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could not bring himself to say to his psychiatrist as he navigates through troubled areas of his life.

Straight Up Magazine is now

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Gesso Magazine and it is here with its 69th edition ‘Serving Up Art, Music and Culture for the Metro Area’s Enjoyment’.

The St. Louis Metro deserves its own arts and entertainment magazine. And here it is. It’s called Gesso!!!

We are so very pleased to have Goz Goose as our featured cover artist. Goz is an exception selftaught painter who developed his craft as his “journal” to

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We have features on several

all the creatives who submit

other Metro artists this month.

their work for consideration in

It is such a pleasure and privilege

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them with us here.

Our Jacque Davis “Dreaming in Color” exhibition at Governor French Gallery turned one year old last month. Due to COVID restrictions which emerged in March of 2020, the Gallery is closed to foot traffic. And the exhibition is visible from the vast windows at 219 West Main Street in Belleville IL or by appointment.

for regional artist of all genres to express their passions and creativity with Gesso. We thank

We thank our writers for their poignant features and all those who contribute to this project.

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you, the residents of the St. Louis

We appreciate all of those individuals who have submitted

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their works for publication. And

WE WANT YOU! - All you artistic

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and creative types out there!

Facebook!!! We are grateful to you, the reader, for picking up this latest issue of Gesso Magazine – Issue #69 in the Str8Up Magazine legacy!!!

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Contributors Cover Artist: Goz Goose; "i just want to be me" 16"x20" Acrylic & Epoxy Cover Logo: Jake Bishop Game Page: Dank By Design Comics: Danny Houk Fun Page: Jake Bishop Photography/ Images: Courtesy of Beth Gordon (p.10-13), Goz Goose (p.22-27), Jane Bush (p.28-33), Chris Zaken (p.38-43), Gateway East Artists Guild (p.44-45),

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Table of Contents

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10 Feral A Journal of Poetry and Art

16 Sunday Morning Game Night

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by Paul Seibert and Beth Gordon featuring Danny Houk

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38 Contributing Artist: Chris Zaken

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Beth Gordon Feral: (adj.) of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast (Merriam Webster)

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by Paul Seibert and Beth Gordon A former Metro resident, Beth Gordon is a poet, mother and grandmother currently living in Asheville, NC. Her poems have been published in numerous journals and nominated for Best of the Net, Pushcart and the Orison Anthology. She is the author of two chapbooks: Morning Walk with Dead Possum, Breakfast and Parallel Universe (Animal Heart Press) and Particularly Dangerous Situation (Clare Songbirds Publishing). She is Poetry Editor of Gone Lawn and Assistant Editor/Logistics Manager of Animal Heart Press.

Beth Gordon has been a contributing word artist to Gesso Magazine and Governor French Gallery for over a decade. Beth is now the Managing Editor of “Feral A Journal of Poetry and Art”. Issue #1 appeared in April 2020. Issue #7 appeared in April of this year.

As a long-time Gesso friend and contributor, I asked Beth a few questions about her life and poetic passion. Here is what she had to say: Where do you get your inspiration for writing poetry?

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I’ve been reading poetry since I was 3 years old (if Mother Goose Rhymes count as poetry) and wrote my first poem when I was 7. Like many creatives, I was drawn to a particular form of art (writing) and a particular genre (poetry) without being able to express exactly why that is. I grew up in a house of books and music, with parents that were not artists but encouraged my creative endeavors, and poetry just made sense to my brain.

Although I’m an avid reader of fiction

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and non-fiction, I’ve never considered writing a novel or a memoir. The way I enter language in a poem has an almost instinctual quality to it.

I received my MFA in Creative Writing from American University in Washington DC in 1990. By the time I completed the degree I was married with my first child. And although I had a mostly positive experience studying at American University, I left there knowing that academia was not my path.

One, it required teaching, and at the time I had an intense and debilitating fear of speaking in front of an audience.

And beyond academia, it was not clear to me where or how a poet would make a living.

And then life took over, the way it does.

I went on to have two more children, a full-time job, and all the responsibilities that go with being a “productive adult” in our society. Over the years, I would return to poetry every now and then.

Take a workshop or submit some poems to a journal (back when you mailed those in with a SASE). And by the mid2000s I had made peace with myself that this wasn’t going to happen. Maybe I wasn’t good enough. Maybe I didn’t want it enough.

