by Dawn Patel | Apr 21, 2020 | How it Appears
The Bird Without Feet (Multimedia painting, 2014) began with the contemplation of sentient living beings in the Anthropocene. I combined images of space travel and nuclear fusion diagrams from “Cosmos” with maps of the Southern US, focusing on New Orleans, with...
by Dawn Patel | Jan 10, 2020 | How it Appears
Sleepless night. The tinnitus is loud and high pitched. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee constant and even, never-ending. 9 years. At 2am I begin to meditate. It is challenging to find space between the eeeeeeeeeeee I ask the sound, the...
by Dawn Patel | Nov 24, 2019 | How it Appears
The Moat The benevolent king has left the throne A madman sits in his place The moat dries up with neglect Masses are crossing, bodies pushing mud. Stirring loose the ghosts. Who loudly shake the rusty shackles While others bow down and cover their ears Women on...