Issue #29: Featuring Artwork by Orna Ben-Shoshan
Meet the Cover Artist: Orna Ben-Shoshan

Meet the Cover Artist: Orna Ben-Shoshan

  “As an auto-deduct artist, my work is not attached to any particular location or timeframe, and it’s free from any familiar set of rules. My creation is a medium of transferring knowledge about things that are beyond linear time and think...

A Feminist in Barcelona

A Feminist in Barcelona

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Sadako Sasaki

Sadako Sasaki

one thousand white cranes all folded against the night they were just paper but their wings sang wind and flight -- carried you into the light

Outing the Secret of the Injured Self

Outing the Secret of the Injured Self

The impact of cultural blockage on women's lives cannot be underestimated. For to the degree that we accept - and abide by - the rules of socially invasive, and false, doctrine about who we are and who we ought to be, we will continue to suffer from...

Panti-Less in New York City

Panti-Less in New York City

My doctor's instructions for the yeast infection all women dread, were succinct and to the point. But what he suggested would make me re-think propriety and re-vamp my wardrobe. "Are you off the antibiotics you took for dental surgery? Good, t...

Featured Poet: Laura Schultz

Featured Poet: Laura Schultz

About Laura Schultz Laura Schultz is a freelance writer as well as President and Primary Psychotherapist of “Counseling at Your Service” in Los Angeles.  She completed her undergraduate work in Psychology at UCLA and then obtained a Master’s de...

The Squishmaster

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Well, of course I've been squished before, but never on sticks. I hoped that mammograms didn't apply to the temporarily disabled. There was no elevator up to Memorial Hospital's second floor acclaimed Breast Center. Broken leg or no, the elevator wa...

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Really, I'm SO happy I bumped into this site. To Carly, Sarah, Kendall and Lacey-I didn't know people like you existed u...
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This is visually powerful poetry and I hope that the author will continue to write more. The imagery is unforgettable an...
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Hi, Laura I'm glad I had a chance to visit here - this is a "lovely sight." It is well organized and the artwork is bal...
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Meet the Cover Artist

Orna Ben-Shoshan: Artist Statement

As an auto-deduct artist, my work is not attached to any particular location or timeframe, and it’s free from any familiar set of rules. My creation is a medium of transferring knowledge about things that are beyond linear time and thinking.

It is said that observing metaphysical art induces lucidity and reduces stress. Many people who view my artwork comment that they can deeply connect to what they see, even though they do not necessarily understand it. In others it simply evokes positive and uplifting feelings as they are influenced by it subconsciously.
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