Author: Amy Souza

30 May

Jewel Beth Davis
and Yolanda Palis

Jewel Beth Davis
and Yolanda Palis

Yolanda Palis Inspiration piece The Glow Boy By Jewel Beth Davis Response The boy sat on the red ladder back chair. On the outside, he appeared to be an ordinary …

 
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30 May

Mark Owen Martin
and Douglas Poms

Mark Owen Martin
and Douglas Poms

Music: I Like My Love Over Easy By Mark Owen Martin Response I Like My Love Over Easy By Douglas Poms Inspiration piece Waiter: How do you like your eggs? Woman: Just …

 
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30 May

Grace Burns and Peg Bruhn

Grace Burns and Peg Bruhn

Peg Bruhn Wedding Dream 30″ x 30″ acrylic on canvas Inspiration piece A Wedding by the Woods By Grace Burns Response Come with me, love, to the edge of the woods. A supernatural glow cast …

 
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30 May

Mark Owen Martin
and Cheryl Leibovitz

Mark Owen Martin
and Cheryl Leibovitz

Cheryl Leibovitz A Day in the Park Inspiration piece Music: A Day in the Park By Mark Owen Martin Response . —————————————————— Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site …

 
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30 May

Mark Owen Martin
and Sarah Krouse

Mark Owen Martin
and Sarah Krouse

Music: Dandelions By Mark Owen Martin Response Taproot By Sarah Krouse Inspiration piece To kill a dandelion, you have to poison it. To tap into its taproot, you have to weaken …

 
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30 May

Mark Owen Martin
and Lauren B. Flax

Mark Owen Martin
and Lauren B. Flax

Music: Elements By Mark Owen Martin Response Elements By Lauren B. Flax Inspiration piece I. Female What has inspired more art than a soft, round body? Cities rise and fall on the …

 
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30 May

Rebecca Harris and Amy Souza

Rebecca Harris and Amy Souza

Amy Souza Acrylic on raw canvas Inspiration piece kingdom come By Rebecca Harris Response desire on a wire back lit backyard tire fire sometime desired neon bruised neck effect pulled hair nails nails enough now; never enough reconnoiter own the meat smiling sappho state complete bow to …

 
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30 May

Helen Whittaker
and Edite Haberman

Helen Whittaker
and Edite Haberman

Edite Haberman It’s a Girl #8 Inspiration piece The trouble with Adam By Helen Whittaker Response I’m waiting in the reception area at Happy Bunnies day care. In one corner of …

 
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30 May

Helen Whittaker and Lisa Eldridge

Helen Whittaker and Lisa Eldridge

Helen Whittaker Where air and water meet Response Inspiration By Lisa Eldridge Inspiration piece Being a fish is OK if you like water. Being an olive is OK if you like …

 
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30 May

DJ Asson and Cheryl Leibovitz

DJ Asson and Cheryl Leibovitz

Cheryl Leibovitz Inspiration Piece The Bench By DJ Asson Response Jason heard the rhythmic smacking of flip-flops on the wooden planks behind him. He jerked around to look. It wasn’t …

 
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29 May

Meghan MacNamara
and Vita Sims

Meghan MacNamara
and Vita Sims

Vita Sims Inspiration piece Meghan MacNamara Response Stay inside. Don’t eat or drink anything. We seem as if an island, slapped by simplicity so superior, it mimics reality. The party boat …

 
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29 May

Adam Cornford
and Rachel Morton

Adam Cornford
and Rachel Morton

Rachel Morton Inspiration Piece White Clay like a war mask over some blend of Choctaw red Yoruba black her hair’s plastered flat in leaf plates and cords down brow hanging in …

 
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29 May

Lisa Eldridge and Helen Whittaker

Lisa Eldridge and Helen Whittaker

Helen Whittaker Trunk with love Inspiration piece The Elephant in the Room By Lisa Eldridge Response piece I talked to the elephant in the room; She was painted red and blue. She spoke …

 
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29 May

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Jan Irene Miller

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Jan Irene Miller

Jan Irene Miller Blossoming Inspiration piece Deliberate Blossoming By  KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Forever gently, this stem, that stamen, some leaves grow, Fledged cultivars extending skyward, tangoing off fertile-seeming Affable folk, persons known …

 
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29 May

DiAna Smith and
Christina Brockett

DiAna Smith and
Christina Brockett

Christina Brockett Secret Inspiration piece Secrets By DiAna Smith Response Someone is always watching…even when you least expect it.  For many years in the church where I was raised it was …

 
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29 May

Elizabeth Wexler and Amy Souza

Elizabeth Wexler and Amy Souza

Amy Souza Watercolor, caran d’ache, graphite, and collage on paper Inspiration Harmonious Hues By Elizabeth (Betsy) Wexler Response Your face, shiny red radiant and luminous as you strum the strings of your guitar. The …

 
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29 May

Marge Amey
and Lynne Elizabeth Heiser

Marge Amey
and Lynne Elizabeth Heiser

Lynne Heiser Amore Inspiration piece Amore! By Marge Amey Response As the bride’s grandmother, Lena settles into her place of honor in the front pew.  In the quiet hush of the …

 
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29 May

Quentin Paquette and Paula Lantz

Quentin Paquette and Paula Lantz

Paula Lantz Dark Energy 28 Inspiration piece Under The Carport By Quentin Paquette Response The wind is coming up, and the clouds are moving in fast.  When the sun went down, …

 
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29 May

Gred Adkins and Jim Tretick

Gred Adkins and Jim Tretick

Sugar By Greg Adkins Response Who knew? Who could have ever known that my life would take this sort of turn? She was cute.. outstandingly so. I remember that …

 
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29 May

Jan Irene Miller
and Cheryl Somers Aubin

Jan Irene Miller
and Cheryl Somers Aubin

Jan Irene Miller Acrylic on paper, 23 x 30 inches Response Memories–By the Number By Cheryl Aubin Inspiration piece Right up there with life’s major stresses, like getting married, moving, or …

 
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29 May

Alisa A. Laska and Amy L. Alley

Alisa A. Laska and Amy L. Alley

Amy L. Alley Sisters Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches Inspiration piece Fiercely Loyal to the End By  Alisa A. Laska Response My best friend my worst enemy my sister. Two halves of one …

 
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29 May

Jan Irene Miller and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jan Irene Miller and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jan Irene Miller Acrylic on paper, 23 x 30 inches Response Death of a Young Boy from the ‘Hood: Stratified Healthcare’s Disgrace in Serving the General Public By KJ Hannah …

 
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29 May

Christina Brockett
and DiAna Smith

Christina Brockett
and DiAna Smith

Christina Brockett Enduring Response The Stitched Sun By DiAna Smith Inspiration piece Sorrow-filled screams pierce the wire mesh of our front door screen on this pleasantly cool late August morning.  That’s …

 
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29 May

Adam Garcia and Ray Sharp

Adam Garcia and Ray Sharp

Music: One Fallen Apple. By Adam Garcia Response One Fallen Apple By Ray Sharp Inspiration piece It was the day of falling apples. The tree was heavy with fruit, branches taut under the …

 
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29 May

Neil Ellman and Rusty Lynn

Neil Ellman and Rusty Lynn

Rusty Lynn Euclid Can’t Dance Inspiration Piece Euclid Can Dance By Neil Ellman Response Euclid never said He could dance Or was inspired By Terpsichore But he could calculate The rhythm Of a square The swaying of a …

 
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