As the Visual Arts Editor for The Monarch Review, it is my job to post new work on Wednesdays.  However, on this day we have suffered a terribly tragic loss and I feel something different is in order.

Café Racer has been, in many ways, an extension of the Monarch community.  It has thrived as a home to musicians, artists and conscious thinkers who strive to contribute, collaborate, inspire and influence the rich artistic life we are fortunate to be a part of.  To say that we are shocked and sad would be simplifying, it seems impossible to express the void that has been created by the violence of this day.  Our artistic community is forever altered.  We reach out our hands to those who will continue to suffer in living with this experience.  And our hearts go out to the families and friends of those who were murdered in one of our much beloved homes.

We hope in the near future to be part of an endeavor to help assuage, as best we can, the difficult reality today has brought to our community.