Cathy's Promise Repair Store

Kylie W.

• Artist Statement

  I wrote this flash fiction piece for a competition with the prompt “promises.” I wanted to incorporate magical realism and somehow convey the personality of a secondary character through an inanimate object. So, I came up with this idea.

• Creative Statement

  Creativity means paying attention to insignificant things; noticing details most people would gloss over; making connections that others would scoff at. It means digging through the compost bin of everything you see and hear, and piecing together the morsels and scraps in a permutation that no one has done before.