Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XII


Visual poem with a title that reads: BRAINFØG XII.

There are light gray blooming images on either side of a central column of text. The text is a repeated line growing more transparent with each repetition until the lines fade entirely.

The text reads:

raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness
raw from the face I vessel more blankness

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Artist’s Statement: For The Fresno 15 Creative Writing Marathon, I used 15 Rorschach I made by dabbing a red rose with paint onto paper. This series is an attempt to write on brain fog: forgetfulness, incoherent thoughts, mental fatigue, lack of clarity, and more. Each day became a challenge: the strings attached within me were reluctant to push, create, and pull; memory became a mass of confusion to frame. Luckily, these 15 days were possible due to persistence and help from my mentor, Anthony Cody, author of The Rendering. Lastly, this series is one step forward toward my future poetic work.

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