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Artist: Gavin Edmonds, with contribution from Sullivan Holderbach
Title: pillow
Welcome to the 10th piece of the Living Archive of Survivorhood of Trauma.
Below is a selection of works from our Arts Collective created in response to this month's cover.
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Dry in the cry
Slay the night
Keep upright
Pretend mend
Tangled hands
Around your neck
Shallow breath
Cuddled in
No one sees
The many fingers
Braided to embrace
And suffocate
Lie in the dry
Hide the fright
Stay bright
Vile denial
Single little one
Sat in stillness
Or so it seems
To all but thee
No one sees
The many fingers
Braided to embrace
And suffocate
Deny the lie
All is alright
To the sight
Mind bind
Invisible spirals
Imbued in you
Swirl you in
And strangle you
No one sees
The many fingers
Braided to embrace
And suffocate
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Artist: Laura E. Fischer
Title: Braided Fingers
Date: 2018​
Artist: Laura E. Fischer
Title: Still they clasp
Date: 2022
Artist: Isaac Ouro-Gnao
Title: untitled
Date: 2024
Artist: Gavin Edmonds
Title: Pillow/Radar
Date: 2009
Materials: Pencil, 23ct gold leaf, Japan gold size, on paper
