Ariel, Pacific NW poet

In honor of laast night’s festivities – The Something Red Art Walk  – that kicked off wih a reception  and music last night. So today is “Something Red”  …

I started my “Something Red piecelast night – titled “Brie and Apricot” still in progress. It’s shy & being coy; coming to me by teasing out only a line at a time – but, oh, what lines. 🙂  I look forward to what it forms. Hopefully I’ll finish it today.  If so, I’ll  update & share (and yes – I updated this)

Speaking of Something Red – I have two CC Willow pieces available on the Something Red Artwalk. Redhead (today’s featured image) is hanging at Elsinore Framing & Fine Arts in their Gallery 44. And “Tent at World Beat is on display at Capital Community Television (CCTV). Both are in downtown Salem and will be up now and throughout December.

My draft  …

something red, brie and apricot – a checklist

1. five women in various reds
2. a patchwork jacket, a silk handbag
3. layered felt upon felt
4. i take off my quilted coat
5. sip wine mulled with blood-oranges and cinnamon
6. a musician’s crimson song punctuates the air, a sharp “ha, ha, ha”
7. i hope he stays
8. from this distance, the single flame is so bright – it looks white
9. later i will naked in bed, wearing only a red hat – felt again, cardinal
10. more maroon wine – dark & sweet
11. as i watch holiday lights change color, cycle to neon red
12. i stay red – cadmium red
13. it’s not that i’m overheated
14. my cooling skin reminds me of warm bookstores, taking refuge from the snows
15. i’m sure that pink skin has taken the chill from the evening air
16. and in the morning, the sun will rise a pale yellow, almost white
17. throwing my stripped trees in stark relief
18. i’ll photograph it, frame it
19. hang it on a red brick wall to remember the subtle underlying layer
20. even then i’ll be thinking of you
21. how you feel like smooth brie, spread with apricot jam
22. that genius blend of aged salt and sweet summer on a december night
23. that taste of you is in my mouth right now
24. in this bright room of celebrants
25. images of red slide into each other, cast on the gallery wall
26. a joyful collage of innocence, joy, passion, loss
27. green cast in every shade of red
28. a bird resting under a found umbrella
29. a landscape of burnt forest, ash
30. a bird cupped in three hands, found felt
31. degrees of every red … strawberry, cranberry, merlot

                                                                                                   Ariel

Reminder, my Etsy site CC Willow Arts will be 10% off through December (I can gift-wrap for you). Also – If you like my zentangle patterns, many are available on items, like pillows, on RedBubble. I’ve got over a few more new ones uploaded. I am getting ready to upload some of my ddad’s art; it’s amazing! …

If you are into community theater and in Oregon’s Willamette Valley – the murder mystery that I have been in rehearsals for – “Christmas At The Blizzard” -opened Dec 1 and is running weekends through Dec. 17.  See Silverton’s  Brush Creek Playhouse’s website for details …