And I Too
A brief, evocative poem about a drifting snowflake, imagination, and the quiet desire to follow beauty wherever it leads
And I Too
I barely see
the snowflake
in the blue
a dot, a rhyme, a rose
fleeing on and off
to the Netherlands it goes
and I go, too.
We Are All In All Of Us In Love And War, out soon!
Hollman creates an open-ended experience for her readers and viewers to expand upon in their own ways.
This duality is an invitation escaped by traditional collections of poems or artworks alone.
““A diverse collection of poems and artwork about love and war. In this genre-blending book, Hollman, a psychoanalyst and artist, shares poetry and paintings inspired by diametrically opposed subjects.
She opens with an artist’s note that describes her dual practice as poet and painter, and how those art forms interact with neuroscience. “When I paint or write, I’m truly not thinking,” she explains. “I’m prompted by an inner force to create forms and contours relying on light and shadow, nearly hypnotized by a rhythm of poetic sounds.”
Hollman is equally talented and versatile in her paintings. The impressive landscapes serve as visual counterparts to each poem, capturing the quiet wonder of her surroundings, while the portraits convey the soulfulness and personalities of their subjects. The darker, abstract artwork in the book’s final section mirrors the moral murkiness of war. Somber poems such as “Helmets of War” unflinchingly describe battlefield horrors, like how “drained bodies soundlessly sink in beach sands.”
A tender and visually stunning book that struggles to reconcile its disparate subjects.””
~ Kirkus Reviews, We Are All In All Of Us In Love And War by Laurie Hollman, Ph.D.
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Hope you enjoy this!! Laurie