Jonathan Ottke Spring Moondance Ink on Paper Response Raining Paint Kathleen Finn Jordan Inspiration It’s raining paint on this dark February day As social media splashes me with photos of sea, dolphins, art and news Friends …
Anya Mayer Response You’re tough // You can handle it By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Blackberry brambles are impossible to kill But the fruit they bear hangs tender on the vine You’re tough someone told …
Jennifer Fendya “Jenny con mala“ Response Jenny Forrester Inspiration piece “Jimmy Si Malo” is at the mic. Gen-X. Claims he’s a millennial. White. CIS man. He says, “The black man on …
Anya Mayer Inspiration Piece Something Else By Amy Souza Response We used to be something else Jagged edges tucked together Beauty in the wear I dreamed of more But needed to survive When you folded …
Lisa Kilhefner Inspiration Piece One Time or Another By Amy Souza Response Feathered energy Whirlwind of white sky Listen for what the page wants And then oblige What wasn’t there now exists Lonely anger, yellow …
Channie Greenberg Response Final Call By Ash Martins Inspiration piece “Oh, isn’t it divine?” Beatriz queried, her eyes bright as always, despite the perilous finality before them. “Why yes, yes it’s …
Jennifer Fendya “And then…” Inspiration piece Jenny Forrester Response She had her way with me in ways I didn’t want but agreed to via silence and acceptance. Acquiescences. Resignations. You know. You’ve …
Susan B “Dreaming” digital photography Response You Did By Kamika Cooper Inspiration piece thank you for all the things you taught me for all the smiles you brought me stopping to say hello even though didn’t …
Susan B “Portal” digital photography Inspiration piece Rendezvous By Kamika Cooper Response i never understood how love could be forbidden as if what exists between you and me is anyone else’s business or concern as …
Sun and Flower Jonathan Ottke Inspiration Earthy Lapis Kathleen Finn Jordan Response The seeds sleep Closeted in cold, damp soil Recovering strength sapped by red-hot days Of summer sun snorting their fragrance, licking their …
Channie Greenberg “Bewildering Shopper” Inspiration piece Bewildered Shopper By Ash Martins Response Farm-fresh flowers and what else? Damn forgotten list. Ah! Bark, twigs and grass. —————————————— Note: All of the art, writing, and music on …
Love’s Journey Takes Me Thru a Dark Forest, Painting by Rusty Lynn Response Barn Dance, Poem by Ray Sharp Inspiration Piece You told me Rilke described love as a winding path through …
High Tech Head, Painting by Rusty Lynn Inspiration Piece Xavi at the Mall, Flash Fiction by Ray Sharp Response Xavi 248.655.ESP was seeing two Annas, Anna 176.323.RUS and Anna …
Elisabeth Mazzilli Inspiration Piece night crossing fireflies signaling the moon Elizabeth Steinglass Response —————————————————— Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this site belongs to the person who created it. Copying …
Dominic Mazzilli Response Diane Mayr “New England Beach” Inspiration piece New England Beach Icy waters steal one’s breath. Every surface shimmers. Pier fries in a paper cone splashed with cider vinegar. Sloshing cups of chunky …
Dominic Mazzilli Inspiration piece Diane Mayr “Collateral Damage” Response COLLATERAL DAMAGE Smoke obscures the reality. The illustration of human creativity and factual narrative is released from its paper and board covers only to disperse, as ash–the end product of incomplete …
Lisa Kilhefner Response You’re tough // You can handle it By Amy Souza Inspiration piece Blackberry brambles are impossible to kill But the fruit they bear hangs tender on the vine You’re tough someone told …
Matthew Levine “Looking Up” Response The Trigger By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Jimmy had come a long way. He came all the way in from Connecticut to Grand Central on …
Matthew Levine “By Last Light” Inspiration piece Last Game By Robert Haydon Jones Response Jimmy O’Hara lived in Connecticut and like most people in the state, he battled Winter tooth and …
MM Panas “Let Things Happen” Response Both Sides Now By JoAnn Moore Inspiration piece The season has shifted again. The afternoon sun sets quickly: nature prepares for its darkness. It was about this time …
MM Panas “Take Me for a Ride” Inspiration piece Reverberations By JoAnn Moore Response Rivers amble sunshafts streak leaves rustle fog wisps escape. Stellers’ dart moss shimmer squirrels scutter children shriek. Colors rouse hearts alight redwoods soar the sky dances with song. —————————————— Note: …
Matthew Levine “Central Park, Fall” Inspiration piece The Next Stop By Robert Haydon Jones Response Looking back from 68 years away, Jimmy O’Hara could not figure why he had elected to …
Matthew Levine “The Decision” Response Not Solitary By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece Sarah Moran, a willowy, red haired, beauty in her early-forties, fainted and fell face down on her eggs …
Tisha Carter “leaving 7 suns of cypress” Mixed media Response Dickman Bold By Kate Gilronan Inspiration piece We join our valiant hero kilovairs in the outer ring as he dauntlessly pursues galactic …
Rusty Lynn “If Memory Serves” Response Summer of 1971 By Channie Greenberg Inspiration piece They arrived at dusk. The mother carried in a sleeping child, while the father dragged a wheeled …