The women see through a different lens – Afghanistan

Janet Braun-Reinitz

Brooklyn, NY

Yeats was right.

"The blood-dimmed tide is loosed."

On the ground

limbs, corpses,

the debris of lives destroyed.

The deafening report of officials

drowns out simple truths.

The artist imagines differently.

"Mere anarchy is loosed upon the land."

The imperative is clear.

The women see through a different lens.

Biography:

Janet Braun-Reinitz is a muralist and studio painter whose work, public and private, is politically oriented. The current president of the Brooklyn based mural organization, Artmakers Inc.; her most recent murals include “We Shall Overcome…” (Bhopal, India), “Things Fall Apart, A Futura Memoria” (Rome, Italy) and “When Women Pursue Justice” (Brooklyn, New York). Her studio work has been exhibited nationally and in Canada, England and Italy.