MM Panas and JoAnn Moore
m.m. panas Zeniths Await mixed media on paper 26″ x 18 1/2″ Response Lincoln’s ABCs By JoAnn Moore Inspiration piece An airy sun and Boardwalks become, “Come! Come to the edge. Dig your toes into the …
JoAnn Moore and MM Panas
JoAnn Moore and MM Panas
m.m. panas Summer 28″ x 21″ mixed media on paper on board Inspiration piece Summer Recipe By JoAnn Moore Response Blend until smooth: one tray of ice cubes a frozen container of limeade three-fourths container (reminder: …
Brian MacDonald
and Cristal Guderjahn
Brian MacDonald
and Cristal Guderjahn
Brian MacDonald First Cut Response Brand Cristal Guderjahn Inspiration piece They were barking in the kitchen again, and their voices snapped against my walls and woke me when I would have …
Brian MacDonald
and Paula Kaiman
Brian MacDonald
and Paula Kaiman
Brian MacDonald Response Letter to Santa By Paula Kaiman Inspiration piece Dear Santa, Thanks so much for the wonderful surprise you left last night (I’ll never forget it)! We returned home late—yet …
Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones
Matthew Levine and
Robert Haydon Jones
Matthew Levine Conversation with the angel Watercolor Response Mercy By Robert Haydon Jones Inspiration piece The first thing Terry did when the doctor told him he was okay to leave the hospital …
Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine
Robert Haydon Jones
and Matthew Levine
Matthew Levine First Snow, Gray’s Creek Watercolor Inspiration piece The Ground By Robert Haydon Jones Response Jimmy O’Hara might never have seen the book, “Wild Life of Coastal New England” that his …
Tyson West and
Elizabeth Akin Stelling
Tyson West and
Elizabeth Akin Stelling
Elizabeth Akin Stelling Texas Has Been Bronzed Response Goofy the Baptist By Tyson West Inspiration piece Pluto was decreed a dog So was Goofy guffawing in the rounds of Ike and Khrushchev When …
Elizabeth Akin Stelling
and Tyson West
Elizabeth Akin Stelling
and Tyson West
Elizabeth Akin Stelling West Texas Rain and JR Inspiration piece Hybristophilia By Tyson West Response You’ve heard of a woman’s glory Being spent on a “downright cur” Still you can’t always judge the …
Gabriel Shanks and
Kristi Conley-Brockie
Gabriel Shanks and
Kristi Conley-Brockie
Kristi Conley-Brockie Inspiration piece KSITIGARBHA By Gabriel Shanks Response With your first footfall, I become grass next to the road. Astride the intersections. Witness to each border Here, before, in between and next. When you …
Amanda C. Brainerd and Michelle Wallace
Amanda C. Brainerd and Michelle Wallace
Amanda C. Brainerd Response Reclaimed By Michelle Wallace Inspiration piece Scrape deep, chip away Remove the years of grime Expose the raw material Intended for a different purpose Splinters tear the flesh That lovingly …
KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe
KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe
Jules Rolfe Inspiration Piece Blue KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Blue’s Maritime stars, Maybe, sand dollars, In concert, spin quickly, Dance oceanic stirrings, swirl, whisk, Churn waves, undulate ‘til calmer waters Lull, successfully, …
Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg
Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg
Jules Rolfe Despair Response So, Sometimes We Fail KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration Piece So, sometimes we fail. Legs, like unfortunate umbrellas, Open where hands miss railings, Weddings, walls, other supports. Instead, mud, …
Jules Rolfe and Barbara Bever
Jules Rolfe and Barbara Bever
Jules Rolfe Giving Hands Response Home Barbara Bever Inspiration Piece Once it was the place I grew up: Where the chipped green ceramic fish sat on the kitchen counter Awaiting Marlboro …
Terah Van Dusen and Jane Hulstrunk
Terah Van Dusen and Jane Hulstrunk
Jane Souza Hulstrunk Inspiration piece Terah Van Dusen The Three Musketeers Response piece I want to write about my neighbors. My neighbors down the lane. The ones that live behind …
Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado
Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado
The Answer Is Usually No
Tom Burke and Drew Anderson
Tom Burke and Drew Anderson
Response by Drew Anderson Inspiration by Tom Burke Chapter 10 For whatever reason, the next morning I felt especially marshmallowy—which may or may not have related to my …
Marla Deschenes and Susan Bee
Marla Deschenes and Susan Bee
Susan Bee (Inspiration Piece) No More Masks by Marla Deschenes (Response Piece) Dusty ghosts of Halloweens past Haunt this space, this time Surrounded by the words of others Another mask To hide behind. Unveil yourself …
Lisa Kilhefner
and Erica Szalkowski
Lisa Kilhefner
and Erica Szalkowski
Lisa Kilhefner Response Hungry By Erica Szalkowski Inspiration piece The Man is sick; we can tell. We are seven; seven Nile Monitors, or Water Leguaan, or Varanus niloticus, but mostly …
Tyson West andElizabeth Akin Stelling
Tyson West andElizabeth Akin Stelling
You can’t have too much butttermilk! By Tyson West Response I Wudn’t Made for Buttermilk Summers By Elizabeth Akin Stelling Inspiration piece We always had chicken and eggs. “Which came first?” …
Elizabeth Akin Stelling
and Tyson West
Elizabeth Akin Stelling
and Tyson West
Tyson West Inspiration piece Outlaw Burt Alvord’s Hidden Treasure By Elizabeth Akin Stelling Response It was all out in the open. Clear as high noon in outlaw country. More than his …
Margaret Mair and Michelle Wallace
Margaret Mair and Michelle Wallace
Margaret Mair, Into the Deep Red Heart of the Wood, Acrylic on canvas. Response Reclaimed By Michelle Wallace Inspiration piece Scrape deep, chip away Remove the years of grime Expose the raw …
Barbara Kongsbak and Lisa Nielsen
Barbara Kongsbak and Lisa Nielsen
Barbara Kongsbak Inspiration Piece Lisa Nielsen Response Swimming without water my hips, unconfined celebrate my thighs cradle lullabies and my arms, orchestrate a clever river with leftover tears This is hopefulness after heartache has …