"We Never Realize How Frozen We Are Until Someone Starts To Melt Our Ice"

“I have a habit of falling in love with souls who have yet to be at peace with their bodies, their minds, their weaknesses. I try to build them, to find the parts of them that are missing in me. I end up with holes in my chest.”

— Farah Gabdon

Female hands in paintings

“It feels like rain. And it feels like the rain will feel like love.”

— Don Pomerantz, from “Looking for Love,” Tar River Review (vol. 59, no. 2, Spring 2020)

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Wrapped me like a lullaby

My art is for myself first, it's a vortex of my complex emotions. I channel my inner thoughts and feelings into it. I try not to let them dominate or paralyze me, instead use them to create something meaningful. So when you see a quote or picture by me, know that it comes from a very vulnerable place but when it goes out it makes me stronger. My art is for you and for all, but first, it's for me.

- Anneshwa

Why's everything so heavy?

heavy-handed with metaphor (as all lovers are) & filled to the brim with music

I find beauty in melancholy. Is it problematic?

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And may you have the courage to live your mysteries with an open heart.