox Phyllis Weissman Inspiration Piece In a far off planet called Equinox, Yvette Autumnal Silver Moon quickly dressed in her beautiful attire.  Her ‘Warrior’ husband Adam would …

 
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31 Oct

Janet Yandik and Phyllis Weissman

Janet Yandik and Phyllis Weissman

  Carousel Inspiration piece Dreams Do Come True! Phyllis Weissman Response  Drea Carnes woke up terrified, her heart pounding out of her chest, her body drenched in sweat, her blond …

 
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31 Oct

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
and Amy Souza

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
and Amy Souza

Dahlia, San Francisco Amy Souza Inspiration Piece City Dahlias Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Response I walk along the sidewalk staring sideways at a railing spotting dahlias by the dozen darting out through every …

 
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31 Oct

Sylvia Light and Lené Gary

Sylvia Light and Lené Gary

Lené Gary Inspiration piece Getting right with the seasons By Sylvia Light Response Who doesn’t love California’s sunny climate? Hundreds of thousands of people move to California expressly for the …

 
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31 Oct

Amy Alley and Jane Hulstrunk

Amy Alley and Jane Hulstrunk

Jane Hulstrunk, photographer Poem created in response to art: Children Amy L. Alley  www.panpanstudios.com Children will drift away suddenly like seedlings lost to a gust of wind. We will try to hold on We will …

 
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31 Oct

Brian Eugenio Herrera and M.G. Switalski

Brian Eugenio Herrera and M.G. Switalski

Brian Eugenio Herrera They …

 
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31 Oct

Amy Alley and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Amy Alley and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Amy L. Alley Methods Response Accessing Social Desperation: Here, We Bloom* By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece A rose reaches, buds, blooms, dries. Anhingas, too, hatch, grow, fledge. Still, as concerns …

 
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30 Oct

Sindee Ernst and Joanna Lee

Sindee Ernst and Joanna Lee

Joanna Lee Intranquil Inspiration Memories of Water by Sindee Ernst Response Splash.  Andrea stands at the edge of the diving board, hovering high above me.  Her arms form a point over …

 
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30 Oct

Helen Whittaker and Quentin Paquette

Helen Whittaker and Quentin Paquette

Helen Whittaker — Tap and Soap Inspiration piece Quentin Paquette — At The Basin Response piece The overhead light hesitates a few seconds before finally lighting.  Even then, it …

 
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30 Oct

lori B (Bloustein) and Frank Gibson

lori B (Bloustein) and Frank Gibson

Frank Gibson inspiration piece lori B (Bloustein) response I it begins with a crazy almost – a tenuous testing from above, from below, the inside, the outside. then a sudden unanimity produces the …

 
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30 Oct

Hildie S. Block and
Brian MacDonald

Hildie S. Block and
Brian MacDonald

Brian MacDonald Inspiration Piece Strength of 102 By Hildie S. Block Response “To Nana!” Gabby took a passionate lick at her ice cream.  We had left the dorm after Gabby …

 
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30 Oct

Brian Eugenio Herrera
and M.G. Switalski

Brian Eugenio Herrera
and M.G. Switalski

Brian Eugenio Herrera Thumbnail Perspective (Colcha Embroidery) Response M.G. Switalski Landlocked Inspiration I wish you could take me to the ocean. Her head is on my lap, my fingers knotting up her …

 
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30 Oct

BR Belletryst and Tom Lewis

BR Belletryst and Tom Lewis

BR Belletryst Eidola Response Untitled By Tom Lewis Inspiration piece Crème anglaise. Crime Against humanity deepens The soul’s Black Arts. So White as dairy dessert. Or fondant. Fond to think We …

 
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30 Oct

BR Belletryst and Jozelle Dyer

BR Belletryst and Jozelle Dyer

BR Belletryst Strays Response Lena (coda). By Jozelle Dyer Inspiration piece Lena wanted a baby.  It was a problem.  Heather didn’t want children and—more—she didn’t understand Lena’s desperate desire to have …

 
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30 Oct

BR Belletryst and Urmilla Khanna

BR Belletryst and Urmilla Khanna

BR Belletryst Offering Response Tropical Memories By Urmilla Khanna Inspiration piece The ten-month-old infant had become very agile. He could crawl across the room and go rolling off the steps before …

 
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30 Oct

Tom Lewis and BR Belletryst

Tom Lewis and BR Belletryst

BR Belletryst Photograph Inspiration piece La nuance qui a siffle ses yeux By Tom Lewis Response The nuance that whistled its eyes Crossed the bell shade That night. Time was delayed. Passions like a …

 
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30 Oct

Urmilla Khanna and BR Belletryst

Urmilla Khanna and BR Belletryst

BR Belletryst Fallen Inspiration piece An incomplete story By Urmilla Khanna Response The sheaths of fallen leaves rustled under her feet. The weather was balmy, and yet there was a chill …

 
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30 Oct

Rachel Morton and
Elizabeth Cordes

Rachel Morton and
Elizabeth Cordes

Rachel Morton Response End of an Era By Elizabeth Cordes Inspiration piece The smattering of red and orange crunch under my feet as I pass the nearly bare maple tree. I pause to …

 
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30 Oct

Cat Ross and Bonnie Lebesch

Cat Ross and Bonnie Lebesch

Bonnie Lebesch Blue Undersea Garden Inspiration Piece Tugboat By Cat Ross Response Keeping time with all the rest, we dive into the world we made. No map, tense, or chaperone, just apprehensive, sweaty hands. We give …

 
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30 Oct

Meghan E. Hunt and Dani Harris

Meghan E. Hunt and Dani Harris

Meghan E. Hunt Autumn Ballet in Red Nikon CoolPix Digital Camera Response a dance of autumn By Dani Harris Inspiration Piece the leaves giggle, rustling to cover the sound as they glide through …

 
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30 Oct

Paula Lantz and Rebecca Harris

Paula Lantz and Rebecca Harris

“Baby DIshes” was inspired by Paula Lantz’s bold and brilliant “Red Rumor” — while the inspiration piece conjured so many images and thoughts, the focus on one relatively meek and mild experience/ritual — although certainly bold in it’s own way– or seemed a perfect juxtaposition.

 
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