art and poetry journal · 2026

Dan Freeman

[NW holds up lantern, offers lighter. TB laughs, lights a Chesterfield] Berrigan: Hmm. This Chesterfield… it reminds me of GK Chesterton. You know, the poet?
Starlet: All our friends here on the shelves in this library of ebony space swept on by a wind of blue dust. [Gestures around] Not the worst place to spend eternity.

Caption text from The Remake, a 2024 play by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright. Self-described POP/LIFE artist Dan Freeman has developed his interdisciplinary visual art over 40 years, working between static canvas and cinematic narrative. He is a Skowhegan alumni, an NEA fellow and founder of DUMBmagazine. Freeman is a former assistant to painters Alice Neel and Larry Rivers. More of Freeman's film storyboard inspired by a reading of The Remake here.