Linda Mitchell
and Jone MacCulloch
Linda Mitchell
“Silences”
Response
Silences
By Jone MacCulloch
Inspiration piece
A moonless sky tonight
The phone in the hall doesn’t ring
Commas drift like clouds
Weather’s changing, my scar knows
The phone in the hall …
Linda Mitchell
and Jone MacCulloch
Jone MacCulloch
“Solstice Blessings”
Inspiration piece
Blessings for Solstice
By Linda Mitchell
Response
Today solstice blessings be upon us
Today we leap from moon to sun
Today three times ‘round the byre
Today light …
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Jonathan Ottke
Jonathan Ottke
“Swimming in the Blue Lilies, Blue Tara”
Inspiration piece
Swimming in Blue Lilies
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
Dive and swivel and spread arms wide
And swiff and snuzzle the …
Madona Tyler LeBlanc and
KJ Hannah Greenberg
Madona Tyler LeBlanc
“Slings and Arrows”
Collage and watercolor
Response
Bee Cop
By KJ Hannah Greenberg,
Inspiration piece
Minh Vu adjusted his mesh hat and veil. The material allowed in air, but …
Jonathan Ottke and Lisa Kilhefner
Jonathan Ottke
Response
Unlearn Me
By Lisa Kilhefner
Inspiration piece
Unlearn me,
please un-know me,
unsee this world
through my swollen eyes.
Unlearn the way you have to detach,
Un-run with me.
I’m un-knowable as her,
as …
Jennifer Fendya,
Madona Tyler LeBlanc,
and Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya
“Offering”
Response
Madona Tyler LeBlanc
Inspiration piece (movement video)
Jenny Forrester
Inspiration piece (writing)
I finally woke up, understanding there are people who only love dead people, there are people …
JoAnn Moore and MM Panas
Reflecting
By MM Panas
Acrylic on paper 3′ x 8′
Inspiration piece
Reflections of the Season
By JoAnn Moore
Response
Riotous spring colors erupt
through the landscape,
after weeks of mid-winter warmth,
safe in their …
MM Panas and JoAnn Moore
Nature’s Cycles
By MM Panas
24″ x 18″ Acrylic on paper
Response
The Memory of Scent
By JoAnn Moore
Inspiration piece
The lilacs finally bloomed the day before,
spilling sweetness through the window …
Jenny Forrester and Jennifer Fendya
Jennifer Fendya
Inspiration piece
Jenny Forrester
Response
We’re going to lose, shredding each other instead of the other side.
You know????
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Note: All of the art, writing, and music on this …
Jenny Forrester and
Madona Tyler LeBlanc
Madona Tyler LeBlanc
Screenshot from “Reciprocity” video
Inspiration piece
Jenny Forrester
Response
We braid, reach out, reach up, bend, we believe…in art as…I walk up rainbow-painted steps, a giant heart …
Darice M. Jones and Tora Estep
Tora Estep
Oil on canvas
Inspiration piece
Earthen-Colored Vibes and Futurescapes
By Darice Jones
Response
Bing! Ring! Ding! Hummmmm!
Bing! Ring! Ding! Hummmmm!
Bop, on pop, on bop, bop, bop. Tap, tip, tap. …
Jennifer Fendya and Darice Jones
Darice Jones
“Heat Before Spring”
Inspiration piece
Forgotten Hope for Tomorrow
By Jennifer Fendya
Response
We had a blast
though
how is it
………we’d forgotten to
put money
where our mouths caught fire
We kissed
this park deserted
tongues …
Darice Jones and Jennifer Fendya
Darice Jones
“Return to You”
Response
Pantoum for My Pandemic Partner
By Jennifer Fendya
Inspiration piece
I really saw you for the first time when I had no other place to …
Lisa Kilhefner and Jonathan Ottke
Jonathan Ottke
Inspiration piece
Don’t Trap Me
By Lisa Kilhefner
Response
You want to lure me in?
I’ll need directions.
You want to chain me up?
Well, I’ve got questions.
You’ll pull me in …
Kathleen Finn Jordan
and Pamela Underhill
Pamela Underhill
Inspiration piece
Spiked Outreach
By Kathleen Finn Jordan
Response
Spike like pronged edge reaching for what
Sharpened edges crying out yet pushing off
Bursts of light, sea, places to run, …
Tora Estep and Darice M. Jones
Tora Estep
Oil on canvas
Response
Destined to Prevail:
A short story about earthlings, sometime around now
By Darice M. Jones
Inspiration piece
Bica sat at the shore of the water between …
Margaret Simon and Linda Mitchell
Linda Mitchell
Inspiration piece
Moonlight Sonata
By Margaret Simon
Response
Moon, wild orb nightly shining
high above the oak trees.
Your pull breaks waves
and concrete where oak roots
rise like bread, yeast pressing
our …
Madona Tyler LeBlanc,
Jennifer Fendya, and Jenny Forrester
Jennifer Fendya
Inspiration piece (art)
Jenny Forrester
Inspiration piece (writing)
I finally woke up, understanding there are people who only love dead people, there are people who’ll only love …
Channie Greenberg and Erika Cleveland
Erika Cleveland
“The Kranken were as High as Our House and as Wide as Our Car”
Response
Laic
By Channie Greenberg
Inspiration piece
I hadn’t meant to muster the outworlders. I’m …
Erika Cleveland and Channie Greenberg
Erika Cleveland
“I’m an Angel/Green Man”
Inspiration piece
Bionic Mushrooms and Sundry Other Things
By Channie Greenberg
Inspiration piece
Another miniature energy farm was not what Dr. Terry Sanders had been …
Susan Burton and Kamika Cooper
Susan Burton
“Below”
Digital art
Response
Countdown
By Kamika Cooper
Inspiration piece
7
rest easy knowing
there is peace in your silence
so run your mouth less
6
we see you in need
down on the train station …
Kamika Cooper and Susan Burton
Susan Burton
“Ice Cream”
Digital art, photography
Inspiration piece
Quarantine
By Kamika Cooper
Response
i remain inside
pretending i am outside
for a while that works
scroll tap click checkout
any little thing i want
here in …
Cristal Brawley and Amy Souza
Cristal Brawley
Response
Beheld
By Amy Souza
Inspiration piece
If beauty belongs to the beholder, what’s left for the beheld?
1. This body’s good for drawing, I suppose—curves, wrinkles, dimples, fat. …
Amy Souza and Cristal Brawley
Cristal Brawley
Inspiration piece
Attachments
By Amy Souza
Response
We sit together
Cross-legged, entwined
And I want to know your secrets
Isn’t that why we’re here?
These entanglements?
You don’t need answers
Or to understand the …
Linda Mitchell and Margaret Simon
Linda Mitchell
Half-Hearted Love
Response
Half-Hearted Love
By Margaret Simon
Inspiration piece
Butterflies open wings
gripping cellophane shells.
Overnight the light changed,
a metamorphosis for the season.
Paperwhite blossoms pop on grass.
The yellow house with …