Author: Amy Souza

11 Sep

Tora Estep and Kathleen Jordan

Tora Estep and Kathleen Jordan

Tora Estep Response   August by Kathleen Jordan Inspiration piece These lingering beach days Sun bathing the body caressing the skin and Kissing the limbs grow short As the perfume of summer, of brightly …

 
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12 Jun

Elizabeth Dougherty
and Amy Souza

Elizabeth Dougherty
and Amy Souza

Elizabeth Dougherty “Time to Strike” Response Ed Burns By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Would you know him if you passed on the sidewalk? The way you can spot Quebecois even before they …

 
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02 Jun

Agnes Marton and Amy Tingle

Agnes Marton and Amy Tingle

Amy Tingle Inspiration piece Some By Agnes Marton Response Some petals are ambitious, life and lifelike, keen to attack, build purging barriers when needed, always at cruising altitude, eager to respond.   Some petals are lost, feel misfit, …

 
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06 Mar

Diane Margaret Miller
and Jan Irene Miller

Diane Margaret Miller
and Jan Irene Miller

“Containing Flow” Jan Irene Miller Acrylic on paper Inspiration piece Motion Wisdom By Diane Margaret Miller Response I have been here many moons on this earth, and even the concept of living …

 
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06 Mar

Jan Irene Miller and
Diane Margaret Miller

Jan Irene Miller and
Diane Margaret Miller

Jan Irene Miller Response Out There By Diane Margaret Miller Handwritten image story Inspiration piece ____________________________ Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site belongs to the person who …

 
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06 Mar

Uma Gowrishankar and Lisa Kilhefner

Uma Gowrishankar and Lisa Kilhefner

Lisa Kilhefner Inspiration piece The First Lesson By Uma Gowrishankar Response Seven grains, that was all. Chewed tastelessly in clear saliva. The coat of husk snagged his lucent lotus stem of throat, …

 
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02 Mar

Tora Estep and Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

Tora Estep and Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

  Tora Estep, oil on canvas, “Trees sketch” Response Inspiration I LOVE YOU LIKE SKY Amy Ludwig VanDerwater I love you like Sun pulling warmth from his pockets. I love you like Moon …

 
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02 Mar

Amy Souza and Tisha Carter

Amy Souza and Tisha Carter

Tisha Carter Inspiration piece Delicate Strength By Amy Souza Response Turned you grow bolder lose your ghostly wisp Your lavender mass braces for impact How could I not see that what surrounds you makes all the difference? _______________________________________ Note: All …

 
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02 Mar

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
and Tora Estep

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
and Tora Estep

 Tora Estep “The Magpies” Inspiration piece Mate for Life By Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Response A kind old woman died one day. Her husband died days after. He was sad without her singing. He was …

 
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27 Feb

Susan B. and Terah Van Dusen

Susan B. and Terah Van Dusen

Susan B. Response Piece Home Terah Van Dusen Inspiration Piece                    The Father-Daughter Kitchen It was a small father-daughter kitchen; with one …

 
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29 Dec

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Rusty Lynn

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Rusty Lynn

Rusty Linn “Shaman” Inspiration piece Media Shamans By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Ancient traditions, i.e. timeworn “healing” charms, Like sidecars on motorcycles, don’t truly pilot. Damaging, controlling totems, though, remain Sufficiently formidable to ruin directors’ …

 
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18 Dec

Jane Hulstrunk and Amy Botula

Jane Hulstrunk and Amy Botula

Jane Hulstrunk Response Amy Botula Inspiration piece Originally written in response to the shooting of Michael Brown and shared as part of a blog created for a high school …

 
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18 Dec

Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine

Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine

Matthew Levine “Where They Used To Live” Inspiration piece The Big House By Robert Haydon Jones Response Billy Sullivan had always enjoyed himself at wakes. There was plenty of good food …

 
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18 Dec

Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones

Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones

Matthew Levine “History” Response Hotline Action By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Chris was off that Saturday afternoon just back from a long, dangerous, ultimately successful op in Arizona. He had …

 
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16 Dec

Rusty Lynn and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Rusty Lynn and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Rusty Lynn “Crosier Bishop Beast” Response Sansen Sessions and Woodland Sprints By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece As though no instance of maidens had marked his cycles, Thunder quavered his silent bending …

 
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16 Dec

Amy Botula and
Jane Hulstrunk

Amy Botula and
Jane Hulstrunk

Jane Hulstrunk Inspiration piece In The Weeds By Amy Botula Inspiration piece I had the usual, run-of-the-mill chores as a kid: help with your sister, help with the start and …

 
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16 Dec

JoAnn Moore and MM Panas

JoAnn Moore and MM Panas

M.M. Panas “Take Back the Night” Mixed media Inspiration piece Muscle Memory By JoAnn Moore Response  I find myself at the edge. Teetering… Dizzied, again, by the past when I learned the heart has muscle memory if bruised …

 
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16 Dec

MM Panas and JoAnn Moore

MM Panas and JoAnn Moore

M.M. Panas “Talisman” Response Zephyrs By JoAnn Moore Inspiration piece No one knows I’m here except the wide eyed moon’s cypress shadows— and Pa, my watchman more than forty years now— the invisible talisman who lets …

 
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16 Dec

Jonathan Ottke and
Caroline Crawford

Jonathan Ottke and
Caroline Crawford

Jonathan Ottke Response Between Islands By Caroline Crawford Inspiration piece Good reading material for a long commute is important. Whatever you bring with you to read has to be compelling, …

 
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12 Dec

Tora Estep and Kamika Cooper

Tora Estep and Kamika Cooper

Tora Estep, “Blinded by the Goddess” (charcoal on canvas, 30 in. x 24 in., painting cartoon) Response   Priceless by Kamika Cooper Inspiration Patsy locked her bike to the fencing around …

 
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07 Dec

A.D. Monroe and Susan Bee

A.D. Monroe and Susan Bee

Susan Bee Inspiration piece A.D. Monroe Response piece BACK CHURCH ROOM So I found myself lost. I was at a funeral. An uncle of mine. Great guy. Things had always been …

 
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07 Dec

Amy Souza and Aimee Fullman

Amy Souza and Aimee Fullman

Aimee Fullman Inspiration piece Overwhelm By Amy Souza Response Rain pushes the river beyond its edge. Too much. It’s too much. Everything is too much. You slog through knee-high water, …

 
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05 Dec

Aberham Berhanu
and Quentin Paquette

Aberham Berhanu
and Quentin Paquette

Aberham Berhanu “The Drifting Current” Response Quentin Paquette Inspiration piece I can tell you exactly how it is that I know: no overlays, no blurriness. In a regular dream, the …

 
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04 Jun

Tora Estep and K.J. Hannah (Channie) Greenberg

Tora Estep and K.J. Hannah (Channie) Greenberg

Tora Estep, charcoal, pastel, and Japanese lace paper on paper Response   Inspiration Both the Instigator and her Mother K.J. Hannah Greenberg Both the instigator and her mother, Showed their slight upon …

 
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01 Jun

Tora Estep and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Tora Estep and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Tora Estep Inspiration Piece Until Exhausted KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Piece Women fight back; words, Alimony, poisoned teacups, Until collapsing, exhausted. Thereafter, tatters of hairstyles, Sensible shoes, refusals: no more Long shifts, sexual submission, Reliance on …

 
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