Julia Rolfe and Anya Mayer
Anya Mayer “She Embraces Compassion” Inspiration piece Typical Woman By Julia Rolfe Response At the risk of being cliché, She was hard as nails in the daylight. A can-do bandana wearing force of artificial …
Ann Quinn and Marilyn Ackerman
Ann Quinn and Marilyn Ackerman
Marilyn Ackerman Inspiration piece Cattle in Snow By Ann Quinn Response “Eternity is always present in the animal mind; only men deal in beginnings and ends.” –Wendell Berry The cold is absolute is …
Lené Gary and Jenny Forrester
Lené Gary and Jenny Forrester
Lené Gary “Overwintering” Response Untitled By Jenny Forrester Inspiration piece My three chickens fed in the alley, and I watched over them, my triangle-shaped knitting bag with the handy wrist loop …
Ipek Davaz and Leslie Grollman
Ipek Davaz and Leslie Grollman
“Entwined” Ipek Davaz Response Warped By Leslie Grollman Inspiration piece I was given life on a loom from the smoke of the ocean from the smoke of the seeds. I give you desert-blue stones wrapped …
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Brigitte Nowers
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Brigitte Nowers
“Phoenix” Brigitte Nowers Inspiration piece Toile Intérieure By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response Deep down canvas Swirling, twirling inner urges Dynamic tsunami of fragmentation id, ego, superego dance Play bursting into color Spin and surface The depths of …
Brigitte Nowers and
Kathleen Finn Jordan
Brigitte Nowers and
Kathleen Finn Jordan
Brigitte Nowers Response The Cabin By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece It’s quiet here Fall is creeping our way As trees are tunneling Leaves are changing their clothes slowly After shaking their arms in …
Gena Stutzman and
KJ Hannah Greenberg
Gena Stutzman and
KJ Hannah Greenberg
KJ Hannah Greenberg “Autumnal Stairway” Inspiration piece Autumn Afternoon By Gena Stutzman Response My photograph has faded now But not my memory of That fiery autumn afternoon. You called me out to play In the …
KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Gena Stutzman
KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Gena Stutzman
KJ Hannah Greenberg“Wings”Response WingsBy Gena StutzmanInspiration piece Limited by this body The ache of missing wingsThis smallness.Wasted time envying the birds. All things work together. Grass shelters the insects …
Lisa Kilhefner and Amy Souza
Lisa Kilhefner and Amy Souza
“Erosion” Lisa Kilhefner Response The River in Me By Amy Souza Inspiration piece The last time I was a river I dried up The next time I overflowed Neither time could I Figure out why Which forces imposed Themselves …
Kimberly DeMucha Kalil
and Kamika Cooper
Kimberly DeMucha Kalil
and Kamika Cooper
“Rebirth” Kimberly DeMucha Kalil alcohol ink on 5×7 Yupo paper Response Harmless By Kamika Cooper Inspiration piece sometimes little girls will place themselves in harm’s way chasing little boys sometimes little boys will engage in harmful …
Kamika Cooper and
Kimberly DeMucha Kalil
Kamika Cooper and
Kimberly DeMucha Kalil
“Genesis” Kimberly DeMucha Kalil alcohol ink on 9×12 Yupo paper Inspiration piece Creator By Kamika Cooper Response i am a childless mother of creations born from color and brush shades of myself have bent and curved …
Jenny Forrester and Lené Gary
Jenny Forrester and Lené Gary
Lené Gary Inspiration piece Tarot-Berry By Jenny Forrester Response We’re all blueberries in time. We see we’re in bunches, hands reaching toward us… We forget the lack of our being vast …
Amy Souza and Lisa Kilhefner
Amy Souza and Lisa Kilhefner
Lisa Kilhefner “Birds of a Feather” Inspiration piece Life Detective By Amy Souza Response See more when my eyes are Closed than when distracted By the world around me Inky feather floats The space between Laughter …
Mary Hill and Diane Mayr
Mary Hill and Diane Mayr
Mary Hill “Done with moving: Relaxing” Response Diane Mayr Untitled cherita Inspiration piece packing to go no room in the cardboard boxes what remains to pack needs only the space between her ears —————————————— Note: All of the …
Diane Mayr and Mary Hill
Diane Mayr and Mary Hill
Mary Hill Purple & Gold Landscape 2 Inspiration piece Diane Mayr Paradise, 2018 Response Paradise, 2018: a pair of cherita “It will take a while. But it will get better. It always …
Leslie Grollman and Ipek Davaz
Leslie Grollman and Ipek Davaz
Ipek Davaz Inspiration piece De, UnBecoming By Leslie Grollman Response De. She liked to be called ‘De’ (pronounced ‘dee’). She spoke in a language of ‘de’s. Every word started with ‘de’. …
Victoria Nessen and
Jenny Forrester
Victoria Nessen and
Jenny Forrester
Victoria Nessen Response Untitled By Jenny Forrester Inspiration piece I dream I ordered a kitten snake online. It comes in a box, curled – snake body with a hard plastic …
Jonathan Ottke and Diane Mayr
Jonathan Ottke and Diane Mayr
“Contra Fear” Jonathan Ottke Bricks, threads, silver beads mourning dove feathers Response Contra-Frost By Diane Mayr Inspiration piece Stone wood wire brick ever higher ever stronger. Fear’s the real fence precluding every neighbor. —————————————————— Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site belongs to the …
Anya Drapkin and
Kathleen Finn Jordan
Anya Drapkin and
Kathleen Finn Jordan
“Hot and Dusty” Anya Drapkin Response Fall and Fire By Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration piece Zucchini flowers melting in my mouth As virtual reality images dance in my head It gets dark earlier …
Rusty Lynn and Urmilla Khanna
Rusty Lynn and Urmilla Khanna
“Sadistic Love” Rusty Lynn Response Sadistic Love By Urmilla Khanna Inspiration piece Bartan-wali, her name was Bhairavi, came at her usual time to wash the previous night’s dishes and do a …
Jay Young Gerard and Lisa Nielsen
Jay Young Gerard and Lisa Nielsen
“It’s Hard to Remain Neutral” Jay Young Gerard Response Lisa Nielsen Inspiration piece The gathering of flesh and blood I am wearing one of her blouses that I am cautioned not to …
Gena Stutzman and
Alyscia Cunningham
Gena Stutzman and
Alyscia Cunningham
Alyscia Cunningham Inspiration piece Abundance By Gena Stutzman Response Take a deep breath, See the interconnections. Sunshine calls to trees. I come to you even in the small things In twigs and moss and …
Azro Pratt and Angi Lewis
Azro Pratt and Angi Lewis
“Checking on the Owls” Azro Pratt Response Checking on the Owls By Angi Lewis Inspiration piece Every day for weeks that August, we rode our bikes down the road to check on …
Cathy Pratt and Pippa Possible
Cathy Pratt and Pippa Possible
“Blurs and Bulges” Cathy Pratt Response Of Blurs and Bulges By Pippa Possible Inspiration piece “Is that all you have to say to me?” There is a silence. A silence blurs and bulges. “I didn’t know you …
Lo Bloustein and
Marla Deschenes
Lo Bloustein and
Marla Deschenes
Lo Bloustein Response Poem 4 By Marla Deschenes Inspiration piece As a woman about to bring child into this world, Every night, I am haunted. As the day’s news flashes across the …