Visual art
Nora Kelly
Muralist, Painter, Illustrator, MUsician
“So I had this reckoning of, if I want to go in this direction
with my life and really take this seriously, does that mean
I need to end up competing to enter this mythical space?”
Hybrid Writing
“My blossoming hands are yellow and heavy.”
“Now three things you can smell.”
Short FICTION
“Even after their curt goodbyes, gravity remained heavier.”
“understanding passes between us (apology, resignation)”
“Her words stick together and she can’t pull them apart.”
“The silence builds inside like a storm and that terrifies her.”
Nonfiction
“My body is a scorecard for grief.”
“But don’t say it, that you know how I feel.”
“I know what would be responsible but I want to fly.”
“A vicious storm, two rattlesnakes coiled tightly near the circuit box.”
“Timeleft dinners occur every Wednesday all across the world.”
“Careful use, careful placement, careful words.”
& Poetry
“Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct word.”
“Es treste ver, recordar…”
“I have dreams of spoons / and silk and bicycles.”
“and underlining / where we’ve gone too far”
“Farewell to a room that can no longer hold you.”