by CKSadmin | Jul 19, 2023 | art, Poetry
This is a mixed media collage and poem about life’s cycles decomposition and regeneration… The Artwork: (Re/)Decomposition The Poem: The Wet Earth of My Being Here at the rushing stream of our bodies, the water unfolds and splits in two – one cries, a...
by CKSadmin | Jul 12, 2023 | art, Poetry
This is a mixed media collage and poem about grief. The Artwork: A Rip Tide The Poem: A Rip Tide Life rises like a waveand acts like the ocean:Just a moment to turn up over,water fighting itself. A violent surface of screaming foam you’re tumbled like a stone,...
by CKSadmin | Jul 5, 2023 | art, Poetry
This is a mixed media collage and poem about belonging. The Artwork: Soil and Stardust The Poem: Soil & Stardust Remember:we are made of mudand the stars. We belong to the ground and the sky. Wherever we gothe Earth holds usand when we look upwe see...
by CKSadmin | Jun 21, 2023 | art, Poetry
This is a watercolor and poem about rewriting old stories. The Artwork: Miracle Rain The Poem: Letter to Teenage You Regarding The Worst Greatest Moment of Your Life If you’re tired,I have a new story for you. This time, nothing has changed,except for every cell in...
by CKSadmin | Jun 7, 2023 | art, Poetry
This is a painting and poem about changing one’s perspective. As Rick Rubin writes in “The Creative Act” in the chapter on “Connected Detachment (Possibility)”: The outcome is not the outcome. The darkness is not an end point, nor is the daylight. They...
by CKSadmin | May 24, 2023 | art, Poetry
Today’s artwork and poem is about overthinking. The Artwork: Brain vs. Body The Poem: If I Can Follow My Heart Doubt grows like a thornon this barely blossoming self-belief I’m poking & prodding under a microscope. Look – already wilting, already...
