Poetry & Literature
I love the physical process of cutting into paper with a knife. I lightly draw on the back side of the paper first. It is important to consider, as I am working, how the piece will look when it is reversed. When I begin to cut, I find my knife has a mind of its own. Pieces and scraps of paper begin flying until, at last I have released, through cutting, a stark, graphic image in negative and positive shapes. The challenge is to keep the entire image intact within the frame of the paper without the whole piece falling apart. The more I cut out of the paper, the more fragile it becomes.
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There Are Mornings - Lisel Mueller
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Getting Started - Michael Wynn
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The Peace of Wild Things - Wendell Berry
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When I am Old - Yeats
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"To Hell With It" -Richard Jones
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Witness - Michael Wynn
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Witness - Michael Wynn
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Here - Grace Paley
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Conch - E. B. White
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Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Firefly - Ogden Nash
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A Woman Meets An Old Lover - Denise Levertov
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Song of the Wonderful Surprise - Kelly Cherry
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Snow - George Bilgere
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A Telephone Call - Dorothy Parker
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When I Met My Muse - William Stafford