This collection has been organized by sensitivity to shape, color, and texture of the art, brought together in a collage of words to capture what it means to live, love, and let the heart speak.

Marilyn Robitaille is a writer, editor, film critic, and English professor. She co-edits the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas and co-hosts Langdon Review Weekend, a Texas arts and festival in Granbury, Texas. Her poetry has most recently appeared in several literary anthologies including Her Texas: An Anthology of Texas Women Writers; Writing Texas; and Texas Weather: An Anthology of Poetry, Short fiction, and Nonfiction. She write a weekly film review for the Stephenville Empire Tribune and the Glen Rose Reporter. She is Associate Professor of English at Tarleton State University, a Member of the Texas A & M University System where she serves as Director of Study Abroad. She earned her M.A. from the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College and her Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University. She lives on a ranch in Stephenville, Texas, with her husband Charles.