This vision came to me over time. A photo of Laurie Bird during the filming of Two Lane Blacktop had been rolling about in my archives of inspirational images for who knows how long. My memory kept it around the…
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the dung beetle divinity I go to the woods when I need the most neutral and true reflection of myself. A few months ago, I was walking there and saw three dung beetles! The first one was dying, and I…
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Often nature herself sends me the symbols that come to summarize phases of my life. Since I was small and inspired by books like Juniper and Wise Child by Monica Furlong, and later Francesca Lia Block’s magical realism writing, I…
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Breakfasting in the craft room nook the other morning, my eyes came to rest upon my friend’s 2017 I-ching calendar. Two snakes face each other, their spiraling bodies overlapping almost like concentric circle graphs, with the Taoist yin yang symbol…
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Inspired by my new bi-monthly tarot gig at The Fernie Brae, a magical gallery in SE Portland, this vision of Majestic Peering Snail Be-ringed by Infinitous Connection Between the Cosmos and the Earth’s Intelligence squeaked out of nebulousness into physical…
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In a letter to a friend recently I signed off with an intuitive, spontaneously-crafted phrase, “riding the coyote.” How else could I describe this immense unknown I feel I am confronting with an awareness and capacity to hold two truths…
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Beginning of March through the beginning of April I was working on a series of dolphin watercolors that I planned to compile into a zine called “The Zine of Joy.” Recently I’ve been inspired by Lisa Frank-esque colors and bold…
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