Monthly Archives: December 2013

Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

Amy Souza and
Barbara Duarte Esgalhado

The Answer Is Usually No

 

Barbara Duarte Esgalhado
and Amy Souza

Barbara Duarte Esgalhado
and Amy Souza

Barbara Duarte Esgalhado Response Attachments By Amy Souza Inspiration piece The dog. Breathing. Walking. Long-billed birds on a feeder outside the kitchen window. That sound the heater makes when it turns …

 

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 …

 

Barbara Kongsbak
and Lisa Nielsen

Barbara Kongsbak
and Lisa Nielsen

Barbara Kongsbak Response One Door Closing By Lisa Nielsen Inspiration piece The sky is damp and the buildings are glistening tonight, as smoke rises off the sidewalk. Footsteps and breath form a rhythmic chorus …

 

Drew Anderson and Tom Burke

Drew Anderson and Tom Burke

3rd Annual Berwyn Avenue Pickle Festival

 

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 …

 

Annmarie Lockhart and Bridget Fahey O’Brien

Annmarie Lockhart and Bridget Fahey O’Brien

  Bridget Fahey O’Brien Morning After Inspiration Piece After the Carriage Returns to a Pumpkin By Annmarie Lockhart Response at the peak of the party at half-past midnight it’s easy to forget that morning comes moaning …

 

Bridget Fahey O’Brien and Annmarie Lockhart

Bridget Fahey O’Brien and Annmarie Lockhart

Bridget Fahey O’Brien They Come Out at Night Response What Poe Might Have Creatively Interpreted Had He Been Born Some 50 Years Later and Known Something of Whitechapel By Annmarie Lockhart Inspiration …

 

Diane Mayr and Amy Souza

Diane Mayr and Amy Souza

Diane Mayr Gettin’ Jiggy Response This Really Happened By Amy Souza Inspiration piece On the road to Damascus by the red-lipped rover, Alfred Hitchcock sits down to picnic with the actor …

 

Seth Leamer and Brenna Crotty

Seth Leamer and Brenna Crotty

Waiting  — RESPONSE by Seth Leamer (Oil on Canvas)   Waiting  — INSPIRATION by Brenna Crotty That there man, there’s something wrong with him. I been workin’ my whole life on them …

 

Linda M. Rhinehart Neas and Robert James McCoog

Linda M. Rhinehart Neas and Robert James McCoog

Linda M. Rhinehart Neas – Response Yin and Yang (Photo – Nikon Coolpix 4300 and photo enhanced with Gimp) Robert James McCoog – Inspiration Untitled He fell. As he fell he …

 

Brenna Crotty and Seth Leamer

Brenna Crotty and Seth Leamer

Seth Leamer Inspiration Piece   Learning to Sleep Alone Brenna Crotty Response Piece We are haunted by the living. They drift among the trees when the moonlight’s unforgiving of our clinging memories. They drift among …

 

Adam Cornford and Tora Estep

Adam Cornford and Tora Estep

  Tora Estep La Traicionada Cartas intolerables rodean su cabeza se convierten en alas electrocutadas en albanicos de hueso que se despliegan frente de sus ojos ahora de plata helada que reflejan …

 

Kathleen Finn Jordan and Aimee Fullman

Kathleen Finn Jordan and Aimee Fullman

Aimee Fullman   Shell Shaped Spiral Staircase photograph: Inspiration Piece Shell Shaped Spiral Staircase Kathleen Finn Jordan Response   Deep wave shell thrown upward to float in foam or throw idea To …

 

Michelle Wallace and Tora Estep

Michelle Wallace and Tora Estep

Tora Estep Inspiration Piece   The Dreamer by Michelle Wallace Response piece The sun sets Submerging into icy blue Ripples swallow orange and red and pink Wind swirls the trees A white orb peeks through …

 

Kristi Conley-Brockie
and Gabriel Shanks

Kristi Conley-Brockie
and Gabriel Shanks

Kristi Conley-Brockie Feather and Whorl Pen pencil on paper Response   DONDUKOV BOULEVARD By Gabriel Shanks Inspiration piece No more hiding. We can fall away, slip from sight, even in the middle of the …

 

Caroline Davies and Traci Robison

Caroline Davies and Traci Robison

Traci Robison Sienna Boy Inspiration piece Boy Playing By Caroline Davies Response   Boy playing   Go out and play, my parents were forever saying. You need more fresh air. You have to be …

 

Helen Lewis and Michelle Wallace

Helen Lewis and Michelle Wallace

Michelle Wallace Inspiration piece   Letting Go By Helen Lewis Response (Click to view larger version)  

 

Traci Robison and Caroline Davies

Traci Robison and Caroline Davies

Traci Robison dulce et decorum est Response   November 4th By Caroline Davies Inspiration piece   There’s your friend He said he’d stab you in the leg to stop you going back to the front. You …

 

Helen Lewis and Anthony Valade

Helen Lewis and Anthony Valade

Helen Lewis Blood in the gutter Response   Anthony Valade Gutter Water Inspiration piece   Eyes caught a glimpse of nothing as everything turned black. Ran for days not thinking of the past. Lost fears …