catharsis and, or as, art: how grief changed my relationship to art
deputy editor-in-chief Michelle Moira Mei Ling Firth reflects on her struggle to reconnect with art after painting her way through the initial months following her dad’s death. within, she discusses the tension between art as catharsis from trauma, and art becoming trauma, and how this changed her relationship to art. the piece was edited under the kind guidance of editor-in-chief Rachel Baker.
How I Found Her Body
Sarah Spencer writes a poem which explores mothers, bodies and grief. the poem is accompanied by her own original artwork.