Transactions with Beauty

Shawna Lemay

Hi.

Welcome to
Transactions with Beauty.
Thanks for being here.
I hope that this is a space that inspires you to add something beautiful to the world. I truly believe that
you are required to make something beautiful.

– Shawna

Morandi, de Chirico, la Vita Silente, and the Way Things Happen

May 20

May 20 Morandi, de Chirico, la Vita Silente, and the Way Things Happen

May 17

May 17 One Ought

Drawing Sentences

May 13

May 13 Drawing Sentences

Three Poems About Things

May 10

May 10 Three Poems About Things

May 6

May 6 Bravo!

May 3

May 3 The Loophole

20 Pieces of Advice for Writers

Apr 29

Apr 29 20 Pieces of Advice for Writers

No Hope of a Lunch

Apr 26

Apr 26 No Hope of a Lunch

contemplate, diary

Five Women Artists

Apr 22

Apr 22 Five Women Artists

The Most Valuable Thing We Can Do

Apr 19

Apr 19 The Most Valuable Thing We Can Do

Leave Space for Poetry

Apr 15

Apr 15 Leave Space for Poetry

If We Don’t Have Beauty What Do We Have

Apr 12

Apr 12 If We Don’t Have Beauty What Do We Have

If You’re Hungry, If You’re Tired

Apr 8

Apr 8 If You’re Hungry, If You’re Tired

Significant Human Exchanges

Apr 5

Apr 5 Significant Human Exchanges

5 Poems About Angels

Apr 1

Apr 1 5 Poems About Angels

Mar 29

Mar 29 It Need Not Be

Afraid of the Police

Mar 25

Mar 25 Afraid of the Police

Me and My Obsessions, Again

Mar 22

Mar 22 Me and My Obsessions, Again

My Kitchen Window

Mar 18

Mar 18 My Kitchen Window

The Miraculous, Tea, Kitchen Annunciations, and Your Beautiful Soul

Mar 15

Mar 15 The Miraculous, Tea, Kitchen Annunciations, and Your Beautiful Soul