{"product_id":"vance-r-l-edmondson-the-goddespb","title":"Vance, R.L. Edmondson: The Goddess Fortunes","description":"\u003cp\u003eTofu Ink Arts Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: February 1, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eI am visual artist who uses a variety of media to explore feminist themes and the self. My approach to both art and poetry is the same; collage. I find images or words I am innately attracted to, cut them out, arranging and rearranging until I find the perfect picture. I am heavily influenced by the found object; discarded magazines, the sky in a piece of junk mail, the still frame of a paused movie, the shape of a scrap of paper, any likeness or shape that calls to me. I consider the images of prehistoric goddess figurines, paramount and central to my own art, as a found object; Something someone was compelled to create that was lost or discarded, then found again. My poems are inspired by the found word; fortune cookies, passing billboards, my teenage diaries, made up and mis-heard songs, overheard conversations, grocery lists, and all other manner of words heard or seen in serendipitous encounters. I use collage to create a sacred space for these images and words, ancient and new. I feed myself found words and images; digesting, reconstructing, honoring form and phrase, creating a sacred place for each, and then gluing every one down in its rightful place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44609836122135,"sku":"9781958661277","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1769537554-900.jpg?v=1771625469","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/vance-r-l-edmondson-the-goddespb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}