Welcome to (Re)!
I am very excited to present a curated “journal of ideas” that is a meeting place of visual art, prose, science, and more.
The idea for this endeavor came about from my love of vintage clothing and found objects and the way in which one ‘re’cycles these objects, et al. to make them their own. This concept then grew from that which we acquire in this vein, to that which we create through our various art forms (and yes, science and math are considered here, to be ‘the application of creative skill and imagination’, as art is formally defined). All of the material presented incorporates a re-root word, such as relive, reinvent, reuse…into its framework in whatever way the artist chooses. And so, (Re) is a product of this expanded idea.
The journal, available monthly online, features the work of artists/creators/thinkers in various categories and I am honored to present their work within this forum.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explore this new and evolving (re)source.
I hope you enjoy the ride!
— Felice Neals
Writer, reader, photographer, dance devotee, film citizen, language-a-phile…
They Say Us is Free
Poetry
(Re)wind
Allia Abdullah-Matta
Uncomfortably Numb
Essay
(Re)treat
Christie Grotheim
The Actons
A Play Excerpt
(Re)construct
Wilson Valentin
(Re)fract
Spider's Eye
Coalescing Crusts
Evolution
Installation (graphite, wood, paper, ink, paint roller). 2018
Molly Aubry is a visual artist based in South Florida. Her paintings, prints, and installations have exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Science Gallery of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, Site:Brooklyn Gallery in New York, and M Contemporary in Detroit. She has received residency fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center, the Ragdale Foundation, and Playa, and is the recipient of a Visiting Artist Grant from the U.S. Department of State in Moldova. Her work was recently featured in the Mid Atlantic Print Council’s journal No 30/31, New Eyes, edited by Shelley Thorstensen. Aubry received her BFA from the University of Florida and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
This month we are very excited to present the wonderful music of harpist, Mary Lattimore. I have admired Mary’s work since hearing it while traversing the plains of Wyoming during our residency a few years sgo, and have been a fan ever since.
“Mary Lattimore’s playing has an authority which transcends those limitations and evokes meaning in and of itself. Just as the harp in Debussy’s La Mer so evocatively describes the sun rising over an expansive ocean, Lattimore’s harp can tell stories, not just anecdotes.” — Rob Taylor, Soundblab.
Here is a tune, “Sometimes He’s In My Dreams,” from her upcoming album, Silver Ladders. To be released October, 2020.
Enjoy!
“The song, ‘Sometimes He’s In My Dreams’ was co-written by me and Neil while in his studio on an old airfield by the coast in Cornwall, UK. The song came from an improvisation, where I played what came to me and then after I finished, Neil went back into the take, chopped and looped some parts and constructed it into a song. Then, he added his beautiful guitar part, which carries the whole thing. We consider this one of our favorites on the record and I hope you like it!” — Mary Lattimore
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OTHER STUFF
Here is where I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the (Re) contributors, the friends and family who support this adventure with their encouragement and guidance, Lori and Jim, the web consultants who are holding my hand as I build this site with no previous experience in the web tech arena, and the wonderful readers, who I hope will continue to follow our monthly content. Thank you! Merci! Gracias! Shukriya! Grazie! Obrigado! Xiexie! Amsegenallo! Asante! Shukraan!
COVER photograph by Felice Neals: Flowers floating in a pond that (re)flected the sky and the clouds. The breeze moved the water in a circle and the flowers formed a natural carousel of color and shape. I could have stood there for hours…
ART photographs by Molly Aubry.
TEXT photographs of flowers by Felice Neals.
THANK YOU as always, to our Editor H.E. Fisher for her sharp eye and invaluable contribution. I could not have gotten this project off and running without her support and editorial expertise.
A huge thank you to Mary Lattimore, for giving us a peek at her upcoming album.
So, we had our first reading for (Re) Journal contributors for the June-August issues a few weeks ago. It was such a blast to hear the work read and brought to life by the writers and artists. Thanks again to all who read and who stopped by. The only glitch was our Zoom bomber who dropped a porn montage smack in the middle of poet Philip F. Clark’s reading. But, as Philip is the pro that he is, he began again, slayed us with his words and wrote a poem to (re)cap the experience. Please have a listen to Philip reading: Getting Porn Bombed While Reading My Edward Hopper Poem on Zoom.
As it is September and journals are on my mind, I cannot recommend enough, the fun and fashion-filled documentary, The September Issue. 2009. Here, we follow Anna Wintour, Andre Leon Tally and the rest of the Vogue crew as they put together the annual, sprawling, deliciously over the top September issue. A glitzy escape available on Amazon Prime. Enjoy the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph7HLll8XmA
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