Angela Chaidez Vincent

Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG IX

read image description (alt text) 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: theContinue reading “Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG IX”

Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 2

Time, oceans, precious jewels, tortillas & hangouts, the City. Can you put them together? 2. “Johnni, you ever gone to El Capitan theatre kitty corner from here? It’s a parking lot now.” “Everything is a parking lot now.” I tell Frank. I used to go to El Capitan when I was 10. I don’t talkContinue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 2”

David Campos – Bullard Pride Redacted

read image description (unified alt text) Artist’s Statement: In the article “The Resegregation of Jefferson County,” Nikole Hannah-Jones writes that “since 2000, at least 71 communities across the country, most of them white and wealthy, have sought to break away from their public-school districts to form smaller, more exclusive ones.” This led to research intoContinue reading “David Campos – Bullard Pride Redacted”

Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG VIII

Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 1

“Hooray for the Illogical” — Amy Uyematsu, from That Blue Trickster Time “Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures…” — Etheridge Knight, from “The Idea of Ancestry” “Something like chocolate egg clair.” What is Donut Land? You must decipher these 15 midnight moments, notes, conversations. Do not look for meaning, Do notContinue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 1”