ISSUE 12
HAYDEN BERRY
CHANCI
LEYLA ÇOLPAN
CHRIS FASH
WREN HANKS
IKAIKAONALANI JAMES
MEI KAZAMA
NESS LINN
JUN MARUYAMA
ASTER OLSEN
JACKIE VONDROSS
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GRASSMATERIAL
ALT TEXT, IMAGE 1
A stack of white computer paper sits in the long green grass. Thin black shadows from blades of grass fall on the paper cast by the sun. In the margins are a burn mark and brown smudges of what might be mud. Black text reads:
“TO CONTAIN
TO HOLD
TO HOLD TOGETHER
the way the objects moved up the
stairs, moved me actually
how the sets that were boxed
became unboxed
STORAGE
the time-capsule method I’ve used over
and over, sometimes burn them later
the object sets I’ve boxed loosely,
possibly ceremonially,
and left on shelf, cabinet door closed,
not vying for my attention
(a choice, the object has no needs so
not neglect)”
ALT TEXT, IMAGE 2
A single sheet of white computer paper which has been folded in half and then unfolded sits in the green grass. The blue-gray shadow of a hand is cast by the sun on the bottom half of the paper, overtop a drawing of a hand on the paper. A small burn mark is in the bottom left corner. In typewritten font, it reads:
“SCALE / HAND
to feel, to hold in hand
hand-held scale
requires a “body,” at least a workable hand,
capable of grasping and holding
– I don’t take this for granted (or well I often do)
– actually I feel the # of times I have left
– not an infinite renewable resource
– a breaking down (per nature) machine
does not require a whole body or perception of one’s own body
– no face required, but yes eyes
between worms and bird’s eye view”
Additional text is scrawled by hand in the lower right corner:
“what if our hands
showed us their
labor
wear
pain (I guess that’s the mental layer of suffering)”
Ness Linn is a visual artist working in the realm of abstraction via painting, assemblage, and installation. Their work is in service of aging, grounding, and grieving. They live in Portland, Oregon.