our sandbox
play in progress

cesspool is an occasional daytime gathering to share about art in + on process. an experiment in creating space to celebrate our mess. cesspool no.1 in may twntytwntyfour.

full info + documentation on the series here  

it's often easier to show the difference between translation methods through examples rather than explanation. njg's image above is the first in a series of such examples that we'll be accumulating as they emerge. 

care to contribute? send us an email here

poem in progress by om writing toward/against gentrification and displacement in his home --> mesa, az. 

we'll continue to post future iterations and reformulations of the poem when they arrive. stay tuned ...

read current version here

read previous version here

a "final" version of this poem appears in om's book, des_________: papeles, palabras, & poems from the desert (Tolsun Books, 2022) here   

a slow-growing collection of "lost poem" signs inviting participation by any and all passersby. if/when "found poems" trickle in, we will gather and share them here. 

feel free to print/post these signs wherever you live.

compiled print-ready pdf here

web-ready image files here

text/doodles [njg] / design [rg]