Then in 2013, my life changed in a single, tragic instant. My daughter and 7-month-old granddaughter were living

with me in Clayton, MO and on November 6, my daughter put my granddaughter to bed – and she fell asleep and didn’t wake up. Later, the death certificate would state SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) as the cause of death which is what used to be called crib death. I could write pages and pages about the months that followed but for the purposes of this story, I’ll just say that four months later I met a person who would change my life by leading me back to poetry – John Dorroh (JD).

JD and I met at a gathering in March of 2014 following another funeral and I learned he was a writer. Within two weeks of meeting him, I had written the first poem I’d written in years. Within a year, JD and I were meeting on a regular basis to write (usually at his home in Highland, IL). Writing poetry became my way of processing grief and JD’s friendship was incredibly important to my healing because he was willing to witness that grief.

How did writing poetry translate into publishing this periodical?

After two years of writing a lot of (mostly) mediocre poetry and drinking a lot of red wine, JD and I noticed that our writing skills were improving. It’s like any art form – the more you practice, the better you get. And we decided to start submitting our poems to journals for possible publication.

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The literary journal landscape had changed dramatically since 1990 in that there were still many traditional poetry journals that were connected to universities; but there was a large and growing number of independent journals who published both print issues and (importantly for newbies) online issues. In 2017/2018 JD and I were rewarded for our efforts with numerous poems being published which only increased our commitment to keep writing and improving our craft. During this time, we also started a Poetry and Wine reading series in Grafton, IL which went a long way to helping me decrease my stage fright (it has never gone away but I know how to manage it).

In late 2019 I mentioned to my co-editors at AHP, Elisabeth Horan and Amanda McLeod, that I hoped one day to start my own poetry journal. Much to my surprise they told me they had been wanting to start a journal as an extension of AHP and wanted me to be Managing Editor. So, off we went and published our first issue of Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art in April 2020 (yes in the middle of the pandemic).

A few things about Feral. One, we are committed to publishing new and more established poets. This will never change.

While we want to publish great poetry and art, we do not want to become “exclusive.” Second, we are committed to diversity in all forms and if you read In 2019, I was invited to read with a group of the bios of our contributors you will other poets in Brooklyn, NY. I was hesitant see that we have kept that commitment. to do it because JD could not attend with And finally, in keeping with the mission me, but he encouraged me to go and, in of Animal Heart Press as a whole, we fact, told me that doing so would “change treat all our contributors and potential my life.” And it did. It was in Brooklyn that contributors with kindness and respect, I met Elisabeth Horan, the EIC of Animal even when we pass on their work.

Heart Press (AHP) who would publish my first chapbook, Morning Walk with Dead Possum, Breakfast, and Parallel Universe, in Where / how do you get the May of 2019 and then asked me to join AHP submissions of poetry and visual arts? which I did in October of 2019 (after moving to Asheville NC to be closer to my parents). Despite all the bad press, social media During 2018-2019 I had also joined an can be your friend. We have Twitter online journal, Gone Lawn, as their Poetry and Facebook accounts for Feral and Editor, where I learned a great deal from announce all our open submission the EIC, Owen Kaelan, about what goes into periods as well as promote each issue not just selecting pieces for a journal but through these channels. I know AHP putting a whole issue together. also has an Instagram account, and one 12

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is coming soon for Feral. We accept all submissions via email, and I use a spreadsheet to track submissions. There is a tool called Submittable, but we do not have the budget for it, and we typically receive about 225 submission per cycle which is still manageable. If/ when we get bigger, we will revisit using a more sophisticated tool to manage this process.

How do you make the pairing of literary and visual artworks?

We are truly a journal of both poetry and art which is really because of my coeditor, Amanda McLeod, who is a writer and visual artist. When she suggested that Feral include art, my expectation was that we would have mostly poetry with a few pieces of art scattered throughout.

Amanda had a different idea, as you can see if you look at any issue of Feral.

Amanda is the matchmaker between the poetry and art, and I don’t know how she does her magic…I just know that the result has earned us a reputation for the pairings. It was also Amanda’s idea that in addition to being an online journal, we create a print version. All the content of Feral will always be available at no cost to our contributors and readers; but we know that some people really like to have that physical copy and so all of our issues are available to order in print.

