The Home of the Orange-Striped Anemone

The Home of the Orange-Striped Anemone

Photo: Bernard Gagnon – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0  I balance precariously on the drainage pipe, jutting out into the sand flat encrusted with oysters, barnacles, and slippery sea lettuce. My daypack, stuffed with sampling gear and my water bottle, slides into the...
Settling

Settling

Photos and Drawings by Eve Müller and Kelly Terwilliger. NOTE: This is an excerpt from a collaborative, book-length work (Water Questions) based on a series of 12 swims – one a month – in a different body of wild Oregon water. The authors fully immersed themselves in...
86 Levels Up

86 Levels Up

Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas Level 24Level 48Level 59Level 86I was under the age of six,anaconda squeezing my mums handup the steps, we were insideone of the silver twin skyscrapersThe Petronas TowersI protested against goingdue to my intense fear of heights,I could...
Colmar Tropicale Trail

Colmar Tropicale Trail

Photo: Peter coxhead, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons After getting off the winding corkscrew roadsurrounded by wild packs of zigzaggingBukit Tinggi jungle trees,Paji parked and carried on daytime walking throughthe French-themed resort with my parents and II can...
The Center

The Center

Photo: Porterhse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A one story cinderblock building sits on a low rise just beyond the park. The row of numbered doors is nearly obscured by overgrown shrubbery and prairie grass grows patchy over the parking lot. The sign out front:...
American Visionary Art Museum

American Visionary Art Museum

The building itself seems amusedby the idea of a straight line.Mirrors wink.Tiles grin.A giant wind-up figure pauses,mid-thought.Inside, a bicycle made of spoonsleans confidently against nothing.A visitor laughs,then stops, unsureif laughing is allowed.It is.Paintings...