I’ve recently been toying with Ben Day Dots in my artwork, and I really liked the way they were coming out. As most people know, one of my big pushes in my artwork is to be accessible to poet’s who are looking to use pieces in their books. The Ben Day Dot style was one that I felt could carry…
Read Like a Book is my upcoming book about a disenchanted poet / artist who finds a creative spark by working along side a younger woman. He then makes a mistake and loses her and becomes disenchanted all over again. This hasn’t been finished being edited and the art to go with the book is still in concept phases. This…
This review will be different then my reviews in two ways: 1) I know and talk to Adrianna Rangel. I wouldn’t say we are friends, but she’s not a stranger and she probably knows my problems better than my co-workers. 2) I received an advanced review copy. I did pre-order Book of Thoughts: Volume I, but this is a special…
How I used to review poetry books was a score system, where you could get up to 25 points for showing a story progression (sequencing and overarching story), you could get up to 25 points for the actual individual writing (how well poems read from the book and its written form), you could get up to 25 points for how…
Her NudityWas PoetryTo my Inbox But ignoredAnd unexploredWas my Response This was written to a girl I felt deeply for, and we were at just the right phase at just the right time. She shared the poem, telling her friends “Watch out, the F**k boys are getting crafty”
I thought living with out youI find myself alone, in a homefilled with things that are not mine Forced myself to go outeveryone is so stable and so coolJuxtaposed, I am exposedAs a sad neurotic fool But I want to be normalsomeone they’d want to call a friendI find myself alone, in a homemaking art for you again
Pressed Flowers You’d make them when you were alive I can buy them online now Are all my memories a waste of time?
If only we were strangers who met in a bar how lovely you’d seem when I don’t know who you are
I went ahead and purchased all the tools used by Blial Cabal: Paper Professional Arches 140 lb, 300 gsm (Hot Press) Nib & Ink Brause Steno Pen NIB #361 Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bombay Black India Ink (also got white and gold) Pencil & Eraser The Prisma Color, 2H Pencils The General’s Tri-Tip Eraser I didn’t copy his work flow entirely…
I’ve always struggled knowing where to put my poetry reviews. I had them over on my personal website http://jessedictor.com/ as well as here in the past. While I mostly wanted to keep the poetry side of myself separate from the art side because they don’t sell well enough, the truth is even when paying people its been so hard to…
