{"product_id":"the-goddess-fortune-to-proper-is-to-die-9781958661031","title":"The Goddess Fortune: To Proper Is To Die","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rl Edmondson Vance\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Blurb\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Blurb\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a visual artist who uses a variety of media to explore feminist themes and the self. My approach to both art and poetry is the same; collage. I find images or words I am innately attracted to, cut them out, arranging and rearranging until I find the perfect picture. I am heavily influenced by the found object; discarded magazines, the sky in a piece of junk mail, the still frame of a paused movie, the shape of a scrap of paper, any likeness or shape that calls to me. I consider the images of prehistoric goddess figurines, paramount and central to my own art, as a found object; Something someone was compelled to create that was lost or discarded, then found again. My poems are inspired by the found word; fortune cookies, passing billboards, my teenage diaries, made up and mis-heard songs, overheard conversations, grocery lists, and all other manner of words heard or seen in serendipitous encounters. I use collage to create a sacred space for these images and words, ancient and new. I feed myself found words and images; digesting, reconstructing, honoring form and phrase, creating a sacred place for each, and then gluing every one down in its rightful place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blurb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45153368080535,"sku":"9781958661031","price":1815.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781958661031.webp?v=1768547570","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-goddess-fortune-to-proper-is-to-die-9781958661031","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}