PrefaceJamie Bond who is that? Well I am a fairly new widow now in single status. I am a mother, a sister, a daughter, a cousin, an aunt, a sister-in-law and a Radio Show host and a multi-talented Poetess. I am a lover of life and people with a large dose of humanitarianism about me to always try to help the next person. I am spiritual BUT I do curse and don't apologize for that; so don't look for me to raise the bar there lol I was born and raised in Newark aka Brick City New Jersey and for as long as I can remember expressing myself is... as natural as breathing... I write in spoken word format a lot which means that it tends to be in paragraph form because I know how to stop and breath with my own words because what? ((Smile)) because I was the one who wrote it; so I understand my breaks and breaths within my own cadence.... Ha-ha I have a sense of humor too if you didn't notice There is a Jamie Bond friend & fan page on Facebook I'm most definitely Google-able: if you type in itsbondjamiebond you'll find me all over the place... Now; the book is called UNMUTED INK for a wonderful reason ... and that is because; I want to introduce you, to not just my pen ...but pens like mine and or; of like minds. UnMuted Ink is a lot of things, but it's a fan page on Facebook for the public and a poetic group on Facebook as well. There are a lot of things coming into fruition so calling it a movement is an understatement... Mark my words.... So enough of that; what I would like you to do is... breathe in then exhale and smile... because I feel that this book is going to be one of your favorites! I cover all kinds of topics and emotions hoping to not leave a single soul unsatisfied with their purchase. Some are picture challenges without pictures for you to see, and the dedications at the end of some of these are because I recall a specific person making mention that that was their favorite piece perhaps... Thank you soooo much in advance for purchasing the book and please; I do encourage all those who do to follow thru and write a little review of how you enjoyed it THIS helps others decide if they would like to purchase it as well. If you take a picture holding ANY Jamie Bond/ UnMuted Ink product you may be the profile picture on one of the fan pages or websites as a thank you or in a future promotional campaign ... Let's get into some poetry shall we?Jamie

Pour and paint your way to stunning fluid effects. In Creative Alcohol Inks, artist and Instagrammer Ashley Mahlberg of @inkreel shares step-by-step techniques for creating spontaneous, organic effects with this vibrant transparent medium. Get an overview of essential materials, substrates, and finishes. Explore techniques for applying alcohol inks, such as pouring, creating texture, lifting, masking, adding embellishments, and more. Learn helpful troubleshooting tips and tricks. Use what you’ve learned to create one-of-a-kindartworks and stylish projects. Find your creative flow with Creative Alcohol Inks! Perfect for creative beginners, the books in the Art for Modern Makers series take a fun, practical approach to learning about and working with paints and other art mediums to create beautiful DIY projects and crafts.

Censored. Repressed. Subdued. Bound. Muted. No more. In a world pushed to the precipice of change, in a society that values the tried and true over the dynamic and new, what does it mean to be unmuted? In this anthology, a chorus of young women and gender-expansive teens give voice to fear and silence, hold nothing back, and demand justice. To be unmuted right now requires a new brand of bravery and these writers show us how it’s done. Using stories, poems, essays, fiction, drama, interviews, and more, they report on a global pandemic, a climate crisis, and the movement for racial equity. They also invite us on their personal journeys through the labyrinth of young adulthood: feeling the rich soil of a neighborhood garden between their fingers; traveling through time in search of their parents; inhaling the charged air where young love is brewing. For twenty-three years, the nationally award-winning nonprofit Girls Write Now has broken down the barriers of gender, race, age, and poverty, elevating the voices of writers who are too often not heard—or worse, silenced. Girls Write Now is the first writing and mentoring organization for girls and gender expansive youth of color, ranking today as one of the top programs nationwide for driving social-emotional growth for youth.

Arthur L. Guptill's classic Rendering in Pen and Ink has long been regarded as the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject of ink drawing. This is a book designed to delight and instruct anyone who draws with pen and ink, from the professional artist to the amateur and hobbyist. It is of particular interest to architects, interior designers, landscape architects, industrial designers, illustrators, and renderers. Contents include a review of materials and tools of rendering; handling the pen and building tones; value studies; kinds of outline and their uses; drawing objects in light and shade; handling groups of objects; basic principles of composition; using photographs, study of the work of well-known artists; on-the-spot sketching; representing trees and other landscape features; drawing architectural details; methods of architectural rendering; examination of outstanding examples of architectural rendering; solving perspective and other rendering problems; handling interiors and their accessories; and finally, special methods of working with pen including its use in combination with other media. The book is profusely illustrated with over 300 drawings that include the work of famous illustrators and renderers of architectural subjects such as Rockwell Kent, Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg, Willy Pogany, Reginald Birch, Harry Clarke, Edward Penfield, Joseph Clement Coll, F.L. Griggs, Samuel V. Chamberlain, Louis C. Rosenberg, John Floyd Yewell, Chester B. Price, Robert Lockwood, Ernest C. Peixotto, Harry C. Wilkinson, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and Birch Burdette Long. Best of all, Arthur Guptill enriches the text with drawings of his own.

This Offering is truly Historic in nature in all aspects. The significance is that many communities of peoples to include Poets, Writers of all Genres, Students and just plain People have come together to express their perspectives pertaining not only the Trayvon Martin incident, but Gun Violence, Racism, Bias and many other related ills that affect our Society . . . Humanity as well as the extended African American Community and Family.Included are some Historic |Speeches from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis and Malcolm X. As a bonus you will get to read the prolific words in the forward and Preface of Loga Michelle Odom and Cheryl Faison as well as the wonderfully insightful Poetry of Tupac Shakur and Gil Scott Heron.

Welcome to The Ink House, an artist's mysterious mansion, built on a magical pool of ink that inspires creativity in anyone who lives there. When the artist goes adventuring, animals great and small arrive for the annual Ink House Extravaganza. The party is about to begin... Featuring a cast of loveable characters and discoveries on every page, this exquisitely inked picture book by acclaimed artist Rory Dobner will surprise and delight readers of all ages

This collection of Poetry from across the Globe was spawned by a vision of Inner Child's World Healing, World Peace Poetry Contest 2012. Inner Child Press is sponsoring the publishing of the Anthology.