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Keith Senkowski is an Illinois-based poet, painter, designer, and printmaker. Much like his idol William Blake, he is never satisfied with a single art form or writing style, and is constantly exploring new ways to push himself creatively. His works build upon a love of history and mythology to explore the challenges of the modern world and how those challenges impact our definition of ourselves.
Testament
Testament is an origin story. A memory. A memory of a place that isn’t. A memory of a place that could be. A memory of a life lived and all the lives that life touched.
Testament is a five part, fully illustrated, epic poem that wrestles the challenges of now through the lens of a mythology of a world that will never be. Within its pages you will find angst and fear, gods and heroes, triumphs and defeats. You will also find an author wrestling with the existential fear of annihilation.
I never thought about this until recently, but the word spelling in Middle English meant “to speak, preach, talk, tell.” We also use the word to define the way to utter into the world magic. It probably shouldn’t be surprising the close connection between these things, but it has been sitting in my head ever since I had to start explaining my work to others.
Testament
Part One: Heusos, mediates on the origins of things. It is a book of new beginnings built upon the ending of old worlds and old ideas. Part Two: Heiuper, explores the price of past sins, the dangers of hubris, and the destruction brought on by jealousy. Parts three, four, and five will be available in 2025!
Available at Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Amazon.com
Testament - Part One: Heusos (The Epic Journey of Yggdrasil)
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