A small reflection about my activist self and my artist self. Currently part of my time is absorbed by my work to decrease the amount of micro and nano plastics and their associated chemicals (that migrate into our bodies and the environment from many thousands of sources, including artificial turf (https://missoulacurrent.com/plastic-playing-field/). (Note: 4200 of …
A phone photo of a view of Gray Wolf Peak this morning seen through a haze of wildfire smoke. Western Montana is experiencing what has come to be known as the fifth season, the smoke season. The mountains seem to be barely present as a faint whisper of themselves. It is like looking through gauze. …
In the summer of 2023 through the Alaska Voices of the Wilderness (VOTW) program, I was an artist residence in the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness (TAFT) in Alaska. It was an opportunity to experience the area in hands-on and meaningful ways and then to share the responses with the public. The residency spurred my interest …
It has been a couple years since I have written what I call my field notes (“blog” has always felt like a strange word to me:). Today I find myself here at my computer to write a few words to ground myself in the practice of noticing and sharing as actions of remembering that even …
This is my delight thus to wait and watch at the wayside where shadow chases light from Where Shadow Chases Light by Rabindranath Tagore The New Year offers opportunity for reflection and action. I started to sort through some 2022 images that I hadn’t explored and came across some photographs from an early evening walk …
I am a participating artist for the upcoming Open AIR fundraiser, LUSH, at the Garden City Harvest Community Barn, 1657 River Rd, Missoula, MT on September 17. More information here. Support raised during the evening will benefit the Open AIR program and Western Montana Creative Initiatives: supporting community, creativity, and connection in Montana. This lively evening will …
For Beth Ferris who teaches me to hear the language of flowers and to see the petals and scent of poems. I am watching April snow squalls and side ways flurries as I write and harvest images from photographs of Amaryllis on my windowsill in late February Thank you for the bulbs Lulu …
A while back I was skiing along an irrigation ditch on the forest lands of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes near where I live in Montana. The first part of my ski it was overcast and dark. I followed lines and circles in the ice for several miles. When I turned to head back …
I have been called by fall leaves, water and light for several years now. There is something about the interplay of elements that draws me, at this time of year, to return to a favorite place where leaves gather in a small creek near where I live. I thought I would have more opportunities to …
I am a participating artist for the upcoming Open A.I.R. fundraiser at Thunderhead Gardens September 11, 2021 in Moiese, Montana. The work being created for auction is based upon inspiration of the land where the fundraiser will be held. I had the privilege of spending some time at Thunderhead Gardens and here are some field …
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