Visual Art

Vincent and I - a Timeline of a Lifetime of Light on Light and Lightness

From an early age, Vincent Van Goghian's exuberant yellows and explosive blues inspired me to write as he painted so very tenderly.

"The Other Me"-- Clearing the Smoke Blurring Faced-Up Mirrors: See and Thus, Be Seen

I've been obsessed with doppelgängers, alter egos, liminal experiences, otherness. Giga Agladze's The Other Me embodies it all

The Fourth Gender: Imagery, Identification, and Imagination In the Virtual Experience

Today, cyberspace is a place where women, nonbinary folks and BIPOC can defy, undermine, and dispute traditional concepts of gender roles.

MAP - The Making of Liam Whelan's Irish Lullaby. A Cartography of a Heritage.

Liam remembered the very first time that his Máthair Chríona sang the lullaby for him when he was a child, and an old ache squeezed his gut.

MAP - The Making of Rain with Sun - Brook's Poetic Ecosystems.

Liam stared at Brook—their shape was blurred by his teary eyes. Amber light filtered through the treetops of Sequoias and Redwoods.

The Making of "Realization": Merging Time, Place & Being Towards Resilience

Today, I find inspiration in the shape of a scar. I imagine that polka dots of blood can be read like musical notes spilling sounds.

“Ekphrasis of Cassandra’s Vow of Love.”

I had thought that uncertainty and despair were the gradients of my life before I’d known about this flower growing inside me.

“Lily’s Dance at The Spinoff”

She wore pink stilettos. Her steps towards the stage were sensual, following the cry of mating, the howling of Beck’s guitar.

Cecilia Martinez-Gil