After Eden Shannon Quinn Volume 10, Issue 1 Eve has left the garden and should be approached with caution. Artist Statement As an artist, I am interested in how language manifests in images along with the dialogue of whispers, echoes and contradictions it creates. There is an expansiveness to how…
The Smell of Winter Shannon Quinn Vol. 10, Issue 1 The Smell of Winter is an invitation to abandon some of the constraints we place around the meaning of love, to risk welcoming expressions of defiance and resilience. Artist Statement As an artist, I am interested in how language manifests…
Army Bett Butler, Joël Dilley, Janis Butler Holm, Kim Zumpfe Volume 5, Issue 2 Artists’ Statement Kim Zumpfe: “Army” started with an urge to steal a friend’s body part. Gina Osterloh’s now truncated and unruly arms (see her original here: https://positjournal.com/2021/05/11/janis-butler-holm-gina-osterloh/) fly madly through space alongside silicone cooking gloves. Rhythms of sound and…
West Texas: A Letter to Walt Whitman Margaret Emma Brandl Volume 4, Issue 2 Artist’s Statement I began writing lyric letters to Walt Whitman sometime shortly after I discovered creative nonfiction. My letters then were equal parts moony and contemplative, with the idea of Walt Whitman—exuberant, effusive, grandiose, tender—standing in for…
Cecily and the Dragon Natascha Graham Volume 4, Issue 2 Artist’s Statement “Cecily and the Dragon” was written during Lockdown as a response to a writing prompt found somewhere on the internet. It is written about the unreal world of imagination and childlike hope that I feel so many people descended into…
A God Dream Thomas Compton Volume 3, Issue 2 Artist’s Statement “A God Dream” is a micro–short film that looks at a relationship of convenience. Shot and produced by Thomas Compton, the film explores how two unnamed lovers, portrayed by actors Jet Summan and Georgia Neath, look vulnerable in the…
SpongeBob & Juice Boxes Kelly “Native Child” Brown Volume 3, Issue 2 Artist’s Statement As an artist, Kelly “Native Child” Brown’s goal is to create a body of work that recognizes the beauty of struggle and growing from pain. Every thorn has a rose, every rose has a thorn, and…
France in June Alicia DeFonzo Volume 2, Issue 2 Artist’s Statement My narrative nonfiction collection retraces my grandfather’s tour as an Army combat engineer in WWII Europe: He fought at Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, the bridge at Remagen, and liberated concentration camps. Typically, my writing incorporates reportage, historical…
House Haiku: Freedom Elancharan Gunasekaran Volume 2, Issue 2 Artist’s Statement “House Haiku” is a daring experiment that I have randomly worked on every few years of my writing career that has spanned over eight years. It was only a year back that I put all efforts into creating a…
The Listener Maya Avidov Volume 2, Issue 1 Synopsis: Ossie’s retiring today from the mannequin factory having been there for all of his working life. Now that his colleagues have left it’s time for Ossie to say his final farewells to the ones he holds dear. As a filmmaker,…