Publisher's Synopsis
For Light's Third Volume, prompts will identify some stages in creative production. The second prompt considers the meanings of what it means to "labor."In the West, art and labor have an old, vexed history that persists in art's subtexts. The old artisanal tradition sometimes contended that labor is what unskilled, poorly trained people do. At worst, it was manual labor, at best, "technical" or "mechanical" work. To fashion an object that was both perfectly functional and graceful because it is pleasing to use was to "craft" or simply to practice one's learned "art." Whether symbolically or figuratively, labor is a word that can be illustrated simply or with deep complexity. In short, dealing with ideas of how and whether art and labor connect is heavy lifting. Photographers & Poets in this issue: FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS: Florence Meunier TempoNANCY ORI Working & WaitingFEATURED POETROBERT BEVERIDGEAdditional photographers & poets included in this issue: NOL VAN DOGNE UntitledDL Pravda De/liveryGERALDINE HOFFMAN Street SwingCHEHALIS HEGNER HunterMARC SWAN Soul Catcher SUSAN MARIE Albright Knox Art GalleryJo Barbara Taylor Weaving the Dastgah Carpet J.J. Steinfeld Mid-Career PoetGREGORY PALERMO After TwoLennart Lundh Coffee Shop, Michigan CityMARTIN WILLITTS JR. Short OrderYVONNE WRIGHT Texture 1ANTHONY MALONE UntitledYvonne wright NocturneSTEVE ABBOTT Designer LabelJoan McNerney WaitressJOHN GREY In a Factory TownLESLIE J YERMAN Reflection of Windowsill CigarmakerJESSICA RIGNEY Stone BeheadingDANIELLE SALVADORI How to be a DominatrixToni La Ree Bennett Garage SaleToni La Ree Bennett Garage SaleJude Okonkwo Farmer Tom's PrayerTRACY PITTS The ChickensBONNIE SCHUPP New BeginningsBONNIE SCHUPP Haiku HaircutPETER MURPHY Closing TimeGREGORY PALERMO AppliedJude Okonkwo Pianos with Soul Play ThemselvesPETER MURPHY Past TimeDAVID ANTHONY SAM FecundityCAMERON BLOCH Garden SupervisionIAIN TWIDDY The RubIAIN TWIDDY ProceedingsWONJUNE KIM Ordinary DayLARRY KILLEN Rectangles
