A loose, boxy sheath And vintage leather suitcase Leave much to the imagination From a woman by the side a country road Catching a ride In Cindy Sherman’s celluloid visions of 1940s isolation To Lara Stone as Judy Garland Swept up, black lacquered case in hand, in a freak fall tornado Of Alex Prager’s fashion-styled, film noir An early 80’s city girl In Bette Gordon’s Empty Suitcases Lives on the edge with Francesca Woodman She’s travelling between an Empire state of Mind and Metropolis And for this free-spirited Of her own creation -Ashley Simpson October 2012 |