insomnia – Out of the Gutter Art

Avian Bondage

Plumage of gold and green/ Saturated color, only in dreams/ She flies above my winter bed/ A ribbon tangled round her head/ Beauty’s song is muted now/ Yet so pure and eloquent/ I try to catch her, hold her down/ I need to know what her song meant/ Of Avian Bondage © SusanTMartin’23

It’s 4 AM and I’m still not TIRED! A Projection of Future Events

…this sound will awaken my neurotic and highly excitable one-eyed Shih Tzu who suffers from an unusual condition…”

Deliberate Insomnia

“…why? Why won’t I go to bed?…”

“INSIDE VOICE” a New Series of Works

“…look into this inner world and I promise I will use my “INSIDE VOICE”.

The Journey, a Debut Art Video

. This project was a couple years in the making for me, and was born from the bottomless grief I was dealing with then. As caregiver to both of my parents after a 23 year-long active addiction, and after a devestating breakup of my marriage when my ex went to Federal Prison, I wasContinueContinue reading “The Journey, a Debut Art Video”

Sick, Sick, SICK OF IT…

…this post is winding itself around my consciousness like my fairy python-mother…

An Awakening

Sleep has been a constant goal for me since I put down drugs and copious amounts of alcohol. Yet it has been the most evasive and endangered of species, teasing me with scattered glimpses of it’s eternal beauty. Oh, how I have longed for it’s soothing embrace, and so have everyone I have contact with;ContinueContinue reading “An Awakening”