I write not just as an observer, but as a fellow wayfarer: watching signposts, following an open map, facing the rising sun to find my bearings. North to my left, South on my right, West at my back. As the sun rises over Lake Michigan, so does my free state of mind. By rejecting the…
Author: ArtRoot's Writer-In-Residence
The ArtRoot Writer-In-Residence (WIR) project is an initiative founded by ArtRoot, a collaboration of artists and arts advocates who are determined to reinvigorate Racine, WI through the arts. This project is supported by the Racine Literacy Council, and funded through a generous grant from the Osborne & Scekic Family Foundation.
This project seeks to spotlight Racine and Kenosha’s dynamic literary community while encouraging, supporting, and advocating on behalf of writers at all stages of their careers.
OBSERVATION #5 8.31.24
Some encounters are inevitable when traveling Washington Ave. The Last of Ike, sculpture by Texas artist Nic Noblique, was commissioned by the City of Racine in 2008. Located at the intersection of Washington and the railroad tracks, near 12th St., it is positioned to be the Gateway to Uptown. The Last of Ike, en homageStanding…
OBSERVATIONS #4 8.24.24
Call – Environment, Theme of the Month Response – Folk Lore Observed – Floating Feathers, a Folk Art Poem – by Mimi Peterson, WIR #17 Folk culture comes to pass thru generations. Friends gather to share ideas, they repeat news, tell tales of events, and, perhaps, anecdote the next project’s story board with pictographs and…
Observations #3 – 8.17.24
Call – Environment, Theme of the Month Response – Light and Space Observed Response – Is My Home An Illusion? Mimi Peterson, Writer-In-Residence #17 Light and Space Observed My Racine environment is simultaneously atmospheric and hermetic. It is historical and artistic, water and landscapes open vistas to sun rise and set – I experience it…
OBSERVATIONS #2
Call: ENVIRONMENT, Theme of the Month Response: AS IS by Mimi Peterson These words are intended to present a graphic flow of thoughts – to promote notions of desolution and chaos, to imply order and everyday mundane, to warn that the decomposition of ideas by individuals leads to life-death cycles – to prevent the decline…
OBSERVATIONS #1
Welcome to OBSERVATIONS by Mimi Peterson. I am honored to be Racine’s newest Writer-In-Residence #17. Thank you Art Root for your advocacy of the Arts and Humanities; your support of the WIR program; your positive influence throughout Racine. Thank you to the inspiring – and aspiring – creative community. Each week while I occupy the…
Gods Mercy
I may not understand you in your totality but I feel your energy as if you are a part of me I know you are a part of me Because my deepest desires and deepest fears that I do not dare to speak out of my mouth but in the secret chambers of my heart,…
Fake it
Some people fake it until they make it Then, when they make it They forget to take the mask off
Wildflowers
I wanna be where there wildflowers grow Free and unbothered Growing without restrictions Invisible to the naked eye It takes a certain appreciation to be able to see the beauty of the wildflowers Unintentionally planted by man but spiritually planted by Mother Earth Representing collective consciousness and how we can be different yet thrive together…
ArtRoot Writer-In-Residence 