Thrown to the Wolves Four short memoirs New this morning on orlyavineri.substack.com
A dessert mandala, very temporary. With figs from the tree.
“…Not simply making in a place. Letting the place enter the making.” 🫢 Those are the profound words of Michelle. How in sync we are in that deep wish and how blessed I am to be invited once again to this place. This time, not to
Under the spell of nuance.
The importance of pausing. I came across this picture from a couple years ago taken in Whidbey Island. I love this T-shirt, the lil Babushka carrying a giant fish. Happy Sunday 🤍🤎🤍
~ Over the edge of a city ~ Between that city And a suburb Truths are naively told While they vanish One by one Minute by minute. No one and nothing stays there All pass through I know the specificity of the landscape I speak of All too well I li
Next month in Portland.. 🤗 orlyavineri.com/workshops
Still space.. In this magical place @cargoinc orlyavineri.com/workshops
~ A shape of a man on the right side ~ From the series: Peace & Contrast Mixed media on a 12x12” wooden panel. Cooped up inside The body fidgets The hand reaches out To a pen To a paint brush To another body.
~ It’s all right, it’s okay ~ I started to work on this new series I call: Peace & Contrast It’s mixed media work on 12x12 inch wooden panels It’s been a while since I created a body of work and it’s not that eas
We Are the Kissers and the Tellers New this morning on orlyavineri.substack.com
Something’s brewing on the working table. ‘Come on sweetheart, let’s adore one another before there is no more of you and me.’ -Rumi
The good messes we made put me in The mood for making some more Canvas by canvas I go Inside and onward Home bound Destined.
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.