Of course, where, and when can readers find your publication? https://feralpoetry.net/

There you can find our submission windows (and themes), as well as read all our issues, current and past. We just released Issue 7 on April 1 with the theme of WEATHER. Our next submission window is from April 7 – May 7 and this issue will be unthemed.

For anyone interested, please read the submission guidelines (https://feralpoetry. net/submissions/) and then submit!

FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art is run by a small but passionate team of volunteers intent on finding and sharing quality poetry and visual art.

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By: Danny Houk. See more at https://www.Instagram.com/dannyhoukart/

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Gesso’s monthly dose of riddles and teasers! Can you guess them all?

1. My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.

2. A box without hinges, key, or lid yet golden treasure inside is hid. What is it?

3. What stinks when living and smells good when dead?

4. Come up and we go, Go down and we stay.

5. The more there is the less you see.

6. Give me food and I will live, Give me water and I will die.

7. The more you take away, the bigger it gets.

Answers: 1.Candle 2. An Egg 3. Bacon 4. An Anchor 5. Darkness 6. A Fire 7. A Hole

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It’s OK to Not be OK

by Casey Dig Art is about passion, creativity, expression, and perspective. I sat down with Goz and explored how these all come to life in his art and what makes him tick. What I discovered was eye opening.

Goz got his feet wet in art in one of the most surprising places, a VA mental health inpatient program. He used his art to communicate the things that he could not bring himself to say to his psychiatrist. Now that is powerful especially with what he said was “a dark cloud over mental health treatment”. As a society we have come a long way trying to remove that dark cloud but, in some ways, it is still there. You can see that expressed in his artwork. It seems that he is portraying a raw emotion in the pieces that he creates. Almost as if he is telling a complete story without any words being written or said.

First, let us look at his piece titled, “putting on a front”. To me, the piece just looks like an abstract piece of a human face. Now, let’s look at it from Goz’s perspective. To him, the lower part of the face is someone telling people what they want to hear to convince them that he is ok. While the upper part of the face is someone in pain. Someone fighting a battle every day, but who is too scared to come forward. Someone who is suffering in silence with an unbearable burden. A burden that he says he has felt himself, not just on himself, but also on his family. It’s important to note that Goz suffered in silence for almost 8 years. That is a long time to have that emotion build up. He then explained to me that the reason was because the community that he grew up in, in the military, you were looked at as weak if you sought mental health treatment. At least that is how he felt that it was perceived.

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Now let us look at his piece titled, “thought process of origami”. To me, this piece looks like a skeleton with an origami bird being folded. But, to Goz, it is a delicate process being displayed. Every fold of the bird representing that delicate process.

I asked him what he meant by a ‘delicate process’ and he explained it to me. How his mental health treatment was almost a battle to find the right doctors. He uses the symbolism of origami and its fragile process to show how the wrong medication, an improper diagnosis, or the wrong wording could take someone’s treatment progress all the way back to the beginning of their treatment. Or worse, scare them off and leave them broken and resistant to return to treatment.

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Finally, let us look at his piece, “it’s ok to not be ok”. This, to me, must be one of his most powerful pieces. A solider who is obviously in pain being comforted by an unknown hand. Goz explained that, to him, he used to be that solider in pain, but after all that he went through, he now wanted to be that anonymous hand helping others speak out and get help without fear of being perceived as weak.

It’s important to Goz that others know that you are not weak if you seek mental health treatment - you are strong. It takes a lot to say, “I’m not ok, I need help”. It is also important to understand your resources and be open with your doctors. Goz’s perspective on this through his art sends a powerful message and conveys the true meaning of “it’s ok to not be ok”.

Find Goz at www.facebook.com/artbygoz

Goz can also be found at The Kirkwood Performing Arts Center: The First Semi-Annual Pop Up Exhibition featuring 25 local artists from the Saint Louis area. Goz is one of those 25 featured local artists.

Saturday, April 24th from 10am - 4pm.

The Kirkwood Performing Arts Center 210 East Monroe Avenue, Kirkwood, MO. www.facebook.com/TheKPAC

https://www.kirkwoodparksandrec.org/places-to-go/performing-arts-center

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Contributing Artist: Jane Bush

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"Dapper Chap" Ink on board 9” x 12”

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Contributing Artist: Jane Bush

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The Artwork of Jane Bush Art and creativity have always felt natural and intuitive to me. I started drawing ever since I could pick up a pencil and draw. I spend many days as a child in my own world drawing and filling up notebooks. My first passion has always been the visual arts in order to not only practice and grow, but also as a vehicle to express myself.

