pnw travel art journal
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Off the Ferry
Buonissimo! pepper, hummus, andpeach picnic at payless foods on whidbey island —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• “Buonissimo!” reflects the fun of an impromptu solution to getting lunch on arrival day on Whidbey Island. Gluten free, inexpensive, tables and water fountain at hand, and we had to shop for groceries anyway. Worked for Continue reading
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Nothing New Under the Sun
Steal Like an Artist in the limitless-ness of not knowing—yay forcopy-cat inspo! —dotty seiter ===== ===== Notes about poem and art:• Traditional haiku often uses natural imagery and seasonal references to capture a moment. The form aims to freeze a fleeting moment in time, creating a picture in the reader’s mind. No seasonal references in “Steal,” Continue reading
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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
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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