Author: jules.rolfe

Jules is a prairie-born artist learning to live in the trees. She is creating paradise in our backyard while listening to the music of a big-hearted, small boy discovering the world. Often inspired by her little muse, she seeks to remind us of our connections to love, wonder, and one another.

Jules Rolfe and Seth Leamer

Jules Rolfe and Seth Leamer

Seth Leamer Still Still Life Inspiration Piece Faceless Independence by Jules Rolfe Response Daddy, I thought you created me to be small. A small and faceless doll to serve masters who only craved …

 

Jules Rolfe and Brian MacDonald

Jules Rolfe and Brian MacDonald

Brian MacDonald Inspiration Unfortunate by Jules Rolfe Response It’s unfortunate you say that the rain is dripping down the window crowding the sound of the waves on the beach ad we …

 

Jules Rolfe and Amy Souza

Jules Rolfe and Amy Souza

Amy Souza “Found” Inspiration piece On the Wings of a Wish By Jules Rolfe Response When you a wish on the glowing candles of your birthday cake, on a dandelion puff, on …

 

Sukia and Jules Rolfe

Sukia and Jules Rolfe

Sukia Response Following the Ground Ivy Jules Rolfe Inspiration piece She’s taken over our backyard Like we’ve grown into our souls running under the foundation of the grass until …

 

Jules Rolfe and Sukia

Jules Rolfe and Sukia

Sukia Inspiration piece Totem By Jules Rolfe Response Tears have the same salt as seawater When I ride among the trains and bees and buses listening to the …

 

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe

Jules Rolfe Inspiration piece Peach Pit Bridges By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Stacking bits, pits of our lost decade’s Nights spent wondering on preserving Memories, can’t bring that time …

 

Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jules Rolfe Response Hip Hop Music among the Branches By KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration piece They played hip hop among the branches. The birds did. Winging sometimes …

 

Barbara Bever and Jules Rolfe

Barbara Bever and Jules Rolfe

Jules Rolfe Giving Hands Inspiration piece Lake Effect Barbara Bever Response The cold broom of Canada’s winter sweeps across Lake Erie and dumps a dustbin of powdery snow …

 

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe

Jules Rolfe Inspiration Piece Blue KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Blue’s Maritime stars, Maybe, sand dollars, In concert, spin quickly, Dance oceanic stirrings, swirl, whisk, Churn waves, undulate ‘til calmer waters Lull, successfully, …

 

Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jules Rolfe Despair Response So, Sometimes We Fail KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration Piece So, sometimes we fail. Legs, like unfortunate umbrellas, Open where hands miss railings, Weddings, walls, other supports. Instead, mud, …

 

Jules Rolfe and Barbara Bever

Jules Rolfe and Barbara Bever

Jules Rolfe Giving Hands Response Home Barbara Bever Inspiration Piece Once it was the place I grew up:   Where the chipped green ceramic fish sat on the kitchen counter   Awaiting Marlboro …

 

Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jules Rolfe and KJ Hannah Greenberg

Jules Rolfe On Wings, Petals, & Toes Response Pregnant with Joy by KJ Hannah Greenberg Inspiration Piece Banners of happiness slip, iridescent nacre, Between aureate columns, muguet de bois, Pikaki. Our personal adytons …

 

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe

KJ Hannah Greenberg and Jules Rolfe

Jules Rolfe Inspiration Piece Patterning with Holes By KJ Hannah Greenberg Response Openwork fabric, patterned with holes, like many friendships, Adds zing, zest, notice, accent, perhaps umph to life’s daily dress. Whereas …

 

Heidi Mordhorst and Jules Rolfe

Heidi Mordhorst and Jules Rolfe

Jules Rolfe A View from Saturn Inspiration We Be Heidi Mordhorst Response the grass is Always bluer— the sky is Always greener— the view of (Always) what’s to come is better: finer: cleaner @round the …

 

Jules Rolfe and Heidi Mordhorst

Jules Rolfe and Heidi Mordhorst

Jules Rolfe Navigating the Web Response Black Under Blue Heidi Mordhorst Inspiration We cycled on, debating whether to prefer the unbroken blue of a cloudless sky hurtling away into space or the textured, nearer depths of …

 

Jules Rolfe and Sharon Deegan

Jules Rolfe and Sharon Deegan

Sharon Deegan Love’s Return Inspiration The Amber Tree Jules Rolfe Response The Amber Tree stood on the yellow bricked road Gold lochs bathing behind her summer leaves Stoking the flame of her gingerbread …

 

Jules Rolfe and Connie Begg

Jules Rolfe and Connie Begg

Connie Begg Inspiration Piece Jules Rolfe Response Boundless Where the horizon met the vastless sea We were lost Drowning in all directions Even the strong among us Could only tread so long Before phosphorescent swimmers In …