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Reopen the Old Wells

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Heather Dickinson
Nov 24, 2024
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“Reopen the Old Wells,” 2024. 10×10 inches. Iridized glass, cholla wood, copper wire, hemp twine, and reclaimed slate.

Is this what renewal feels like?

I have been creating my own works,

Pouring out

On nothing but fumes from a choked spark

For nearly the last decade.

But now:

NOW.

I dream of stones singing,

The whisper of glass;

Together: almost the gentle lap…

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