Clark, i need to feel my skin, 2020

i need to feel my skin, 2020

Nicole Clark

collage print on archival photo paper

11x14" unframed - 16x20" framed

"i need to feel my skin" is part of the chronic hope series

This short essay explains the chronic hope collage series: https://medium.com/til-queendom-come/my-way-20371315bb71

“My rage, like my chronic hope, is a hard-earned habit. I was raised on hope and taught to bury my rage. Later, I learned the truth: One cannot live without the other. Hope too piddles and dithers if it is not stoked by some hot need for the future to still be there for me when I’m older.”
–Nicole Clark, chronic hope (2020 Essay)