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Scythe, by Taylor Graham

Scythe Remember the scythe that hangs rusting in my shed – the mowing tool I learned to dance with when I was much younger, before the harvesting of my years. Reaper, 1998, Painted cloth, metal no wood

Chine, by Taylor Graham

Chine Feel it in the bones discs fail joints not quite aligned trying for the vertical within softly eroding flesh. by Taylor Graham Chine, c. 2005, Mixed media

Golden, by Taylor Graham

Golden A golden case, frame of gathers & folds & pleats & intricately artfully designed by an unseen mind; smooth surfaces polished mirror-bright by invisible hands to form this perfect golden resting place recessed within the artful box, for whom? so deep within, we can’t see the eyes. Is anyone in…

Metalsom, by Steve Talbert

METALSOM It’s a brass torso Details riveted and Attached baffles Giving a burnt patina, Extruding, somewhat painful wire Around ribs’, ‘n exhibited inducement To reveal full customer list; Plus, source identities of all involved In unnamed substance distribution. After the chain sawing of neck and legs- Remains tossed over the freeway To horrified passing traffic;…

Self Portrait, by Steve Talbert

SELF PORTRAIT Self portrait of same…in The watercolor medium Which anyone who’s picked Up a brush knows to be difficult. Some well chiseled face of self with Upturned Nose…not the Mediterranean style Large, and bone protruding (like Mine) But a Celtic tribal feature. Possible; Boudicca herself Who nearly beat Rome But got…

The Assemblage, by J. Blossom

Window Dressing Think of it: A personal no-rules narrative. Ones’ private emoting and creative collecting. Tin to burlap, string to ash, straw in a window frame. Patinas with burnt rust, bonfire-orange sheet metaled. Co-existing on immolated wooden slats; seeds, beads, a cross. Prized now yet once they were the broken things. …

Bound, by Gemma Benton

Bound Past and Future Bound in a moment of Time and Ties as in what slips away and what binds us charred and woven carved into and out from marking change in scrawl and nails ritual scars Intended to liberate us drawing us into places finding ourselves hooked by Gemma Benton Hooked, 2003, Painted…

Sierra Re:Leaf

Sierra Re:Leaf Thrams Andie Wonder Wander Andie Thrams, For the Ernest Resilience of Plants, 2020, Mixed media on kozo paper over canvas “Sierra Re-Leaf” is a project of Arts and Culture El Dorado, in partnership with the El Dorado Fire Safe Council, local artists, and the scientific community. The project will provide practical resources and…

Table Nectar

For Kim Medici and Andy Tannehill, the owners of Table Nectar and Nectar Events, Inc., art and food have always been deeply intertwined. The couple, who married in 2007, met at Burning Man, where Andy was catering. After creating Table Nectar together in 2007, they went on to cater other music festivals, including Coachella. “We…

The Smoke, the Flame, by Shelley Wagner

The Smoke, the Flame The wind blew a firestorm Into my house, into my neighbor’s house. It left through the pine trees Dared to return, to burn, to creep Into my house, my neighbor’s house. The smoke, the flame Dared to return, to burn, to creep Across virgin ground The smoke, the…