-poem and drawing by Jasmine Quintana
self-portrait | graphite
Thunder raged–silent,
until it could not hide.
I cannot breathe–
I cannot move–
How do you live with this inside?
The beast moved swiftly–
consuming souls in leisurely gulps.
I am not my own.
I cannot hold this–
shattering under the weight of you.
Jasmine I. Quintana received her BA in 2016 from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, with a major in art history and a minor in studio art-concentrating in painting. Focusing on creating visual narratives, Jasmine lives in the realm of magical realism-bending the lines and boundaries between emotion, reality, and dreams. A strong fascination with organic shapes found in nature, Jasmine’s work is a melody of interaction between the human figure, the natural world, and the complex emotion found in between. In this space is where she says, the best stories are told.
