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Pink building against a blue sky
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PLAYA VISTA

Ari Banias
June 16, 2021
Blue and white abstract shapes. Anna Atkins, Ulva latissima, ca. 1843–53. Courtesy Rijskmuseum.
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All Politics Is Local

Dujie Tahat
June 9, 2021
Green, blue, and white abstract shapes
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ASMR Sleepcast: The Night After Being Released from the Rural County Jail

Faylita Hicks
June 2, 2021
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
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Robyn Creswell
February 17, 2021
Central Park in the snow
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Notes for My Funeral

Alex Dimitrov
February 9, 2021