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"I write to discover what I know."
– Flannery O'Connor


A Valkyrie’s Love Poem for the Trees
They have destroyed your
beauty, your canopy that once enfolded me into
your splendor.

Lavavoth
Sep 6, 20171 min read


Head Full of Stars (Unrequited Love Poem, Part 2)
Me, dressed in the finest intentions, glancing over, once, and then–the sky opened up. You were heavenly, frightfully sublime...

Lavavoth
Aug 29, 20172 min read


Hurricane Andrew (a recurring dream and the poem it inspired)
When reality suffuses
our castle in the air,
the yearning resumes its poisoned trail,
weighing the heart.
fogging the mind.

Lavavoth
Jul 13, 20171 min read


Transforming a Kriegsmarine Sailor into a Goth with an Aphrodisiacal Mensur Scar
Lavavoth | Death Tarot Card | © 2018 First phase of digital illustration and collage. Note the lace cascading from his sailor hat—an...

Lavavoth
Jun 6, 20173 min read


Avoiding “The Night Porter” Trap (and Website Updates)
Although Blind Love is an edgy and provocative illustrated novel full of “Nazi heartthrobs,” it is actually about the resistance movement.

Lavavoth
Mar 27, 20173 min read


Occupied Flesh: 1940 - 1945 The Erotic Years as a Mirror to My Spirit Union
The Erotic Years, 1940 – 1945 is a controversial picture book depicting trysts between Nazi soldiers and French women in occupied France.

Lavavoth
Feb 24, 20172 min read


'Magic': The Window Fan and My Spirit Friend
A persistent spirit moves objects, disrupts plans, and lingers despite cleansing rituals—bound by past lives, devotion, and the unexplained.

Lavavoth
Sep 26, 20109 min read


Maxxie’s Dance and Mainstream Acceptance of Queerdom through His Beauty
Maxxie in Skins dazzles as a queer icon, but his beauty raises questions on representation, objectification, and palatable homoeroticism.

Lavavoth
Sep 22, 20103 min read


Love Letters from WWII
These letters are intimate treasures between two people who give us a glimpse into their lives during an important time period.

Lavavoth
Aug 15, 20104 min read


He intoxicates her: A Love Story Inspired by the Psyche & Eros Myth
Cupid is a dark angel, and he also reminds me of a dark superhero. He wears his heart on his sleeve, just like the artist.

Lavavoth
Aug 15, 20103 min read
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