John Lewis and Jane Hulstrunk

John Lewis and Jane Hulstrunk

Jane Hulstrunk Response   http://getsparked.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The-End-Of-The-World-beta-4.0.mp3 John Lewis “The End of the World” Inspiration Piece _____________________________ Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site belongs to the person who created it. …

 

Bobbi Wolcott and DiAna Hart Smith

Bobbi Wolcott and DiAna Hart Smith

“The Welcome/Unwelcome Guest” Bobbi Wolcott Response Wisdom Bearers By DiAna Hart Smith Inspiration piece Here I am in the little living room of our row house resplendent in my full-skirted tea …

 

DiAna Hart Smith and Bobbi Wolcott

DiAna Hart Smith and Bobbi Wolcott

      Bobbi Wolcott  — Sanctuary Inspiration Bricks Outlined in Snow — DiAna Hart Smith Response Snow caught in the mortar joints outlining the brick façade. Each brick looked as if …

 

Lisa Nielsen and Jay Young Gerard

Lisa Nielsen and Jay Young Gerard

Jay Gerard Young Response Everywhere I Walk acrylic, charcoal and graphite Lisa Nielsen Inspiration The Lonely Road is Everywhere I Walk Like flavored lip gloss and southern comfort, you bring back decades that …

 

Jay Young Gerard and Lisa Nielsen

Jay Young Gerard and Lisa Nielsen

Jay Young Gerard Inspiration Piece Towards the Light acrylic, oil, pastel and graphite on paper Lisa Nielsen Response Tongues I Speak In God’s plans don’t fret We’re all just mangled marionettes I’d split the …

 

Dante Jericho and Kathleen Finn Jordan

Dante Jericho and Kathleen Finn Jordan

Unleashed by Dante Jericho Response Behind the Eight Ball by Kathleen Finn Jordan   It’s time to break The saw toothed stick that helps you aim is ready The cue, placed behind …

 

Terah Van Dusen and Susan B.

Terah Van Dusen and Susan B.

Susan B. Inspiration Piece   Altars Inside of Me by Terah Van Dusen Response Piece   There is an altar inside of my heart. It is as large as the Pacific ocean, …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

Michelle Greco and
Robert Haydon Jones

Michelle Greco and
Robert Haydon Jones

Michelle Greco Not All Wounds Are Physical Pastel and Paint Pen on Paper Response Robert Haydon Jones Blast Inspiration Piece Connor Ryan’s life was changed forever by two very nasty surprises that …

 

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Lisa Kilhefner

KJ Hannah Greenberg
and Lisa Kilhefner

Lisa Kilhefner Inspiration piece Marked Distress and Impairment By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Lice, Tineola bisselliella, clothing moths, Expoterygota, cockroaches, All scheme at corners and strange angles, frightening small children, Terrifying their …

 

Lisa Kilhefner and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Lisa Kilhefner and
KJ Hannah Greenberg

Lisa Kilhefner Response On the Road to Tsfat By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece On the road to Tsfat, Toward grandchildren, Maybe employment, Some windy uncertainties, Along with ethnic cows, Random raptors, other thieves, Pulled cars …

 

Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Dante Jericho

Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Dante Jericho

Dante Jericho “Let Sleeping Lions Lie” Collage Inspiration piece Let Sleeping Lions Lie By Kathleen Finn Jordan Response Handprints in the sunset glow of gloved sand washed caverns The light plays worldwide while …

 

Kamika Cooper and Lauren Rutten

Kamika Cooper and Lauren Rutten

Lauren Rutten “Of the Body/Not the Body” series – 001 Photography Inspiration piece Self-Healing By Kamika Cooper Response Here in silent warmth I try to understand where I begin and where I end Trying …

 

Charles Waters and Diane Mayr

Charles Waters and Diane Mayr

Diane Mayr “Nightwatch” Inspiration piece First Flight By Charles Waters Response Nature’s nighttime orb Shines a smile on kids gazing From airplane window. ——————————————- Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site …

 

Diane Mayr and Charles Waters

Diane Mayr and Charles Waters

Snow Event Diane Mayr Response Visitor Charles Waters Inspiration piece VISITOR Crystals of lace float Against my windowsill to Keep me company. ——————————————- Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site belongs to …

 

Quentin Paquette and Steve Smith

Quentin Paquette and Steve Smith

Carefully Avoiding, by Steve Smith Response Piece Sandrift Pearl, by Quentin Paquette Inspiration Piece Sandrift Pearl It must have been the most popular color for the Toyota Tercel; I probably …

 

Steve Smith and Quentin Paquette

Steve Smith and Quentin Paquette

Cellular, by Steve Smith Inspiration Piece Cellular, by Quentin Paquette Response Piece I remember clearly stepping out and seeing the two of them crossing the street and heading in. …

 

Tisha Carter and Amy Souza

Tisha Carter and Amy Souza

Tisha Carter “Recognition” Response Full Stop By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Everyone loves the ellipse. They hail the fucking em dash. Like nobody can live without him. Last year they made …

 

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 …

 

Karin Edgett and Michelle Greco

Karin Edgett and Michelle Greco

Karin Edgett, mixed media on paper response Lady Red By Michelle Greco Inspiration piece Let me live in you, embody your spirit, loud and unflinching. Let me wear you on my wedding day, …

 

Lauren Rutten and Kamika Cooper

Lauren Rutten and Kamika Cooper

Lauren Rutten Radiant Morning Sisters Response   Sister Morning
 By Kamika Cooper Inspiration I woke up with you on my mind this morning, Sister Morning 
and as the sun kissed …

 

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’ …

 

Marilyn Ackerman and Amy Blaxland

Marilyn Ackerman and Amy Blaxland

Marilyn Ackerman Response for snowbird By Amy Blaxland Inspiration piece windy cloak sat down at the table lay down at her deathbed even on her deathbed billowed black hooded breath why nothing comes easy her …