I enjoy the technical side of getting the likeness of a portrait, but the older I get, the more I want to loosen up and not get so hung up on the details. I love exploring different mediums in order to unlock the potential, and

this allows me to follow the inspiration I feel. I went from primarily colored pencil to water media since I started to have flare up due to psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia.

Unfortunately colored pencils take a long time, so integrating watercolor and ink into the mix has been a lot of fun. Even though the pandemic opened up my potential through educating myself, I really miss connecting with the other local artists and going to events in the St. Louis area. I do hope that changes soon.

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I’ve always felt the need to create is an essential part of who I am, and I’m sure plenty of artists understand this.

Whether I’m photographing concerts (a side gig) or I’m creating videos for my YouTube channel, it’s a necessity to “get it out of me and into reality”. I don’t care as much for the accolades or awards anymore; I’d rather be fulfilled doing what I love and making a living out of it.

Youtube: https://youtube. com/c/SouthpawCreativeArts

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Facebook: @ Artist Jane Bush

Website: www.janebushartist. com

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Contributing Artist: Chris Zaken

Artwork of Chris Zaken Howdy, my name is Christopher Zaken aka Zakenart. I am a multimedia visual artist. I was born and raised in Belleville, Illinois and currently reside in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have been drawing since childhood and in the last ten years or so have started painting and exploring more art mediums. I studied at Southwestern Illinois College where I received my Associates in Fine Arts. My go to medium for painting work is oil and acrylic based spray paint for the bulk of my work combined

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I’ve worked in sculpture, ceramics, photography and design. Most recently I have been working digitally. I take a lot of inspiration from graffiti and street artist styles and processes. Cartoons, pop-art, and horror films are also big inspirations of mine. When creating a piece of artwork I usually have minimal plans and start by tossing paint around until I start to see objects or figures and work on pulling them out of the mess. It is both a learning and creating process. My website and online store have recently launched and I am minting NFTs of digital artworks. I hope you all enjoy my weird stuff.

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Business Email- zakenart@ gmail.com

Online Gallery- http:// zakenart.com/gallery.php

Online Store- https://zakenart. myshopify.com

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GEAG ARTIST ACHIEVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION Congratulations go out to Gateway East Artist Guild member Ana Sumner for her recent success.

Ana, known for her fiber art, is being showcased in the Spring 2021 Quilting Arts Magazine with a feature article. To top that her piece titled “Dreamy Reef” is featured on the cover of the physical magazine as well as the online version.

It was through a crazy quilt class that she fell in love with fiber art, and became passionate about stitching landscapes of flowers, trees and ocean scenes that captivated her heart, and express the beauty she sees all around her.

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She began to take photographs as references, to help her remember details. She then goes into her studio to pull out fibers and with her imagination interpret what she sees.

To create a scenic background, she will stabilize the fabric, and paint a simple scene with watercolor or acrylic techniques. To add the details of the scene, she either uses appliqué, free motion draw with the sewing machine, hand stitch, or use quilting motifs. Then she embellishes with silk ribbons, beads, specialty threads, and fabrics to create a textured look. Finally, she highlights aspect of the art with paint to give it depth and realism.

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April 2021 Ana presently exhibits her art at Green Door Art Gallery in Webster Grove Missouri. She teaches creative silk ribbon art, and is currently providing online classes. Her home studio is in Edwardsville, IL.

Spring 2021 Quilting Arts Magazine may be found at: https://www.quiltingdaily. com/product/quilting-arts-spring-2021print-edition/

Green Door Art Gallery: www.facebook. com/GreenDoorArtGallery

The Gateway East Artists’ Guild (GEAG) meets the first Wednesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at the PSOP/SWIC building in Belleville when not in Covid quarantine.

Right now, the Guild is meeting virtually via Zoom but hopes to be back in person Ana Sumner may also be found at: this summer. The meetings are open to www.facebook.com/ALS.Sewuniqueart the public. GEAG is an organization for art enthusiasts with ALL levels of skill; from nationally recognized artists, to those who are just beginning. GEAG is a non-profit group that promotes the visual arts in the Metro-East community.

Please visit the GEAG website for more and https://sewuniqueart.com/ information at: www.GEAG.net.

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