the place your period lands, 2024.
Acrylic and recycled cardboard on a window. Purchase
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Visual Art by Lewis Lain
Poem by Thulasi Seshan
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Are you ever at home if you’re never at rest?
Have you ever belonged before?
If home is an endless question, where is the place your period lands?
Where the heart is, where your mom is, where the wine is
Where your voter registration is? Where your voice is heard?
Where you pay at least one utility bill.
We don’t say “homeless” anymore.
We don’t have homes anymore,
Where they expect to see us.
Do you sleep at home?
Shouldn’t you be at home?
You sure as hell shouldn’t be here.
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Thulasi Seshan is a 27 year old writer. She lives in Pilsen, Chicago. She’s not sure where she’s from.
Lewis Lain | I am a full time narrative visual artist. I tell stories in many mediums. I favor the use of vivid color and heavy linework. My work is not photorealistic. It is fanciful, fun, entertaining, sometimes cartoonish, but subtly thought-provoking. I am fond of layering deeper meaning in my work — unnoticed stories, but accessible if you see them. I have exhibited in over 90 locations across Chicagoland. I have been a featured artist for Chicago Artist Month, have exhibited at Harold Washington Library and recently opened solo exhibits at Dittmar Gallery and One River Art School. I was a featured/commissioned artist and guest speaker at the 39th annual International Conference of Fantastic in the Arts. I have installed four murals in Oak Park, Illinois, as a part of their city mural project. In 2018, I painted a wine barrel at City Winery Chicago Riverwalk to benefit Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. I have illustrated a 400-page webcomic and designed and produced two Lenormand decks — like tarot: “Turned Earth,” featuring images of beloved Midwest Indiana, and “Worldview,” featuring illustrations of my paintings. They can be found all over the world. In 2023, I was commissioned by my hometown (Crown Point, Indiana) to design, brand and execute a piece of public art as a the focal point of a walking tour, funded by the Indiana Destination Development
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