AZURE ASSURANCES by A Book of Pictured Poetry

In life, when two openly creative forces meet in honesty – a third, infinitely more beautiful entity can come into being. The poetry of Australian artist Crystal Davis weaves through the intricacies of being a twin and carer for a sister with mental illness, the soaring heights of in-the-moment peace and passionate love, and the dark lows of sickening fears, secret vulnerabilities and brutal rejections. The works are a reflection of Crystal’s coming-of-age transformation, abandoning a successful corporate career to embrace honesty and truth in life through her chosen art form. Most significantly, this collection is about the stripping away of societal and familial structures, and the reclamation of natural states of being. New heights are reached through the quirky, thought-provoking and subtly powerful illustrations of Kylie Fogarty, who developed many of these artworks specifically via inspiration from the poems themselves.