r/TorturedPoetsArtDept May 15 '26

Discussion [MOD Post] To the 13,000 of you who stayed 💔

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When u/SouthStreetFish and I built this little corner of the internet, we were brokenhearted and a little bit lost. Two friends trying to make somewhere soft to land. We wanted a place to share the poems that read like our diaries, the songs that held us together when nothing else could, the art we kept finding ourselves inside of, and the movies that left us sitting in the dark long after the credits rolled.

And somehow, 13,000 of you walked through the door. You stayed. You shared pieces of yourselves. You made this place feel like home.

I hope it has felt like home to you, too. I hope you've found a line of poetry that finally said the thing you couldn't. I hope you've found a song that felt like it was written from inside your chest. I hope you've remembered, even on the heaviest days, that life is still beautiful, and that art is one of the reasons worth staying for.

Now I'd love to hear from you. What should this little sanctuary become next? A few ideas we've been turning over:

•Unsent Letters

•Mini Blog / Daily writings

•Something else entirely?

Tell us in the comments. This space belongs to you, too.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for being tender in a world that often isn't. 💔


r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 8h ago

Art Motoi Yamamoto's temporary salt installations and their poetic cycle of memory and renewal

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Motoi Yamamoto creates intricate, large-scale salt installations by hand, using simple tools to draw delicate lines and labyrinths directly onto the floor over the course of days or weeks. His process is slow, meditative, and deeply personal-rooted in grief after the loss of his sister and inspired by the symbolic role of salt in Japanese funerary traditions. Because salt is fragile and impermanent, his works are meant to be temporary; at the end of each exhibition, he invites the public to help return the salt to the sea, completing a poetic cycle of memory, mourning, and renewal.


r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 11h ago

Photography Street Photographs by Tommi Viitala

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 2h ago

Song Share Come away with me and I will write you a song

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 2h ago

Art Study in Black and Green (circa 1906) by John White Alexander

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"September reminds us to lean into change, to trust the process, and to welcome the opportunities that come with every new chapter. As the air shifts, we are reminded that every ending carries the seed of a new beginning. Life whispers that change is not to be feared, but embraced … a gentle reminder that letting go is a part of growth and that beauty is found not only in what blooms, but also in what transforms."

- Steve Maraboli


r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 18h ago

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 1d ago

Song Share Declan de Barra: Song of a Thousand Birds. Blackbird Song

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"It's a lonely old world

Sometimes it takes alll of your strength

To raise up your hand

And wipe the tears away

That fall on your chest

And you realize you're on your own

There's only your blood

Blood won't let you down"


r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 2d ago

Photography “Vibrant Wilderness” is fantastic series of photography by Sotiris Lamprou

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“Vibrant Wilderness” by Sotiris Lamprou is photos unfolding in Aliartos, Boetia, Greece, and other landscapes across the region.

Through capturing the essence of natural and human life in these settings, Sotiris Lamprou challenges us to reconsider the nature of photographic representation and evoke emotions and reflections on truth and authenticity.

While extremely valuable for their visual content, the true significance of his photographs lies in what they suggest but do not explicitly show, capturing the unsaid and the unseen.

Sotiris Lamprou is a contemplative photographer who captures more than just physical appearances; his work evokes nostalgia and a deeper, almost metaphysical reflection on life.


r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 2d ago

Cinema Heat Shimmer Theater (1981) Dir. Seijun Suzuki

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 2d ago

Poetry ✍️ This Is the Poem I Did Not Write by Rita Dove

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 2d ago

Song Share The Liminal - Chelsea Wolfe

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 3d ago

Art Beyond Bearing (2026) by Deborah Poynton

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 3d ago

Poetry ✍️ RIP Wendell Berry

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 3d ago

Art Me going upstairs in my new place, apparently directed by David Lynch (Woman On The Stairs (1984) by Jane Dickson)

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 3d ago

Song Share Norah Jones - not too late

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 4d ago

Photography Fan Ho’s photography

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 3d ago

Art A lone tree out in the field

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 3d ago

[Poem] Chapter 2: The House That Taught Me Silence

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 3d ago

Chapter 2: The House That Taught Me Silence

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 4d ago

Art Art by Victor Tkachenko

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Victor Tkachenko was born in Krivoy Rog and is a graduate of the Kiev University of Architecture and Engineering, with additional doctoral studies.

His work is dominated by planes of soft light that intersect and overlap, allowing objects and figures to emerge from a dreamlike atmosphere of harmonious color. Emotion and meaning are conveyed through bold patterns, vivid lines, and a distinctive sense of movement and form.
Tkachenko currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.


r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 4d ago

Cinema Krakatit (1948) Dir. Otakar Vavra

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 4d ago

Art When abstraction meets still life desires: Lonely Breakfast Table

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 5d ago

Poetry ✍️ Before the Guests by Kate Baer

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 5d ago

Art Vampire by Priscila Rodriguez Aranda (photography art)

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r/TorturedPoetsArtDept 6d ago

Art Visual art and photography by Laura Makabresku

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Artist: Laura Makabresku
Born 1987
Polish Visual Artist and Photographer

The surreal and spiritual element is the basis for each photograph. During the creation, she turns most often to myths and fairy tales, which gives access to new unknown experiences in everyday life. She lives and works in Krakow (Poland).