“Cisoria: The Scissors”
Collaborators’ Q&A: Artist David Bernardy: I go through ups and downs as per usual: is this work good, is this work worth doing, etc. And with Covid-19 and the racial unrest, I have had to ask myself, “Is this work (whatever it may be at the time) helping?” I am not sure that I always know, but I know that it helps me, and I suspect that some of my questions stem from a hesitance to start and a fear of failure. So, I have had to tell myself that “helping me” is good enough for now. Hopefully, ultimately, it helps others, too. Poet Jennifer Martelli: This has been a period of revision for me—in the real sense. I’m finishing a collection centered around Geraldine Ferraro, and I’m struck by the repetition of themes and characters, all the silence and cruelty. So, my focus has been to hone that concept in my book.
Artist David Bernardy is an artist, a writer and a dad. He likes lost things, old things, and dogs. Poet Jennifer Martelli is the author of My Tarantella, selected as a “Must Read” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.