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On the Scene in West Seattle
Could Be No Happier at home, though away,coffeehouse, though not—scott, alisa, music, joy —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• “Could Be” could be considered a haiku since it is a poem of 17 syllables in three lines, but it could also be considered not-quite-a-haiku because the syllable pattern is 5, 5, 7 Continue reading
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Can You Imagine Us?
Old Friends, Sharing a Park Bench (Not Entirely) Quietly from miss bradley’s homeroom to laurelhurst park paths—laughing all the way —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes on poem and art:• With “Old Friends” I elected to compose a haiku in lines of 7, 5, and 5 syllables instead of the more traditional 5, 7, 5 pattern. Continue reading
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Winging West
What They Didn’t Tell Her in the Flight Info in the Seatback Pocket mama and baby‘side her; phantom milk let-downas they fly the skies —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• I decided to aim for a haiku per day while we traveled. “What They Didn’t” was my first. I loved having 3-month-old Continue reading
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Passages
The Knowing she remembers a passagefrom a william faulkner novel she read in college, thoughwhich novel she could notnow tell you.of what significance to the unfolding story was this passage?that also she does not recall,only that it caught her attentionenough for her to write about the passageat some length and in some detailin a senior Continue reading
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Random Acts of Art, #3
From Fullness i set up my travel studio this morning in our blackwater falls state park cabin in west virginia shortly after learning that my sister-in-law linda died last night. a photo reference from a predawn walk wraps me in a hug, nudges me to paintfrom the fullness of my heart—quickly, unhesitatingly, gesturally—phthalo blue, payne’s gray, and Continue reading
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Random Acts of Art, #2
A Keepsake, For Pete’s Sake! Uncle Oscar stores a collection of tchotchkesbehind the glass-fronted door of a cabinet at 40 School Street,a wide cabinet made of polished cherry inside of which sit at least twelve or thirteen small ceramic boxer dogs andeverything Aunt Frances saved from her actual pet boxer, Smudge, including a piece of blue Continue reading
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Random Acts of Art, #1
Shoplifting in Reverse Amanda invites all to participate and playin her annual art giveaway:create four or more small quick joyful works of art,no perfection needed, just start!,label them as free,leave them in public where folks will see—barbershop, mini-mart, library shelf, grocery cart,you name it,sky’s the limit—and walk away grinning,all parties winning. Because, as Amanda says, Continue reading
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Summer Rhythms
See Them see them now, she paints in her studio or writes at her desk,he works in his garden. at intervals,with no awareness of the other,each steps back, squints to take in the overall effect.she adds a brush stroke here, selects a different word there,he plants a seed, prunes overgrowth, pulls weeds. see them now, Continue reading
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You Are My Sunshine
They Will(with thanks to RWT for a poem frame) after fifty years, she knowshis yawn is the roar of a lion. he knows if she sneezes onceshe will sneeze for minutes on end. she will change the framed calendar posters on the first of each month.he will replace the batteries in the smoke detectors. together Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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