Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XIII

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Visual poem with a title that reads: BRAINFØG XIII. There is a light gray blooming image behind the words. The poem’s orientation is landscape. Four groupings of text appear in irregularly shaped and slightly overlapping dotted figures that look vaguely like tabbed file folders The text reads: (top right): I divide 24 ribs into three shards to flaw as one sines and cosines ripple into existence the brain & the x-direction (bottom right): 1 version is a child trapped in the past child whose brain angles cosine who swims inside a maze of fog ghost child who chases the shallow end my existence of time inverted reflection the x-direction (top left): 2 is a clogged thread who chases the sunset y-direction: sun settled emotion chopping into a ghost fear cripples in of where there’s no escape past-woman who chases a leaf near a vertical line fog desire emotion exist in the vertical direction (bottom left): 3 the moth or molecular life outside the river the untamed version to myself she is interior & exterior one within my ribs

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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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