family
Thankfulness
by Sara Whitestone This piece was originally published by GFT Press. Of all my States of Mind, Virginia is the hardest to unmix—to cipher down
November 20, 2018
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R&S life
children
Rainbow Boy
by Karen Bjork Kubin I wish you could have seen the look on his face, walking home from school. I wish you could carry it
October 29, 2018
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graduation
Artist Series: The Wide-Awake Princess
Are the arts valued in this culture, in this day and age? Sadly, no—not the way they should be, not in a way that sustains working artists. I’ve always known this. Are the arts valuable? Yes—immensely.
August 29, 2018
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art
Artist Series: Vinyl Melancholy
Here the media—the outmoded form of vinyl on turntable—allows me to step out of the relentless grind of my daily life. The record will finish playing one side in a remarkably short period of time and beg me to return to flip it over or replace the record with a new one.
June 14, 2018
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Art and Faith
12.2 Contributor Notes
With a poem, faith is a hidden constellation, beginning with the still-mysterious act of writing. The blank page, which is simultaneously white and dark, is the abyss each writer stares into until the moment, as Nietzsche said, where the abyss stares back into the writer.
May 4, 2018
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art
Imprint
In the same way, if I spend so much energy and effort trying to create music or art or poetry that is meaningful, or beautiful, shot-through with light, grace, insight, and love, how can that not spill over into working for these things in the larger world?
February 7, 2018
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community
Notes From a Social Media Addict
Why is this moment not enough, without the need to share? Do I just want to brag, or is there a good-hearted motivation there too? What am I so afraid of, that I can’t refrain from sharing?
January 16, 2018
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A Passionate Year of Reading
Summer Reading: Conversation of a Lifetime
But what I finally sit down with almost always comes down to something else. Not that I necessarily know what that something else is—the book just calls to me. I answer in hope of a deep conversation.
October 5, 2017
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