They’re Painting the Local Housing Estate | Jo-Ella Sarich

I still remember that day when mom told me with her softy voice you should never show your weakness I need you to be strong over the rocks I was only ten years old I didn’t really understand the meaning of these words but it affected me deeply and I have learned throughout my thorny…

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Last week, my sister Amy and I visited the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. It is a magical place, founded by Seward Johnson on 42 landscaped acres dotted with sculptures that give new meaning to the phrase “Larger than Life.” As we strolled the grounds, we came upon the sculpture pictured below. Grace Paley’s “Midrash…

  “It’s time to upgrade your bra.” They were arguing about whether ketchup should be refrigerated. “Who’s the target audience? Depressed women with dental issues who are addicted to crime shows?” “It’s like — I don’t know — it seems like conventional warfare has made a comeback.” “You know what it is? It’s Cold War…

Robert Bly (via Rothenberg, Kelly, and Lorca) popularized deep-image prose poetry that emphasized concentrating on concrete images to arrive at spiritual meaning. Decades later photographer Jody Servon and poet Lorene Delany-Ullman re-energize this concept with their gorgeous artist book SAVED: OBJECTS OF THE DEAD (Published by Artsuite, 2023). The collaborators gathered items of those who…