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Do you ever read something so moving and profound and universal that you feel a slight temptation to tattoo it on your forehead to ensure everyone else in your world reads it, too? For me, that is “Paul Robeson” by Gwendolyn Brooks.

This print was created after I devoured the copy of Family Pictures a kind neighbor left in the Little Free Library we keep outside our home. This particular collection of poems, “Paul Robeson” in particular, was exactly what I needed to read at the time. To awaken each day to Gwendolyn’s reminder that our community is a garden that must be watered and tended to grow and thrive is to gift ourselves the perfect dose of perspective.

“Paul Robeson” measures 8″ x 10″ matted and has been hand-drawn, carved, printed, and embroidered onto organic cotton muslin. It was printed using Yellow Ochre and Naphthol Red light-fast vegetable-oil based ink, and embroidered using 100% organic Marigold, Lavender, Pale Rose, and Black cotton thread.

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