The Door Ajar: On Old Dolio & Emily Dickinson [HYPERREAL FILM JOURNAL]

Both women move through their worlds in bodies others try to read and categorize, but neither fits cleanly into the roles projected onto them.

Mar 5 • Shannon Ratliff

February 2026

The Map + the Territory

It’s not the unknown that undoes you. It’s the known that walks you into walls.

Feb 25 • Shannon Ratliff

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Enjoy This

You are here to generate joy like an engine.

Feb 20 • Shannon Ratliff

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Contra

Scan is to skim or examine closely.

Feb 4 • Shannon Ratliff

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January 2026

Homunculi

We used to think life could be coaxed if you assembled the right materials and watched closely enough.

Jan 29 • Shannon Ratliff

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Haiku 02

Art’s embarrassing,

Jan 22 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Body and the Weather

There was once a woman who learned the day through her muscles first.

Jan 15 • Shannon Ratliff

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when did you go offline?

We all agreed, golden hour is still broad daylight.

Jan 7 • Shannon Ratliff

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December 2025

On 2025

Retrospective and minimal in a really big way

Dec 31, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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Anyway

Mary Oliver’s optimism pissed me off while I was on my period.

Dec 18, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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The Creature of the Face

The world embeds its signals, no matter the species.

Dec 10, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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Ouroboros

The serpent doesn’t circle you. It circles all of it.

Dec 3, 2025 • Shannon Ratliff

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