A piece would be boring and unfulfilling without some sort of chiaroscuro (light vs dark) to bring out the characters, the story line, and our own investment in reading.
Tag: art
Beginning
Sharing your ideas will evolve out of your introspection. Simply having an idea or opinion is not enough to expound to others. What is the point?
OBSERVATIONS #20 – 12.31.24
Call – Last Theme of the Year Response – Thee Bunny Show, 2025 By – Mimi Peterson , WIR #17 Change is Coming – Details To Be Announced To the January-June, 2025 Racine Writer-in-Residence Grantee #18 – Congratulations! Best Wishes to our new WIR program coordinator! Formal announcements will be made shortly. In the meantime,…
OBSERVATIONS INVITATION – 12.1.24
Call – Color Feel, Theme of the Month Response – Winter’s Light From – Heather Novotny and Adam Booth, Vintage and Modern Books Mimi Peterson, Racine Writer-in-Residence Erik R. Peterson, Vital Art Project YOU ARE INVITED: “Follow winter’s light to a community gathering of thinkers and talkers, makers and do-ers.” ( Mimi Peterson planning the…
OBSERVATIONS #16 – 11.23.24
Call – Color Feel, Theme of the MonthResponse – My SpaceBy – Mimi Peterson My Space The sunlight is loud, It’s noise breaks the silence, Like a comforting blanket, Surrounds me, you, us, With both narrow and broad streams of brilliant sounds, Soon turn into murmurous shadows, At once dark and transparent, Casting familiar silhouettes,…
OBSERVATIONS #14 – 11.10.24
Call – Color Feel, Theme of the Month Response – Cast A Net By – Mimi Peterson Cast A NetCast a net into the sky,Toss into the white not blue,Sky that feels like water looks.Cast a net into the sky,Casually pull apart its soft conceal,Uncover fields of pearlescent fluffs washed in light.Cast a net into…
OBSERVATIONS #12 – 10.27.24
Call – Color Feel, Theme of the Month Response – In Proximity By – Mimi Peterson In ProximityStaged by design, Neither an absolute unicum, Nor a sculptural continuum.A critical mass, the arena set in a meandering sprawl,Seen as a monument to hierarchy,Continual expansion of the false emperors power,Constructed around dark notions of axial age and…
OBSERVATIONS #8 – 9.21.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect by – Mimi Peterson About Me Alone, only the distant street sounds penetrate my thoughts, Only the skylight’s my mood, Only coffee, cooling in my favorite mug, Waits within reach. I sit at the old family table of notorious memories,…
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…
Who am I
Fumbling around in the dark Fighting faceless monsters Collecting scars like badges That tells stories of repeated lessons Or flawless victories Desperately trying to find light To be able to see what battles are ahead The pressure of wanting to be seen, heard and understood Without trails and obstacles in place Building character by learning…