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Pablo Picasso to Gertrude Stein, 1919.

Pablo Picasso to Gertrude Stein, 1919.

A postcard of advice from Amy Lawless

A postcard of advice from Amy Lawless

Sad cat poem by Spencer Madsen

Sad cat poem by Spencer Madsen

visual-poetry:

»between page and screen« by amaranth borsuk & brad bouse

www.betweenpageandscreen.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s-JFxEmtpY

<3 Frank

A postcard of advice from Stacy Szymaszek 

A postcard of advice from Stacy Szymaszek 

Don&#8217;t do it. A line of advice from Nat Otting

Don’t do it. A line of advice from Nat Otting

A line of advice from Philip Levine

A line of advice from Philip Levine

A line of advice from Sophie Cabot Black

A line of advice from Sophie Cabot Black

wildwildwhatever:

I searched through old emails, which is to say waded through flooding emotional trenches for this video, only to remember MEDIUM hosted it early on in The Volta’s history. Harmony Holiday mixes Sade and dance footage and the inimitable Fred Moten. Just what I needed out here on the edge of feeling like poetry is an empty practice.