Cover Photo: Georges de la Tour, "The Newborn" (1630)
Georges de la Tour, "The Newborn" (1630)

The Art of Letting Go, As an Artist and a Mother

Like a drawing is and is not mine once I’m finished with it, my son is not mine, not really, because he is himself.

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Mother and Child

Mother and ChildThe Newborn

The Newborn

me

forgotten

will they like it?

Amie Souza Reilly is an adjunct professor in the English department at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, where she lives with her husband and eleven-year-old son. She is the Feminist Fridays blogger at The Adroit Journal and her work can be found here: https://www.amiesouzareilly.com