Archive for July, 2011

The Monogamy Contest

The Monogamy Contest

topic: MONOGAMY. medium: ALL You know that I’d never cheat on a man/ Cuz I’m not like that…You’re my babe right thru/I was made for you” -Lady Gaga Rebellious of conformity and steadfastly devoted to celebrating the non-traditional, Lady Gaga’s song “Fashion of his Love,” shows her to be a […]

Photos from the NYC Travel / Migration Salon Night

“burning question” by Lee Shirk, Pennsylvania

“burning question” by Lee Shirk, Pennsylvania

topic: MONEY medium: TEXT   “Money…always the burning question…in the forefront of my mind….or is it the lack of it?….We worry when we have money…like how do protect and make it grow…Will I make the right choice?…Is this investment really worth it?…And I worry when I don’t have it, which […]

“Money is paper” by Jessica Benedict, Pennsylvania

topic: MONEY medium: text “Money is paper. It’s the means to be comfortable and not having to worry about eating or paying the bills. Having it means I can keep my family from knowing the hardships that some people have to face. You need it for survival, but beyond that, […]

“Love doesn’t exist” by Joel Thames, NYC

“Love doesn’t exist” by Joel Thames, NYC

topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT “Love doesn’t exist. We are animals. Nothing but hyper-intelligent animals. Too intelligent, if you ask me. But we’re not as aware as we’d like to believe. We play tricks on ourselves in the name of survival. Self-abnegation for self-preservation. Don’t you see? This is […]

“Teach your Children Well” by C. Shoemaker, Pennsylvania

topic: MONEY medium: CONVERSATION “Ya gotta really teach your children well these days…about money and finances and all that. Ya gotta be honest with your kids from day one. I remember tellin’ my two sons one day, after movin’ into this new apartment: “Now boys, if anyone asks you, ya […]

The Feeling of Love by Ben Morphy, Canada

LOVE & HEARTBREAK In this moment he lost the fear, the anger, the sadness. He looked on as Reality slipped away from him and dissipated into the wet air. The downpour, gnawing and searing, an acid consuming the flesh, left nothing but the inside out. The pure, the true, the […]

“Sweat” by Tom Bentley, California

Sweat by Tom Bentley, California The original author of the old saw about death and taxes never sat down at the equator. If he had, he would have instantly added “sweat” to his timeless twosome. I lived on the small Micronesian island of Kosrae for a year, and I had […]

” A Taste of Heaven” by Janet Scrivens, England

” A Taste of Heaven” by Janet Scrivens, England

topic: TRAVEL medium: TEXT “A Taste of Heaven” won the ITACA contest in May 2011 Get to know Janet better by going Behind the Story I booked a holiday in early May, on the Greek island of Crete, inadvertently finding myself in the midst of Easter celebrations.\ Three English couples, […]