Yasmin Hopkins

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)

ABC?
The teeth were sown. Monsters and language.
Dissolve sugar/salt in water. Making crystals.
Dip fingers into candle wax. Making caps.
Hold cherry tomatoes on the candle flame. It floats.
My cherry tomato bowl is a spaceship
Above my paintings
I never liked jumping in the pool. But there was nothing I loved doing, (?) more than swimming. I took three days to be born. I was already late, I did not want to come...
... The disaster has already happened. So, I jumped in the pool.
I want to be a swimmer. I want to be a free diver. I want to be a surfer.
Surf the waves—kickback in the sun—go with the flow, cool—with a tinnie. I am just learning my ABC.