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Linda Laino
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Aug 27, 2022

On Color

How do you see the world? “What’s your favorite color?” It’s a question adults are fond of asking children. Every child knows the answer and begins to understand their preference as a way of defining their personalities, even if the definitions are childishly simple: People who like red are bold…

Colors

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On Color
On Color
Colors

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Published in Women Writing Memoir

·Apr 5, 2021

I Still Like It Loud

A love letter to music — In an episode about New York culture in the popular Scorcese/Netflix series, Pretend It’s a City,writer and raconteur, Fran Leibovitz declares, “No one is loved like musicians” and “Music is a drug that doesn’t kill you.” Could there be any truer truths? I have been crazy about music ever since…

Music

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I Still Like It Loud
I Still Like It Loud
Music

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Published in P.S. I Love You

·Jan 31, 2021

Remember Sundays?

Ode to the 7th day — As I was walking to meet friends for a hike in the small Mexican town where I live this morning, I mindlessly noted less traffic on the streets, many bolted shop doors, and relative tranquility. And then I remembered. It was Sunday! The day of the week in many cultures…

Family

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Remember Sundays?
Remember Sundays?
Family

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Nov 5, 2020

On Structure and Beauty

A perfect pair. — Each artist and writer has their own approach to the creative act, and what leads them to arrive at the essence of their particular expression, but regardless of the outcome, and whatever its materials, at its core, every creative form contains structure and beauty. …

Art

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On Structure and Beauty
On Structure and Beauty
Art

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Jul 22, 2020

Island

A poem

Poetry

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Island
Island
Poetry

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Jul 20, 2020

Locusts

A poem —

Poetry

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Locusts
Locusts
Poetry

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Jul 16, 2020

I Peel The Garlic

A poem — I Peel The Garlic and think of skin pale and open and wanting, like yours. Mine the color of cherries languid and sea-varnished. Its thin veneer heals each night like Prometheus, his eagle greets me again at dawn with a talon tear. I peel the garlic the static crackle recalls your savage…

Poetry

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I Peel The Garlic
I Peel The Garlic
Poetry

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Jun 12, 2020

On Avoidance

In painting and writing. — “Tell me, doesn’t your painting interfere with your writing?” “Quite the contrary: they love each other dearly.” ~ e.e.cummings This response from poet, e.e. cummings resonates deeply since my visual art and my writing often look to and play off each other as he describes. I’ve been grateful for the…

Art

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On Avoidance
On Avoidance
Art

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Published in The Startup

·May 23, 2020

On Painting and Smoking

Ode to my old studio muse. — I’m thinking a lot about cigarettes and how nice it would be to have one. As a long time smoker (and long-time quitter) living alone during this quarantine, I’m remembering how they used to be such good company, especially in the studio where cigarettes measured brush strokes and decisions and…

Smoking

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On Painting and Smoking
On Painting and Smoking
Smoking

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Mar 4, 2020

The Ledge of Joy

Poem —

Poetry

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The Ledge of Joy
The Ledge of Joy
Poetry

1 min read

Linda Laino

Linda Laino

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Artist/Poet attempting to make sense of the world through words and images. www.lindalaino.com

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