Expressive Writing
Bringing forth alive letters in response to text is happiness for me,
dancing with legibility and wildness -
letting letters sing
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This piece was created utilizing handwritten letters and postcards for the exhibition Correspondence : Relationship Across Time and Space. To read more about this show go to the Correspondence post in the True Nature blog. NFS
I May Rage - haiku poem by Patricia Donegan Original art 19” x 30” Arches watercolor paper, sumi ink black & vermilion
Hudson River Estuary - A map that shows the landforms and waterways with a border of the names given to the river by the Indigenous people, the French, the Dutch and the English. Giclée print 19” x 24”
Inspired by the book Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane that included a glossary of land words from the British Isles, I searched for the old words for water forms (from the Dutch and English and Hudson Valley geology) to create this piece. Original Art 28.5 “ x 43” Arches water color paper - acrylic paint and vermilion sumi ink
Red Tulips - haiku poem by Patricia Donegan Giclée print 17” x 22” (proceeds to support Sky Lake Meditation Center)
Openness by Chögyam Trungpa - Giclée print 10” x 20”
Big Characters from 33 Happy Moments by Chin Shengtan (17th Century) in Lin Yutang’s book The Importance of Living 1937 Brush and ink on Rives paper - 14” x 19”
The Lion’s Roar - Chögyam Trungpa silkscreen print 15” x 22” NFS
Sappho fragment - broad edged pen and brush on MiTeintes paper - 19” x 22.5”
One of my calligraphy practices is creating three line poems in community,
inviting the group mind to make something together.
During the pandemic I began to do this on zoom holiday gatherings for Shambhala ,
I invite everyone to type an image in the chat that describes something in the sky -
and I choose one from the bounty and write it on the spot.
Then I ask for an earth image - and a human expression.
Here is what has landed on the page - all of us tuning in together.
Community Poems
