AMY ELKINS
Whole and Complete, Now and Forever Take Flight! My Soul, Away Let Life and Death be the Spear Point of our Days The Real May Never Equal the Imagined Oh youth, what have I done to you? Dark and Blue is all I can see and Filled with Frozen Stars Brave shall be my path Black is the Day, Black is the Night Like a beast among beasts I go! Am I a beast? What is it the remains when one is away?
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The text pieces, digital composites, appropriated images and portraits are constructed or digitally manipulated through formulas specific to each inmates shared story. Age, years spent in prison and location become part of the basic equation; while personal longings, memories and reflections create additional layers.

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