R.O.U.T.E.
RHYTHM, OBSERVATION, UNDERSTANDING, TRANSFORMATION, & EXPRESSION.
R.O.U.T.E. is an artist journal, carving paths amidst the unknown.
Featured Artists
in Volume I
LINDSEY WINDLAND
I primarily work with textiles, though for this project, branched out to paper-cuts.
ANGELA DAVIS JOHNSON
I articulate my deepest thoughts visually and through this sharing I explore collective dreams with those who experience my work as a healing practice. Live dreaming goes beyond aspirations. It is to imagine and construct a past present future that reflects our truths and our souls. Through live dreaming I use various media to connect: mixed media paintings, performance, and interactive installations. Through these disciplines I tell stories of emotional journeys or little known historical events as well as honor the earth and life's simplicity. Through dreaming I am intrigued by human connections and exposing the myths that we are dissimilar in the most fundamental ways. I am Black woman from many spaces. I am Universal. I come from generations of healers and creators. Most notably I am informed by my grandmother and mother whose wisdom guides my teachings and desire to connect with the light in my fellow human beings.
APRIL SIMMONS
The way I write is spontaneous. I have a notebook full of poems I’ve written since I was 14 years old, but Moon Saw Me is one of very few that I wrote intentionally as poems. I open my journal to write, and sometimes a poem is what follows when all I intended was a “normal” journal entry. I rarely edit those poems. They flow out from the depths of my subconscious and I’m happy to allow them to live in that form. They are pure and raw, albeit unrefined and often redundant.
ALEJANDRO GOA
In my work substrate tells the entire story. Figure is always conjured from ground. Figure is not an afterthought, but it is secondary. The substrate tells the story. The story of how this artist did what he did and why. The surface is either adorned with a mere pleasantry or it is an act of homage to the substrate. Either way, what is clear to me about the bottom of all things is that it can be gross, messy, hazardous and divinely ecstatic. Anyway, the true worth of the 2D combine is as an artifact. Don’t read off of it. Eat off of it. Honor the animal.
