Collage

A Letter for Membership

A zine I developed before joining the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting. Grief, becoming myself, and the silence at the center of the Meeting house.

I created this piece in anticipation of writing my letter requesting membership at the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting. It's about grief, deciding to live, and about the silence at the center of the Meeting house.

Image and quote credits are on the last page.

Title spread: a figure falls through a cresting blue wave beside the words A Letter for Membership, and reflections, for my sister and my spouse, for you I keep becoming.

First pages of the letter, set beside song lyrics on colored strips, a quote from George Fox under a black hill and white moon, and a translucent blue figure.

The letter continues beside a photo of Kate in a black dress and boots, a black floral ornament, and a hand-drawn tangle of colored shapes.

The closing of the letter, signed Kate Kelley, beside a painting of a figure sitting on a red column above blue water.

Credits page with album art, a QR code, and a dark blue painting of a reaching figure.