Don't Let Me Down (Charlotte Dada)

Cash on Dylan..

Tuesdays Jam

Be Silent in that Solitude

Been a bit quiet in the past few weeks... my friend and penpal of 3 years (who proved to be a much larger inspiration than I would have ever thought possible) has just passed at the hands of Mississippi State Penn. It's sad.. and has had my mind spinning. I just got this in the mail. Guess my last attempt to contact him failed.



Spirits of the Dead
-Poe

I

Thy soul shall find itself alone
’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone—
Not one, of all the crowd, to pry
Into thine hour of secrecy.


II

Be silent in that solitude,
Which is not loneliness—for then
The spirits of the dead who stood
In life before thee are again
In death around thee—and their will
Shall overshadow thee: be still.


III

The night, tho’ clear, shall frown—
And the stars shall look not down
From their high thrones in the heaven,
With light like Hope to mortals given—
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which would cling to thee for ever.


IV

Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish,
Now are visions ne’er to vanish;
From thy spirit shall they pass
No more—like dew-drop from the grass.


V

The breeze—the breath of God—is still—
And the mist upon the hill,
Shadowy—shadowy—yet unbroken,
Is a symbol and a token—
How it hangs upon the trees,
A mystery of mysteries!

Gazed Upon opens tonight

Opening night has finally come. After much hard work, both Ampersand and myself are proud to present Gazed Upon. If you are in the Portland area between now and April 24th, please swing by the Alberta Arts District and have a look.





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GAZED UPON
Curated by Amy Elkins
Work by Jen Davis, Cara Phillips & Stacey Tyrell
Essay by photographer & writer Sarah Palmer.

March 29 to April 24, 2012
Opening Reception on March 29, 6 to 10PM

"In bringing together the work of North American artists Jen Davis, Cara Philips & Stacey Tyrell in the current exhibition, Gazed Upon, curator & artist Amy Elkins asks the viewer to interrogate his or her own sense of looking. We are presented with three artists who challenge standard notions of “beauty” & perception, causing a schism between what we think we see & how we might read or interpret it. Along these lines, we, as viewers, are directed through the title of the exhibition to employ the gaze, that loaded Lacanian term that piles all of our potency & desires onto the “object” upon which we gaze. These artists, working in different media & different shooting styles all dance with this complex set of ideas about the role of the observer, how the gaze, itself, is employed & how it might reflect back on an audience."
- Sarah Palmer (from the book essay)

Exhibition Book:
Gazed Upon
Edition of 100
Perfect bound soft cover
Printed & bound in Portland, OR
Designed & published by Ampersand

Numbers 1-10 are signed by Elkins & include signed & numbered 8x10 prints by each photographer.

Order standard copy here.
Order signed copy here.

View artists’ websites:
Jen Davis
Cara Phillips
Stacey Tyrell

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