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Connected Images
The Connected Images 5.5 day intensive at Columbia College was one of the most stressful and exhausting experiences that I’ve had in a very long while. It was also one of the most creative and productive. It truly felt like … Continue reading
Dad
One ordinary, hot summer day, my sister and I were visiting our cousins who lived around the corner and down the street from us. We were sitting together in their family room watching the end of an episode of … Continue reading
Ragdale
I spent a few wonderful days at Ragdale last month. While there, I started work on some assemblages which are a part of a larger body of work (including poetry, short stories, and performance) inspired by my maternal grandmothers. A … Continue reading
Joseph Cornell
Dream (for Joseph Cornell) ©Monica J. Brown I. These magical boxes create universes, crack imagination. What dreams live, grow, transgress, manifest? What memories are evoked within the whispering annals of ocean white fluff? Of all of the glittering magma, where … Continue reading
Christopher A. Drew
My friend Chris Drew passed away yesterday. Chris was one of the first people that I met when I moved to Chicago 20 years ago. Back then I was working at the Chicago Reader. Through the Reader’s classified section, I found … Continue reading
Grandma Grace
Grace Hess McIntyre Smith, March 3, 1910 – May 4, 1969. I was held by Grace Statuesque, resolute, and the embodiment of her name – she walked in grace. I was held by Grace. I don’t have a memory of … Continue reading
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Grandma Flora
Flora Mae McIntyre Smith, (April 25, 1925 – January 11, 1977) a quiet spirit who was never known to say an unkind word about anyone. I am inspired by her sustaining love. I was blessed to know Grandma Flora for … Continue reading
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Ora Walker
My great, great, grandmother, Ora Walker, was born April 6, 1891 in Brownsville, TN. She died September 28, 1971 in Kewanee, IL. She came north to Kewanee possibly sometime between 1925-1931, after leaving her first husband, Charley Hess, with whom … Continue reading
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Ancestors
Lately, I have been collecting and writing stories about my maternal ancestors. All of my maternal grandparents passed away when I was still quite young. Watching other children with their grandmas made me feel that I had been deprived of … Continue reading
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My Myriad Muse
Last year during Women’s History Month, I chose one woman for each of those 31 days of the month to feature in a compilation that I posted on Facebook: “Women Who Inspire Me.” A little over one year later, I came … Continue reading
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My Myriad Muse 