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Asha Sanaker's avatar

I love this, Tina. I love you. Thank you for articulating things that I can't, or didn't think to, but then they are there, in black and white, and I think, YES, OF COURSE. EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID.

You revitalize my humanity. Every. Single. Time.

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Tina Rowley's avatar

Oh, Asha. I love you. I have the Random House Thesaurus of 20th Century Slang and one of my favorites along the lines of “good egg” is “You’re all wool and a yard wide.” That’s you, Asha Sanaker!

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Jeffrey Streeter's avatar

I'm astonished by the power of your work! and visually, you get so much out of what is a very limited system in terms of visual effects.

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Tina Rowley's avatar

Thank you, Jeffrey!

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Danielle Callahan's avatar

I think I 🤍’d this twice & that’s fine. Thank you for this issue Four✅

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Tina Rowley's avatar

🤍🤍🤍

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Alicia Dara's avatar

My theory is that it’s all actually happening in the gut, inside that massive, intricate and constantly active web of nerves. All things including intuition, lust, fear and even joy are known and felt there. My theory is that the heart can map territory, but the gut IS the territory. My **secret secret** theory is that gut health might actually be much more important to the overall health and wellbeing of humans than we previously believed.

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Tina Rowley's avatar

You’re making me very curious about the gut now, very curious indeed. Going to get investigative! Thank you, beauty.

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Alicia Dara's avatar

Reach out if I can help on your investigation, I actually know a lot about this!

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Tina Rowley's avatar

Will do!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

The peach fuzz Pantone, the blood, the tile... you can see/feel every frame. This form you've evolved to needs a physical loft space. It feels almost like a mythopoetic sculpture. Bravo!

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Tina Rowley's avatar

Alisa, this is a keepsake comment and I’m in danger of printing it, folding it into an origami bird and sticking it on my desk. Thank you!

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Mary-Claire van Leunen's avatar

I can't heart this piece because the word beside heart is "like" and "like" is too mild a word for the wild love I feel for the piece (and its author).

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Tina Rowley's avatar

Mary-Claire, damn it. I hug you. I hope a 100-plant delicious salad materializes from thin air right in front of you when you most crave it. (LOVE YOU.)

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