by Dana Delibovi
In 1913, three years before he died a soldier in the First World War, Franz Marc (b. 1880) painted Tierschicksale. Continue reading “There Are No Words”
There Are No Words
After the Art — Issue 17 — September 2022
Welcome to After the Art’s seventeenth issue.
We hope you enjoy these three essays:
“Tigers” by Amy Bowers
“Joy in the Finding” by Stephen J. West
“Both Sides Now” by Emily Pulfer-Terino
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art — Issue 17 — September 2022”
Tigers
by Amy Bowers
The glowing computer screen commands my focus at 5 a.m. as I teach international middle school students literature. This week we are reading “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” (1951) by Adrienne Rich and I am trying to prod my students to say what the tigers in Aunt Jennifer’s needlework might represent. They have no idea. Continue reading “Tigers”
Joy in the Finding
by Stephen J. West
“There!” I stepped to the side of the path and stopped. I thrust my hand toward the top of a building a few blocks east of 10th Avenue. There: a water tower: hunkered on the rooftop: the shallow angle of its conical roof: the earthy shake of its shingles: the rusted belts cinched around its driftwood trunk: the rickety steel frame perched discretely above the storefronts that sizzled with traffic along the street below. Continue reading “Joy in the Finding”
Both Sides Now
by Emily Pulfer-Terino
Writing, I compose myself. To learn what’s on my mind, I write. My self is made of questions and reflections, poses and expressions. Words, tones and pitches. Gestures of paint. Continue reading “Both Sides Now”
After the Art — Issue 16 — June 2022
Welcome to After the Art’s sixteenth issue.
We hope you enjoy these three essays:
“The Mechanics of Quilting” by Melissa J. Elbaum
“Interiors” by Kimmo Rosenthal
“Day 3 Madrid” by Adam Berlin
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art — Issue 16 — June 2022”
The Mechanics of Quilting
by Melissa J. Elbaum
My beloved grandmother was a prolific quilter. In her one-hundred-eight-and-a-half years, she quilted thirty masterpieces. Her quilts mirror the full color spectrum, fashioning measurements of energy into intricate geometrical patterns. If the material is examined carefully, hints of her life appear. Continue reading “The Mechanics of Quilting”
Interiors
by Kimmo Rosenthal
In the silence we are seized with the sensation of something deep, vast, and boundless.
The house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. Continue reading “Interiors”
Day 3 Madrid
by Adam Berlin
In the Thyssen Museum, portraits of the patrons 3-life-sizes big, Senor and Senora, Spanish Os and As, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, we walk 1 floor together (3 of us) then it’s impossible so Katherine goes first while I carry him Continue reading “Day 3 Madrid”
After the Art — Issue 15 — March 2022
Welcome to After the Art’s fifteenth issue.
We hope you enjoy these four essays:
“Unpredictable and Inevitable” by Dian Parker
“Scenes of Ourselves” by Beth Cleary
“The Art of Being” by Tayna Mykhaylychenko
“The Veiled Lady” by Brooke White
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art — Issue 15 — March 2022”
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