Words and Artwork: Chloe Nostrant 2021-11-16 08:11:13
“A Handful from the Fly Shop Down the Road” Mixed Media: Gesso, swivels, flies, Polaroid photos and labels on wood board. 2021 What if it’s not about the fish? The fickle spotted trout and swarms of hatching tricos are just an excuse. What if it’s what’s in the air? The wind that blows across the lake and through the pines, filling the space between us. What if it is between the lines of poetry recited from memory around a boiling pot of coffee on a camp stove. What if it is the stoic silence, the unspoken agreement that we missed each other by just that much. It is a seat beside the campfire, watching pops of embers float toward the stars hoping one of the sparks doesn’t start a disaster. It is an exhale with a purpose, mourning what could have been, and holding on for dear life to what is. It is a pile of empty Modelo cans, each one emptied and crushed by a story, thrown aside to be collected at the end of the night. It is the cold ground under the tents, softly asking from one tent to the other, “Do you hear the wolves?”
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WOLVES
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