Stephen Linsteadt, from Volume 2:2

Stephen Linsteadt is a poet and a painter. He is also the founder of Scalar Heart Connection and author of the book with the same title, which is concerned with humanity’s connection, or lack thereof, with Nature, the Earth, and the global community. Linsteadt's poetry is a reflection of this outreach, and explores the process of painting as a road to self discovery.

Below is excerpted "Slipping on Wet Paint," one of the two poems Linsteadt contributed to Volume 2:2.

Existentialists make lousy painters


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Perhaps they had a secret behind their painting

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I only have sandstorms outside

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Admittedly Van Gogh never captured light
moving through cypress

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To read Linsteadt's poems in their entirety, navigate over to Synesthesia Literary Journal Voume 2:2!