Sunday, July 15, 2007
Metamorphosis: A Journey of Dolls
This is an amazing exhibit at the drawing room of dolls who were collaborated on by three groups of artists: Alex Rheault, Marina Post, Martha Miller, Debra Milman, Marti McGinnis, jackie Kazarian, Barbara Loring, Cynthia Atwood, Sue Beauchemin, Jen Davis, Jennifer Gingras, Kirsten Gingras and Jo Goiran. The dolls are very elaborate and come with detailed books of the creative process behind each doll, containing sketches, diaries, stories, poems, photographs and more.
The Shimmering City: Portland Haiku
Some Excerpts:
worn gray
buildings tilt in ocean
cell phone ring
yellow claw
digging up the city
from its roots
water view
reflections dancing below
this world
birds play
around the great crane's
iron sail
silver glints
seagulls picnic outside
the fish market
giant crane
digging hole where
the red sumac sang
the catch arrives
boats float on
green-blue clouds
castle clouds
summer city adrift
above the city
waterfront deck
The Doppelganger sails into
the rising harbor
blue businessman
shiny shoes
hole in black sock
sunmmer day
colored harbor: cell phones
glitter in sun
echoes of wings and ghosts
remain vibrant
in memory park
a million greens
and blues live here
in sunlit pines
three pine trees:
the summer city
listens
worn gray
buildings tilt in ocean
cell phone ring
yellow claw
digging up the city
from its roots
water view
reflections dancing below
this world
birds play
around the great crane's
iron sail
silver glints
seagulls picnic outside
the fish market
giant crane
digging hole where
the red sumac sang
the catch arrives
boats float on
green-blue clouds
castle clouds
summer city adrift
above the city
waterfront deck
The Doppelganger sails into
the rising harbor
blue businessman
shiny shoes
hole in black sock
sunmmer day
colored harbor: cell phones
glitter in sun
echoes of wings and ghosts
remain vibrant
in memory park
a million greens
and blues live here
in sunlit pines
three pine trees:
the summer city
listens
Inspiration
Recently Read:
The Hide by Barry Unsworth
The Partnership by Barry Unsworth
Night Train by Martin Amis
Miniatures by Barbara Guest
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
In the Dutch Mountains by Cees Nooteboom
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill by Mark Bittner
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Recently Seen:
Pan's Labyrinth
The Illusionist
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Recently Heard:
The Silver Tree by Lisa Gerrard
The Break In by Ari Hest
White Blood Cells by White Stripes
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