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Dandy/Robin/Gardener By Sadie Pressman, Sadie Pressman
Dandy/Robin/Gardener By Sadie Pressman, Sadie Pressman
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Dandy
I’ll be so direct by saying, if I may, that here is simply, absolutely, the best place to be. Here,
where the rolling hill plunges towards the ocean. Here, where the sight of the Bavarian blue sky
makes my insides feel endless. Here, where, watching as I so often do, as the white cotton
shape-shifts before my eyes, summer-time in suspense. The sun’s rays suspend from the sky,
dangling like the hands of time. They caress me. A pocket watch in the sky, the sky's the best
accessory. Here, where I am more popular than I could ever have …
Floral Beauty By Sophia Squire, Sophia Squire
Floral Beauty By Sophia Squire, Sophia Squire
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Floral Beauty
An appreciation for chrysanthemum
Took bloom within her soul during
Her early years of life and began
To flourish as time went on
Passing slowly, the years whisked
By and things would grow all around
Her as her hair drifted down past
Her slim shoulders – long brown
“I wish to grow my roots, soon,
In one place where I can stay
Becoming stronger within myself
Until it is time for me to wither away
I’ll make this body a lovely space
For my spirit of flora to grow and
Thrive, with windows all around to
Let sunshine …
Three Garden Visitors By Vivien Russe, Vivien Russe
Three Garden Visitors By Vivien Russe, Vivien Russe
ART/RSP 299: Gathering in the Garden: Poetry and Studio Art
Three Garden Visitors
Beside a cup of tea, I am a spotted leopard on pajamas.
Outside in the garden, this early summer morning,
Staying sly, quiet, not wanting to draw any attention from the neighbors.
A birdie is hidden in the Emerald Green Arborvitae,
After lunch, Owen comes over, asking politely if he can come into the yard to find it.
I reply, “Certainly, you can retrieve anything that lands in the yard without asking”.
Coming unannounced, no matter when, full of presumption
It comes with the lightest, gentle touch or the hardest hit, knocking flowers off center.
Below the …
Optimistic And A Little Flawed, Christian Schultz
Optimistic And A Little Flawed, Christian Schultz
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The accompanying exhibition to this paper, Optimistic and Flawed is a body of drawings and objects that explores the liminal space between playful and intended actions. Inspired by the landscape of the yard and the actions that take place within, the goalless play of a child and the laborious maintenance of an adult. The value of play exists within labor and labor exists within play. The drawings observe this through the theoretical framework of telic and paratelic motivational states as they relate to drawing. Abstracted yards and landscapes provide a space for the labor of the hand. A history of …
To Remember Even This, Jessica Oravetz
To Remember Even This, Jessica Oravetz
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
A powerpoint presentation including collages I made in the Honors program, why I made them, and how they so powerfully affected me and my education at Western.