by Allaura Barrett colored pencil on paper, 2019
Month: February 2020
Hands
by Allaura Barrett charcoal on paper, 2019
Compromise
by Allaura Barrett watercolor on paper, 2019
Buried
by Allaura Barrett charcoal on paper, 2019
Tension
by Allaura Barrett charcoal on paper, 2019
God; THE BIG HYPOTHETICAL THEORY
by Esmallyn Reyes Last night I dreamt that God was a woman. She appeared in what seemed like a blacked out limbo; she appeared piece by piece. She was hideous even when dressed in this divine white, possessing all the physicalities that humans have claimed notorious over the years. My idea of God was betrayed; … Continue reading God; THE BIG HYPOTHETICAL THEORY
Black Girl Magic
by Issy Beatriz Mejia acrylic on canvasboard, 2019
All Black is Beautiful
by Issy Beatriz Mejia I come from beautiful Caribbean roots I was raised by the trees I often climbed I am made of the plátanos Dominicans so often eat And I mirror the color of the limoncillos we’d eat on the balcon I speak the Spanish that my ancestors’ colonizers taught us I am shackled … Continue reading All Black is Beautiful
Outside In
by Bri Watts I was full of laughter before I was full of insecurity. “You must laugh a lot. People who laugh a lot have wrinkles around their mouth; they call them laugh lines.” Some guy at a gas station said this to me. That was the beginning. I went home, looked in the mirror, … Continue reading Outside In
Chrysalis 