ISSUE 1
Naomi Carr
HOW FEMINIST ART WAS INVENTED
Artemisia,
you blessed blank
canvases with the green
Serenity of landscapes, but barricaded bedroom doors by him spoiled
undried paintings.
Artemisia,
I asked you to
purify me as St. Catherine, to paint me as
Judith. Judith knows
of vengeance. Vengeance knows the taste of
blood. I know you
crave metallic affection.
Artemisia,
you Temptress. You
Thing. You
Threat. You
Woman in Tassi’s
world, you asked for it
We asked for it
I ask for it.
Artemisia,
when I came to
You, bleary-eyed,
Teary-eyed, unable
To speak, you
Said, babe,
This is how feminist
art was invented.
So I ask you
to show me the beauty
of pain.
Naomi Carr is an emerging writer from San Francisco. Though she experiments in many genres, she has found a home in creative nonfiction. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Blue Marble Review, Apprentice Writer, Ice Lolly Review, and Paper Crane Journal, among others. When she isn't writing, Naomi enjoys long walks through parks and reading essay collections.