a collaboration

a while ago I bought a small button piece by Emeline Tate at Janssen Art Space. then in my regular gallery going I met her. she came to my first book anniversary celebration. after that she suggestd a collaboration. this is what I wrote for her:

LINES FOR EMELINE

1

buttoning silence

lets words

come out to play

2

when white is witty

pink shrinks

3

let us know

how letters hurt

4

filling a square

with smiles

is

practice for paradise

5

a sloth got loose

in a library

& ate so many words

it shat poems

then she got to work using 3 of the little poems. & last nite they made their debuts on the Janssen walls.

(photo by Marconi Calindas)

I have always loved working with artists & photographers & choreographers & any other creative person who suggests such an adventure.

with the artist & a little piece she made for me