"Break" by Julia Forrest
An Adopted Korean Girl’s Book of Shadows: How to Clear a Creative Blockage by Bo Schwabacher
I saw a sprightly baby mule deer by the side of 89A
and then a dead deer. Venus has stationed direct.
My night as my background music, my neighbors’ noise
has ceased. For once, my problems aren’t really problems.
I don’t get out of the bath to answer the door.
Like I could know where this life is going,
a Diary Queen dipped cone cracks in my mouth.
Making sense of loss, the conscious mind looks for signs.
I’m in an airport terminal, not at a bar asking for water.
and then a dead deer. Venus has stationed direct.
My night as my background music, my neighbors’ noise
has ceased. For once, my problems aren’t really problems.
I don’t get out of the bath to answer the door.
Like I could know where this life is going,
a Diary Queen dipped cone cracks in my mouth.
Making sense of loss, the conscious mind looks for signs.
I’m in an airport terminal, not at a bar asking for water.
Bo Schwabacher's poems have appeared in Foundry, the Offing, Radar Poetry, and others. Her book is forthcoming with Tinderbox Editions.
Julia Forrest is a Brooklyn based artist. She works strictly in film and prints in a darkroom she built within her apartment. Her own art has always been her top priority in life and in this digital world, she will continue to work with old processing. Anything can simply be done in photoshop, she prefers to take the camera, a tool of showing reality, and experiment with what she can do in front of the lens. Julia is currently working as a teaching artist at the Brooklyn Museum, Medgar Evers College, USDAN Art Center and Lehigh University. As an instructor, she thinks it is important to understand that a person can constantly stretch and push the boundaries of their ideas with whatever medium of art they choose. Her goal is for her audience to not only enjoy learning about photography, but to see the world in an entirely new way and continue to develop a future interest in the arts. You can find her at her WEBSITE and on instagram: @Juliajuliaajuliaa
