An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag matte paper, printed and shipped by a local fine art printer.

Each painting in this series is the companion to a poem from my full-length poetry collection, Cosmic Tantrum. Each shares a title with the original poem, and includes an excerpt from the text in paper cutouts. This is “Warm Blanket Tantrum.”

The text reads:

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Discipline means punishment

or study. In this essay I will

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nothing. I will vacant. Are you

comfortable yet. Are you warm.