Shemaiah Gonzalez

Shemaiah Gonzalez has published in Image Journal’s Good Letters, Ruminate, Barren, Ekstasis Magazine, among others. After earning degrees in Literature and Theology, she is now finishing up an MFA in

A Luminous Invitation: On the Transformational Art of Barbara Earl Thomas

Dec 7, 2021 4 min read visual art

There is an audible gasp as each person walks into the room. Conversations started are now cut off. Footsteps soften. Although it is not a church, there is a sense of reverence in this space. In this room there is sanctuary.

First Art Love

Jul 26, 2021 4 min read Prose

Growing up in East Los Angeles, my family’s idea of art was the portrait of a snowy-haired man praying over his loaf of bread. “Give Us Our Daily Bread” was the implication

Andrew Wyeth’s Snow Hill and the Subjects of Art

Jan 18, 2021 4 min read Last Things on Earth Prose Visual Art

At first glance, it’s a peculiar scene: a maypole in the middle of winter. Six dancers clutch colorful ribbons in mid-frolic, and a Christmas tree is perched atop the pole. The scene