i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
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portland open studios: on saturday we saw 5 studios waaaaaaay the heck out in beaverton & hillsboro & hillsdale. two recycled artists (one of whom owns a thermin, to sven's delight and hope), 1 watercolor, 1 sculptor, & 1..... interior designer (very nice lettering work, if only she could spell...!). found a house i would almost like to rent, but it has a crazy neighbor, so no. :P
on sunday we saw a stone artist & a painter with an incredibly organized studio & office, a marble maker who made a lot of his own tools, a felt artist, a paper basket maker and a mosaic artist. then we went to kaelin bowers' memorial service in laurelhurst park.
btw, there's the best treehouse on sw 3rd & barbur! and at one studio i read an incredibly sad poem that i can't seem to find a copy of online: john gilbert's "trying to sleep."