“abstain” by Marie Olmedo

artist’s statement

Marie, better known online as Googas, is a Mexican-American artist and poet from southeast Los Angeles. Googas delights in writing poems and prose to help articulate the soul’s innermost sentiments and differentia. Combined with physical or digital media, her work often takes the shape of collages: ones weaved with her drawings, words, and love. More specifically, in an act of communal catharsis, her words are crafted for the painfully sensitive and soft-hearted- people who appreciate how writing can serve as an outlet for intense emotions and fervorous love.

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