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Eric Jennings

he/him

The purpose of making art is making art.

The tension of my desire is fuel, energy, a force that must be allowed to continue to flow. This tension is intrinsic in me, it is vital…

Oct 12

Three tarot cards: Queen of Wands, Two of Cups, and The Sun.

Oct 12

This is Not About the Shirt

I was shopping for shoes when I saw the shirt. It was by itself on a torso mannequin and it whispered to me as I passed it. “I am for you!”

Sep 16

This is Not About the Shirt

Sep 16

Forgiveness is Not a Requirement for Healing

Telling a survivor of childhood abuse to “stop blaming” is a form of victim shaming…

Sep 13

Vintage photo of three boys, known as “Newsies,” who are smoking up a storm while looking defiantly at the viewer.

Sep 13

a Tanka

as she practices her guitar licks the old man telling stories as if they were new

Aug 14

Sepia toned film photograph of two tiny jail cells built into a rock wall. The image is form an ancient Roman ruin.

Aug 14

And the Refuse

Eating monkey meat starts with talk. How to cook and eat a monkey. There is nothing before this. How to cook and eat a monkey. Have you…

Aug 14

Black and white photograph of a highly textured concrete wall that is covered with so much mold and funk that it looks like an abstract painting. The feeling is mysterious, playful, and a bit creepy.

Aug 14

Pagan Influences on the Psyche of People Living With CPTSD, or Blowing My Own Mind, in Which I’m…

everything that has ever befallen me, or that i have done, or that i have avoided doing (facing), has been in preparation for what is to…

Jul 30

Photograph of a large yet distant cloud of smoke on the horizon. Above and beyond it is a blue cloudy sky. The feeling is of a mind-blowing explosion.

Jul 30

The Clearing

The boy walks the wooded trail. Every third or fourth tree is topped by a crow who appears to be watching. The woods are silent except for…

Jun 9

The Clearing

Jun 9

(this was written a few weeks ago)

everything that has ever befallen me, or that i have done, or that i have avoided doing (facing), has been in preparation for what is to…

May 15

A rainbow colored pinwheel, softly spinning in the foreground. Behind it are many gravestones.

May 15

The Lost Boy

I don’t remember much about being six years old. It’s as if I didn’t exist until I did…

Jan 24

16th century ink drawing, “Zhuangzi Dreaming of a Butterfly.” Depicts a Chinese monk sleeping under fluttering butterflies.

Jan 24

Excerpt From the Americ Book of the Dead

The old woman’s body on a platform that fills the cave, pallid skin, leathered face, lower lip stretched up over the upper, sutured in…

Nov 29, 2024

Cave art depicting three humanoid figures. The image has been colorized in surreal golds, greens, oranges and pinks, giving it a mysterious psychedelic look.

Nov 29, 2024

Eric Jennings

Eric Jennings

he/him

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dilettante, poet, invocateur, acccidental yogi and dabbler in patamysticism which is the spiritual branch of pataphysics. patamystic.com

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