Connected To My Bones, 2024.
Acrylic on wood. Purchase
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Art by Jaymes Fedor
Poem by Maria Requena
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building/destroying
Slowly pick up every piece
Look for something shiny
Finding temporary peace
Comforting and frightening
Tape another box shut
This isn’t the hard part
Box of journals with every thought
Sticky residue leave a mark
Seasons faded into one another
As footsteps disappeared with melting snow
Exposed in cold rain without cover
Letting go was the deepest blow
New room, same bed
Same street, new home
New walls, old art
Old chairs, new moments
Leave the walls blank
Just one eye, don’t forget
Leave space
Take space
Make space
Space
Space
Space
Light the candles half an hour ahead
Twinkly lights, bottles of wine
Everything nice for new guests
Maybe they’ll even like me
Paint and markers on found paper
Laughter blending with humming music
Memorize every moment for later
Freeze time but it just tic tic tics
Slowly hold up every piece
Returning to me what I’ve always missed
Feeling connected to my bones
Feeling loved in my home
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Maria Requena | Sunflower Summit (she/they) is a Chicago based queer Latinx artist and producer. With a mission to support their community through music and mental health discussions, Sunflower Summit writes and performs music that hits right in the feels.
Since 2019, Sunflower Summit has released several albums and EPS, including Love Notes, In This Moment, and When It Snows. Sunflower Summit went on their first tour summer of 2023, and has a new album in the works with sights to release in 2024. Follow along on Sunflower Summit’s happenings on Instagram and support them on Patreon!
Jaymes Fedor | Tenderneath is the creative project of Jaymes Fedor, a teaching artist located in Rockford, IL. Jaymes creates playful figurative paintings and sculptures that bounce between anxiety and delight. You can find her figures crying, picking flowers, lactating, and doing other life-things, much like the artist herself.
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