A year and a half ago I barely left my house. I shared my time between my work and my art. No one in Portland knew me, and I didn’t know anyone. Laurie, my partner, gets the credit for pushing me out into the world. In September 2008, she stated that my life didn’t...
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My hang-gliding instructor introduced me to the ominous term I’ve hijacked for the title of this post; ‘DCF’. Not good. There are many ways to get there; trying too hard, not trying hard enough…equipment failure…Many ways to get to DCF. I think the same...
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“How will I know what I think until I see what I write?” I’ve always loved this quote because it makes the link between writing and thinking rather explicit. That’s important when working with students or developing writers. Because we write, we think. When...
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Novelists need a rite of passage for finishing a novel. We need to find some way to ground ourselves and to move on from these projects, which, in my...
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Portland will be ticking with Time Based Art throughout September all over the city. For tickets and information head to the www.pica.org where you can buy individual tickets or...
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