Handmade book artists are people who create a work of art in the form of a book. This book is an object of art; this form has become increasingly popular in the 20th century. They are sometimes produced as one-of-kind objects and sometimes they are published in small editions. As a writer and an [...]
We all have powerful Life Themes: The metaphors of thunder, of rain, and of powerful lightning have served as some of my life themes for a very long time. When I look over my poetry from decades past, there are life themes that run deep. These are the roads of my journey. These are [...]
May I show you my visual poem, Singing With Stars? May I read this poem to you? My friend, Kevin Donoho and I did a recording of Singing With Stars with backup music. It is on our CD, Peace On Earth Play Along Jams (available from my shop soon). You will hear Native style [...]
In 2008 I had a booth at the Zion Flute Festival. I later wrote to my sister about an amazing experience... There were concerts at night but my friends and I, who were also vendors at the festival, preferred to gather and play music together. We enjoyed allowing the evening to unfold. On the [...]
A Handmade Artist Book by Annie Mathias This poem is written for the people I dearly love I look for the doorway with no frame To enter into the place with no ceiling and no walls. The land is before me now, beside me, within me I move with no feet and [...]
When we express our hearts upon paper or screen, we allow for the honest release of our pain, sorrow or trauma. We allow our words to come forward and to be heard. This is a safe and sacred place to process and honor that which is inside us. When we allow ourselves this writing [...]
When I was young I knew that creating 3-Dimensional books would be an expression of deep wonder. I watched them appear in my mind, they cried out to come forth. My enthusiastic passion was met with scoffs and ridicule. (This was before the scratch n sniff and pop-up books... and those were not the [...]
