Featured Artist: Margo Stutts Toombs
Synkroniciti is delighted to welcome Houston writer, performance artist and filmmaker Margo Stutts Toombs with an evocative flash fiction story, “Paper.” An early joy in a particular media, whether it …
Quote for Today: John Green
All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. All the paper kids drinking beer some bum bought for them at the paper convenience …
Floating on Water: The Medieval Art of Ebru
Traditional art forms remain astounding and disarmingly beautiful in an era dominated by technology. What makes this art so beguiling? Ebru, a form of paper marbling, is an ancient art that originated …
A Twist on Paper: Sculptures of Peter Gentenaar
When creative pathways become blocked most of us give up or force ourselves forward. What if we changed direction instead? Peter Gentenaar was originally a printmaker who became dissatisfied with the effects he could …
Quote for Today: Frank McCourt
Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You’ll be amazed at what will come out on paper. I’m still …
Trash Talking: Letters from Discarded Paper, Second Set
Cruelty is a consequence of ignorance. What happens to our world and our relationships when we regard them as disposable? These images by photographer Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh inspired me to write poetry that explores …
Quote for Today: Michael Chabon
I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by …
Quote for Today: Alfred Kazin
One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others’ minds. —Alfred Kazin
Quote for Today: Pablo Casals
The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. —Pablo Casals
Quote for Today: Criss Jami
There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when …