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Write Around PAM: Childe Hassam
Fall is deepening in the Northwest, and the natural world is letting go in preparation for winter. Amid the shifting social, political, racial, and economic hardships we are facing as […]
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Write Around PAM: Gonzalo Fonseca
This Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020, is U.S. Election Day. We Oregonians fill out our ballots at home, return them by mail or by drop box, and then we wait. The […]
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Write Around PAM: Malia Jensen
When was the last time you were able to sit still? The kind of still that allows you to unclench your jaw, let your mind wander, and really rest in […]
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Write Around PAM: Joe Feddersen
Screens and our relationships to them continue to evolve and influence all facets of our lives—how we stay informed, how we work and learn and play, how we connect with […]
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Write Around PAM: Carrie Mae Weems
Writing continues to be an important way to process, explore, and gain new understanding in these times of upheaval. As fall continues on and communities navigate an especially unusual school […]
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Write Around PAM: Yoshida Fujio
As young children we are often asked what our favorite color is. Colors are some of the first words we learn and they help us describe the world around us. […]
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Write Around PAM: Lillian Pitt
Lillian Pitt, Dancing in the Wind, 1998, clay, beads, wood, and wire, Gift of Allan and Lenore Sindler, © Lillian L. Pitt, 2006.54.4 Even in its stillness, this piece by […]
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Write Around PAM: Comb Chest
When crisis strikes, as it has in Oregon over these last weeks with wildfires ravaging communities and smoke blanketing the state, we are reminded of what is most important to […]
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Write Around PAM: Harry Fonseca
Nature carries within it profound beauty and immense power. We are often drawn to the tallest trees, the widest fields, the deepest canyons, the bluest lakes, the starriest skies. The […]
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Write Around PAM: C.E.S. WOOD
A blank piece of paper carries in it every possibility. It can take you anywhere you wish to go. We feel this same possibility in this piece by Charles Erskine […]
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Write Around PAM: Yoshida Chizuko
As summer days start their slow slide into fall, we’re lingering here in the light and shadows of Yoshida Chizuko’s En no chōtachi (Garden of Butterflies), noticing the intricate beauty […]
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Write Around PAM: Bernice Akamine
Inspiration for our writing comes from all sorts of places, and evoking our senses can provide especially rich imagery and connection. This week, we invite you to spend some time […]