Judith Luongo
Proclivity
Query of the passe junctures
Revel in the reverie
But do not attempt to mold this
In clay
Or carve in marble
These elements of the material realm
Simply crumble here
Incertitude is our relic
It is the obelisk here, cairn
The rotting questions that lie in the pits of your intestines are destined to remain there forever
The lord of this land refuses trade of transparency
But I am the combatant
I am the woman of letters
I have studied all the sonnets
I have carved in stone as it falls and crumbles and I have carved again
I am a mettlesome mouse
Scurrying through the woven tapestry of threads
The twine of our lifetimes and everyone else’s
And in every one I will find you
And in every life I will find you
And in every time I will find you
Elise Rothenhoefer is a visual artist, writer, animal lover, and social justice advocate. She manages a graphic design business, Magic Bean Designs. Elise lives in the wilds of Southern Florida with her husband, 3 children, 4 cats, 3 hermit crabs, 2 dogs, 2 guinea pigs, 1 pig and 1 tortoise.
Judith Luongo has spent many years searching for clues about how we manage to keep evolving and surviving as imperfect, conflict ridden beings. Her art is informed by her practice as a Creative Arts Therapist and Psychoanalyst as well as by her many years of teaching Creative Arts Therapists. Judith’s work has moved through a period devoted to dreamy landscapes to character studies through portraiture and the figure. For the past five years she has been passionate about an abstract expressionist approach as she seeks to deepen her inquiry into the palpable presence of that which is unspoken and unspeakable. Her work has been shown at Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition; Pratt Institute; and Michael David & Co.