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Thought Notes From My Open Side: Mixed-Media Work by Michelle Firment Reid

Michelle Firment Reid

Ahh You Ahh Freedom Bliss (detail) - Michelle Firment Reid

A multidisciplinary artist, I choose the medium I feel best conveys my concept and intent. I express my emotions as a visual narrative open to interpretation; not at all fixed, but with the desire to … [Read more...]

Autogéométrie: The Art Brut of Francis Palanc

Yannis Livadas

Francis Palanc by Yannis Livadas

What is the sociological criterion to be one among those who are strangers to the established artistic circles yet produce spontaneously inventive works of art? Sometimes it may mean nothing, yet … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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