Yesterday, inspired by each other, by old drawings, by space, and by Maira Kalman, @women_holding_things we collaged, we painted, and we wrote poems, aka, prose, aka clusters of words that made us tear up, and smile so big, for the newness and whim w
~ Sprouts of yesterday ~ Morning of day 2 - Peace & Contrast, Salem, Oregon
*Minimalism* ‘Take courage’, at Cargo, (just turned 30), with me, in October. 🤗 Space available. Learn more at orlyavineri.com/workshops
Am I an Artist? And why don’t I care? New on orlyavineri.substack.com
~ Posh bread rolls with butter and confiture ~ “Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” -Ursula Le Guin
In the dark, floating bowls, chairs from above, and other, random, more round, and then squarish things. Things that don’t fit neatly in a frame.
I touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place patiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle and, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches so I carry faraway’s land and it carries me on travel’s
~ and here is a sculpture ~ I hardly make things. I often find them waiting for me.
~ The magnificent unraveling of complexities ~
When the entire world is burning all kinds of fires and the valley where you live is acting like one, trapping thick smoke from widespread Pacific Northwest wildfires, you feel trapped too, inside, in the house, and in your ribcage. You can hardly br
Of Setting Intentions New this morning on orlyavineri.substack.com
A triptych Sheer beauty x three. Have you seen the droplets? Imagined the tears in each and every one?
Passport to Journal, next month, at Art & Soul retreat, in Portland, Oregon Still spaces 🤗
In just a couple of weeks in Salem, Oregon. Let’s get together in working these hands of ours again and in speaking of the practices that buoy us and soothe.
This arrived, and I love it soooo. The latest book by #mairakalman
August will arrive tomorrow. Already. And as Fall nearly nears, days will get darker, and me, more reclusive, I might be called to make a body of work. Be in my home residency. Let’s see what becomes of that. It is mostly an impulse, hope
An old piece I loved soft pinks since I became a young adult and combative. And till today they never cease to pacify my tired heart.
Mountain Goats New on orlyavineri.substack.com This piece was inspired by Outrageous: Art & Writing A beautiful workshop given by friends @mija.marie and @jonlabrousse last weekend in Eugene, Oregon 🙏🏻🤍