JAIME ROBLES

September Postcard from Jaime Robles:

Poets and artists who walk through the world and pluck out random, even mundane, elements to turn into art are special. Jaime Robles does this with this marked-up photograph she created from her encounters with a dancer with whom she once shared ballet classes in Los Angeles. Jaime would give her lifts to their classes and, each time, the dancer gave her two quarters wrapped in two bills tied with a rubber band—the same amount as bus fare. Jaime’s writing of “Y A S !” in red glittery ink is what opens up the image in the same manner as an open-ended poem. Why “Y A S !”? Answering integrates the viewer into the image and the lack of a definitive answer to the question creates a viewer relationship with the image through imagination. This exemplifies the wonder that can be the artistic / poetic brain. Thanks for sharing, Jaime!