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Title: Veneration // Artist: Luanne Castle
about the piece
| “Veneration” is a collage of images from vintage Life Magazine issues. The background is created with pan pastels and a Stabilo Woody. I like to create a background first as I imagine a “mental landscape,” then place the collage upon that background. I see the danger in society when we venerate—or have inflated expectations—of anything or anybody. The collage images are built on top of a heap of human bones. There is always someone or something watching over to make sure there are no rebels. Words are torn from Sylvia Plath’s Ariel: The Restored Edition. |
about the artist // Luanne Castle
| Luanne Castle’s (she/her) poetry, stories, and art have appeared in Your Impossible Voice, Gooseberry Pie, Bending Genres, Bull, The Ekphrastic Review, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Cleaver, Disappointed Housewife, South 85, Roi Fainéant, River Teeth, The Dribble Drabble Review, Flash Boulevard, and many other journals and anthologies. Her stories, poetry, and art have been nominated for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfictions, and Best Small Fictions. She has published four award-winning poetry collections. Her hybrid memoir-in-flash will be published by ELJ Editions in December 2026. |
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