Category: Ecstasis

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Abby Martin’s Seattle Premiere (and Joyous News)

I just heard joyous news that’s not mine to share, but I will say that it’s making me weep to a degree I did not expect. x Abby Martin is a tour de force both on and off the screen. She spoke with such passion last night at the unofficial Seattle premiere of her latest @empirefiles film, EARTH’S GREATEST ENEMY, co-sponsored by @seattledsa and @ydsa_uw, and if you managed to grab a ticket for tonight’s sold-out show at SIFF Uptown, you’ll see exactly what I mean. See you there. x We spoke a little about “hope” on our way to … Continue reading “Abby Martin’s Seattle Premiere (and Joyous News)” →

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The Rest of the Polaroids (Without Breaking Stride)

The light rail’s changed so much since I first moved here, I keep having to remember new names for northbound and southbound. x Here are the rest of the Polaroids from Saturday. Christine convinced me to take one of me as well, but, naturally, you don’t get to see that one here. x I took these photos without breaking my stride. x

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The Community Archive at Pipsqueak

More scenes from Saturday’s pop-up exhibit at Pipsqueak. x This is Jordan, one of the core organizers of the community archive project. This is also the first Polaroid I took on Saturday in hopes of adding new layers to this living palimpsest of memory by documenting the documenters, so to speak. I used the Reclaimed Green 600 film that Seattle’s polaroid queen @sarahlatour_ gifted me last May because I can imagine it looking pretty cool in a future display with all the other photos. Plus, there’s something “meta” about portraits in duochrome for a project like this—like a time out … Continue reading “The Community Archive at Pipsqueak” →

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Polaroids, Palestine, and a Pop-Up at Pipsqueak

Saturday was a first for me. Polaroids I took at the @marchforpalestine.seattle in May 2024 ended up in a pop-up exhibit at @pipsqueak.seattle by way of Instagram, @circadies’ kind invitation, and @elderandyarrow’s artful arrangement, as part of an ongoing project to archive that historic community action. I’d been on the periphery in the lead-up to this preview of a larger exhibit planned for Spring and could barely visualize how it would all come together. “I can’t believe this is real,” is all I could muster up when I walked in. The piece itself, which I called “Assemblage for Gaza” when … Continue reading “Polaroids, Palestine, and a Pop-Up at Pipsqueak” →

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Minis, Meet-and-Greets, and the People’s Forum on AI

A few more quiet moments from Christine’s meet and greet at Northwest Tastings. I have to laugh when internet photographers dump on photos where “nothing is happening.” x In the words of the infamous Prince of Pop, “you got to be startin’ somethin’,” and @seattledsa’s ecosocialists are doing just that with the People’s Forum on AI. We wrapped up the second session yesterday on labor, power, and control, and are already thinking about the next steps. x Christine still has a bunch of these “minis” for sale, but not The Devil – the last one was purchased by a generous … Continue reading “Minis, Meet-and-Greets, and the People’s Forum on AI” →

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The Churches of Leavenworth (and Being Out of Sync)

Do you remember the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland? Not the abstract vision made cool and sexy by Jefferson Airplane; rather, the nervous wreck with a waistcoat and a pocket watch singing “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.” That rabbit. According to many interpreters, Alice and the White Rabbit are foils: the Rabbit represents the frantic adult world, ruled by clocks and capital, obligations, and constant hurry. He rushes forward without clarity or purpose. Alice embodies childhood’s openness, curiosity, and imaginative freedom. By chasing him, Alice exposes the rift between her life of wonder and his … Continue reading “The Churches of Leavenworth (and Being Out of Sync)” →

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Black Friday in Wenatchee and Leavenworth

Black Friday in Wenatchee. This place is like a box of LEGO bricks strewn across a pile of thick winter blankets and looks especially magical in the low-hanging morning sun. x As I was going through the photos I’d taken over Thanksgiving weekend, Christine said that I should tell you all about how difficult I had been while she was trying to come up with a plan for where to spend the break. I’d nixed three other choices as being 1) too far or 2) not worth the effort and 3) (allegedly) grumbled about the point of life itself before … Continue reading “Black Friday in Wenatchee and Leavenworth” →

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Georgetown, Pleasure Spiked with Pain

We’ve been spending more time in Georgetown ever since Christine joined Side Rail, so I walked around to see what I can see. Much of this is stuff I’ve seen many times but never stopped to photograph. Some of it is new. I’ve been trying to train myself to “see” more clearly, even without the novelty of new places. x “During the past two hundred years Western philosophically-oriented, and later also socially-oriented thinking has been increasingly reflective and differentiated in its search for an understanding of the phenomenon of alienation. Marx saw also the moment near at hand to do … Continue reading “Georgetown, Pleasure Spiked with Pain” →

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Small Pockets of Peace at the Georgetown Art Attack

Celebrating the small pockets of peace on Armistice Day. x Color and contrast at Fogue Studios & Gallery. x More moments at the Georgetown Art Attack. x Karen Dedrickson’s studio at Fogue. She works with sumi-e, or Japanese black ink painting. We fell in love with her crows. x “Chevron Fuels Genocide” I found this protest art quite beautiful. x Art in unexpected places. x