Belief Systems

Tamar Yoseloff's Belief Systems poems call for creating something worthwhile from the world's wreckage, inspired by radical artists who found power and beauty in forgotten things. They capture artists at work, composing, repurposing, and finding new life in borders and liminal spaces. The collection leads us through seasons, wild pathways, and stormy weather, finding places of transformation where nature, music, and art thrive at the margins. Ultimately, it points us towards the vital human acts of illumination and imagination in a hyper-accelerated age.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Nine Arches Press

Tamar Yoseloff's Belief Systems poems serve as a call to create something meaningful from the remnants of our world, in the spirit of the radical artists she references, such as John Latham, John Cage, and Robert Rauschenberg. These visionaries found power and beauty in what is often overlooked. Yoseloff's poems intimately capture the artists at work, composing, repurposing, and finding new life in the borders and liminal spaces. This collection takes us on a journey through the seasons, along wild pathways, and through stormy weather, discovering places of transformation where nature, music, and art thrive at the margins. Ultimately, Belief Systems guide us towards the vital human acts of illumination and imagination in this fast-paced age, where the "small blue flame" illuminates the mysteries of creation and existence.

Weight: 162g
Dimension: 218 x 141 x 6 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913437923