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Kotori Magazine

Not sure if I mention this enough, since it's a new honor,but I'm the Poetry Editor for Kotori Magazine! I am so happy to spread the message of Los Angeles' poetic initiatives. :) www.kotorimagazine.com A few of my past stories in Kotori and The Grawn:  The Ladies Take the Stage Feature on Joe Moller; Executive Director of the downtown Art Walk Feature on the Metropolis Bookstore 

For Anthony

The wind turns spreading fast the flesh around my teeth. They chatter at the curtain drawn, around your rosy blue tone, a humble carriage to your next land. Adventure holds you tight and tugs my hand, the same way we would when you breathed... The circles I feel as I walk, keep me in a glow halo of wonder. Is it embrace, or shield, keeping me grounded so firmly away from the forces you grace? I am surveyed, still young, ready to greet you where water fails to run 'round your veins. A body without circumference. Your dream; I believe. Each morning I wake with you around my skin, but I flinch in fear. How close am I? Jagged memories of nightmare demean your smile and feign at the whimsy. There is nothing light about this. Distant pleasure forsakes the intentions drawing near you; a bottle breaks. I turn corners and I stare, I see them, I see you. We repeat and repeat the reality we lived, but there is always something more. Ominous. more. discreet. more. an

Andy Warhol's Rorschach, 1984

I was so excited when I ran into this piece at LACMA today. I wandered around the Broad Contemporary Art Museum and stumbled upon Warhol! If I did my homework, I'd probably have expected to see; however, it was a much needed surprise. Rorschach's were created to draw out an individual's subconscious. By doing so, you can retrieve the fundamental roots of one's mind...what lies beneath is the essence of the things you choose and desire. So I ask all of you to take a look at this image above and analyze it some. Jot down the first few things that come to your mind emotionally and mentally. Send it anonymously as a comment below.  

Spirit of Change

Body of art, canvased in words. Unique to flesh, held relevant to all. Join me in a quest to find the minds that can expand kindness beyond breath, to the great ear of our Mother; the groin of our lives. The harvester of seeds -- body capsules released to orbit alone. Spirit travel beyond the body to make nest in new smiles; soul's recognition of brother sister and in between. Come forth to the pillars, this spirit of change. ~ Jessica M. Wilson September 24th @ Beyond Baroque in Venice: 11am-11pm http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/?p=1515 Join us!  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182479165139074