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Bipolar witch, inked therapist, wife in love, building altars from poems and paintings.

A close-up, low-angle photographic view of a single poetry chapbook propped upright against a chipped white subway-tile backsplash, as if on a kitchen counter altar. The cover art is a collage of deep blues, blood reds, and metallic gold ink, evoking storms of emotion and phases of the moon without using text. In front, a ceramic mug with a tiny painted pentacle sits beside a clutter of ink pens, dried roses, and a cracked porcelain salt shaker shaped like a heart. Warm under-cabinet lighting creates sharp highlights on glossy splatters and casts long, dramatic shadows across the counter. The shallow depth of field blurs the tiles and background objects into a soft bokeh, focusing attention on the chapbook’s raw texture and the emotionally charged, domestic-magical setting, suggesting an art therapist’s kitchen transformed into a sacred creative space.
An overhead photographic shot of an open poetry chapbook lying on a stained, paint-splattered canvas drop cloth, its pages filled with dense black lines and abstract smudges that hint at intense writing without forming readable words. Surrounding the book are symbolic objects: a silver wedding ring resting in a shallow ceramic dish, a bundle of charred incense sticks, and a black candle melted into a tangled wax sculpture. Faintly visible tattoo-style flash drawings—snakes, crescent moons, and protective sigils—are sketched on loose paper nearby. Soft, diffused overcast light from above mutes the colors while amplifying texture, creating a gritty yet intimate atmosphere. The composition is centered but asymmetrical, with sharp focus on the chapbook spine and a gentle vignette around the edges, embodying a bold, unapologetic artistic voice.

Art From The Bipolar Altar

I make chapbooks from manic nights and medicated mornings, stitching Wiccan ritual, ink, and marriage into every page. My tattoos are prayer beads, my diagnoses a compass, and this portfolio the spellbook where poetry and art keep me alive.

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