The Odyssey Experience

August 9, 2021 at 5:56 pm

The Odyssey Experienceby Lynette Douglas It was mid-November 2016 when I first read about the theatrical class offered at the Ballard Senior Center. This is all part of The Seattle Repertory’s Public Works Program. Someone from the Seattle Repertory Theater was teaching a class on the theater. WOW!!   This was a difficult time for […]

Insomnia

June 6, 2021 at 3:39 pm

I converted a section of the poem into a Photoshop brush and created amandala. I then layered the mandala with a pattern and clipped out a section. A conversation with my psychiatrist inspired me to write the poem. He asked me why my feelings of hopelessness led to thoughts of […]

Transforming scars into art

May 27, 2021 at 2:10 am

I came across this news story from the BBC. It documents how everyday people are turning something sad and negative into the precise opposite. There is a trigger warning at the beginning of the video.

Unfinished Objects

May 23, 2021 at 2:05 pm

The following poem captures a moment in my life when I felt a great deal of confusion. This confusion spilled over into my artwork. I created collages and doodles that lacked focus. I had trouble finishing my projects. Unfinished Objectsby Tara Royal blue scraps of felt, periwinkle blue Strips of […]

In honor of Chris Cornell

May 18, 2021 at 10:28 pm

A Refuge in Little Saigon

May 11, 2021 at 1:55 pm

by Tim ‘Birch’ Schooler The setting was a snowy day in Seattle, and things were fine since we interviewed by streaming video. The Seattle Clubhouse proper is near the corner of 14th and Main Streets in the Little Saigon neighborhood. Clubhouse staff opened on that day, though there was to […]

Artist

May 6, 2021 at 7:56 pm