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  • Art Study: Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

    A few months ago, my mom recommended the new Billy Joel documentary (Billy Joel: And So It Goes). I love hearing artists talk about their work and the personal experiences that find their way into it. So I decided I too would watch, consuming the incredible 5 hour 2-part film in a series of short…

  • Art Study: Fast Gas

    Today, I wanted to share “Fast Gas,” a poem by Dorianne Laux from her 1994 book What We Carry (screenshot taken from Poetry Foundation). Here are the things I admire about this poem. Exquisite Word Choice The first phrase that stopped me in this poem was “unlovely ponytail.” To choose to call the ponytail unlovely,…

  • Art Study: Poem in Which I Dissociate While my Son Talks about Pokémon

    From time to time, I’d like to spotlight something I’ve read, watched, or listened to and how it inspires me to create better art, maybe even a better life. Today, I wanted to share a poem by Bethany Tap originally published in the online literary magazine HAD. Here are the things that I admire about…