by Kate Hayes for OLY ARTSFrankie Cosmos is on her way to Olympia! This coming Wednesday night (April 18), Frankie will headline a collaborative show that also includes Ian Sweet, Soar and Trust Fall. Frankie Cosmos is one of a number of lo-fi indie musicians who were inspired by the K Records DIY ethos that …
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Experiencing Love written for Professor Anna Russakoff for Ancient Art and Architecture, a class at the American University of Paris, Spring 2020 “Love is a many splendored thing,” wrote Victorian mystic Francis Thomas.[1] The facets of love are varied and complex, as Thompson observed. Many artistic images try to capture the splendor of love: beautiful …
They get smaller the longer you inhabit them: Cities, towns, neighborhoods; homes, Like clothes to grow out of and throw away, Or else to be clung to again and again lest they wear through completely. If this is true then my darling Olympia Has old, gaping holes ripped into its knees, Patches nursing its elbows …
The tower is under construction again, metal scaffolding climbs up under its legs. Aren’t these lines of tourists worried going up it? A couple sits awkwardly on a bench, close together yes, but somewhere in between intimacy and friendship. Are you two on a date? A woman trails behind the rest of her family, tilting …
Summer The grass is dry and sharp under bare feet, Not itchy anymore, Any green irritation long dead, Burned away by an August sun. Green trees are delicate now. Careful- nudge them too violently, Climb them too fast and you’ll Upset the illusion of this seasons immortality. We walk together through warm air, Letting the …
