{"id":2232,"date":"2025-06-11T19:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:02:03","slug":"11-summer-shards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/2025\/06\/11\/11-summer-shards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"#11 summer shards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I began doing these seasonal series I used the alphabet and bits from my childhood dictionary as prompts to create collaged images. So, it\u2019s no wonder that I was drawn to a project that Alex Dimtrov did in 2012 where he posed 26 questions, one for each letter of the alphabet. His goal was to write poems that were portraits of people he did not know. But instead of poems he made collages. He also read more than he wrote. I similarly give myself assignments as a way to keep going, to keep asking questions, to keep putting things in my pots, and to keep taking photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem for the Reader<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since we’ll likely never be together
anywhere but here — what season
are you most alive in?
Is the morning blue or green?
How would you use freedom?
What part of your body do you trust the least?
Permanent rain or never-ending snow?
When are your most difficult hours?
Would you want to know who you were
before this? Why or why not?
And now that there’s fire —
the bridge or the river?
More money or love?
Do you sometimes avoid happiness?
If asked, would you return?
To Earth or anywhere else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–Alex Dimitrov, on his Substack, The Reader<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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