(Art my own. The drawing and the poem were in response to a documentary featuring a mother’s loss of her child by suicide. Please listen with care.) Sorrow lines her edgesin blue-hued shadowsgriefās moss overpowering light Lines etched erasableshe is fragmented, hauntedpain a persistent noose She will rally to find orderlend her voice to causespeak […]
(Photo collage mine)
Planted seeds for prosperity –images of children frolickingthe delight of yellow horizonstradition setting our fields ablaze Till greed came knocking –brother turning on brother Rhetoric and lies shrapnelshattering our dreams Only the deer frolic nowunwitting participants inthis unprovoked slaughterland mines defiling landscapes But seeds are not lost,nor are the legacy of generationswhose soil has known […]
One Woman's Quest II 
This is some talent VJ, to draw without looking.
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Such an intriguing self portrait, VJ. I find myself with many thoughts when I look at it and think of peace. And an interesting challenge. I have done some blind drawing and often like the results. I hope you are ‘weathering’ this Ontario winter in good spirits.
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