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Black, white, blue abstract shapes. Detail from Watanabe Seitei, Illustration from Bijutsu Sekai, 1893–96. Courtesy rawpixel.
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There is An Intimacy

Melissa Lozada-Oliva
May 26, 2021
assillo / Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92624645@N07/12550412775
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(W)HOLE

Chet’la Sebree
May 19, 2021
Rajiv Ashrafi / Creative Commons
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What I Want

Kaveh Akbar
May 19, 2021
Painting of geese observing a rowboat. Gandalf’s Gallery / Creative Commons
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Geese

Robert Travers
March 3, 2021
Rain on a lake. Photo: Reza Shayestehpour.
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Over and Above

Jennifer Grotz
February 24, 2021
Fredrik Walløe / Creative Commons
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I dreamt of you

Iman Mersal
and
Robyn Creswell
February 17, 2021
Central Park in the snow
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Notes for My Funeral

Alex Dimitrov
February 9, 2021
Angela Marie Henriette / Creative Commons
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The Horns of Moses

Nicholas Friedman
November 24, 2020
Marta Molas / Creative Commons
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Tiny Asthmatic Ghost

Adam Scheffler
November 19, 2020
Tamás Matusik / Creative Commons
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The Math Campers

Dan Chiasson
September 17, 2020