Celebrating Our Differences
Alice Suell, born 1910 in Vidalia Louisiana, was an active member of Olivet Baptist Church: “In 1938 I waited anxiously in the crowded Chicago Union train station for my four young sons who had traveled on their own from Louisiana. I had been in Chicago for one year…
As I walk away, I can hear her breathing heavy. She is fighting the gigantic urge to scream after me to ask me to stay. I have left a half drunk steamy cup of rooibos tea on her mahogany coffee table that she kindly made before she knew…
Closure eludes me. Or maybe it’s an illusion. Or maybe it’s an urban legend like Bigfoot. Does anyone ever really have closure? People talk about it, but is it really a real thing? Seriously, does closure exist? Maybe I just can’t see it, because I’m always spinning like…
What’s on my mind in the middle of the night when I’d love to be sleeping but insomnia strikes: I’m reading a lot of posts these days about women, angry and in a rut because of their ex/jobs/money/current love life, etc… Girls. I feel you. I really…
My husband, Bob, and I first met Michael Banks at our local Arts Alive Festival, in Florence, AL. We were mesmerized by his work – the images, both haunting and illuminating. The texture and color took us to the visionary, outsider art work we had grown to love,…
My heart rains in smithereens like red confetti falling From the crown of cumulonimbus heights. Its shredded pieces fall in dizzy circles while Trying to find the perfect landing on uneven ground. My eyes are ajar like shutters to a vacant, soulless castle. I’m not dead. I’m not alive….
Nothing like the first day of a new school in Thailand. Garnet makes her way to her reward for a long day. (Photos by Daddy) On the way with Mom, Sarin – Bernie Basley Bernie loves to take pictures. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in TV Production from…
– Pepe Villegas A self-taught artist, Pepe Villegas’ creative journey has always embodied a search, a sublime process of unveiling beauty in the unconventional. In 1993 he relocated the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan where he shared a studio and launched his career as an artist. He became part…
Heart Warming Heart Breaking Holy and Love Making Celebrations Infestations Miraculous with Incantations Hope Filled Heart Chilled Wondrous then Joy Killed Dancing with Sorrows Into Mystified tomorrows Futures Unfolding History Beholding Refuge and Solace Road Weary, Solstice Living with Boldness In Quiet Remoteness Death and Destruction Wonder…
Barbados is peppered with a number of art galleries, and I could not leave Barbados without visiting the Gallery of Caribbean Art in Speightstown, Barbados. I was blown away by the the myriad of work from all over the Caribbean. The work was from some of the most prolific…