Category Archives: Art

I never found Stan Shellabarger. I learned enough about him to find the places where had had been doing his thing. Stan’s artwork is to methodically walk a set course in such a way that he leaves a trace of … Continue reading →

HERE: http://pica.radio.tablesturned.com/archive.html?pname=podcast.xml Those noontime chats are going straight to my iPod! Holler thanks to Portland Radio Authority (www.praradio.org) and Matt Kirkpatrick. –Carissa Wodehouse Blogger, member, enthusiast

Eight hours of my life gone. I will never have those eight hours back. I thought that I was only giving up seven hours. This is not how it played out. Yesterday, yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening I sat through … Continue reading →

Thank goodness for “like” and “as.” Without metaphors, I don’t think I’d be able to even begin describing the four performers from Japan. The vocabulary that I have developed over the years to describe art and performance was completely inadequate … Continue reading →

My favorite performance of the entire festival was Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company’s Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven. It was brilliantly written and accomplished what many plays cannot. It made the audience laugh, cry, question, wonder, and walk … Continue reading →

During every Saturday night shift at the bar I am currently employed at my fellow employees and regulars always ask me the routine question “What did you do today?” Usually I always have to respond with the mundane shopping, great … Continue reading →

Found discarded on the floor after a show. Is a “chance meetings” ad time based art?

T:BA:07 Day Eleven – Sunday, 16 September 2007 This just might be the last of the bLogs. It has been fun attending yet another year’s T:BA Festival, jotting down some thoughts, and hearing responses both in person and via this … Continue reading →

I’m tired of sad. The ten years I’ve spent collecting degrees related to the making and study of literature have convinced me that it’s much more difficult to create a beautiful, meaningful, and solid piece of art that celebrates humanity … Continue reading →

Convergences are what make TBA. Perhaps it is just the result of seeing this concentration of stellar avant-garde performances in such a short window of time, but I always have this sense of déjà vécu that unifies the entire week … Continue reading →