"My loves. You are the only people / I'd surrender my softness to."
—from Noor Hindi's "Ode to Friendship"
Where do we turn when we are grief-laden, when our structures have failed and we must create our own systems of support? How can we learn to value and nourish intimacy—within ourselves, with each other, within larger community? How can our creative practice attune our senses to these meaningful connections?
A POSSIBLE PRACTICE: Surrender My Softness is a collaborative book of mail art in conversation with Noor Hindi's poem "Ode to Friendship." Includes work by Samaa Abdurraqib, janan alexandra, Alana Dao, Hannah DeAngelis, Audrey Gidman, Serena Himmelfarb, Noor Hindi, Pear Hug, Jenny Ibsen, E.J. Koh, Andy Mauery, Sarah Patterson, lauren samblanet, Gwendolyn Tatreaux, Stacey Tran, Arisa White, meg willing, and Golaleh Yazdani.
Full Color Soft Cover | Full Color Interior | 146 pages | 10.5" x 8.5"
Support for the printing of this book was provided by the Kindling Fund, a grant administered by SPACE as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program.
"My loves. You are the only people / I'd surrender my softness to."
—from Noor Hindi's "Ode to Friendship"
Where do we turn when we are grief-laden, when our structures have failed and we must create our own systems of support? How can we learn to value and nourish intimacy—within ourselves, with each other, within larger community? How can our creative practice attune our senses to these meaningful connections?
A POSSIBLE PRACTICE: Surrender My Softness is a collaborative book of mail art in conversation with Noor Hindi's poem "Ode to Friendship." Includes work by Samaa Abdurraqib, janan alexandra, Alana Dao, Hannah DeAngelis, Audrey Gidman, Serena Himmelfarb, Noor Hindi, Pear Hug, Jenny Ibsen, E.J. Koh, Andy Mauery, Sarah Patterson, lauren samblanet, Gwendolyn Tatreaux, Stacey Tran, Arisa White, meg willing, and Golaleh Yazdani.
Full Color Soft Cover | Full Color Interior | 146 pages | 10.5" x 8.5"
Support for the printing of this book was provided by the Kindling Fund, a grant administered by SPACE as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program.