Readings

It’s past midnight and the boy holds a flashlight steady in one hand while the other moves carefully on paper as he sits engrossed by the images laid out in the center of the book. He’s trying to get the curve of the tongue down just so before the tip of his pencil wears out to a blunt gray wash. When he’s got the tongue down, he faces a network of laces and eyeholes that suddenly appear to be too much a thicket of detail for his now quickly dropping lids.

This is an excerpt from a longer version published by the National Alliance for Media Art and Culture

The Washington State Arts Commission, supported by the Wallace Foundation, is presenting a series of public forums exploring arts participation, the arts and changing demographics, and the use of technology to increase audiences. This is the second of a series of essays by Seattle writers, providing a glimpse into the forums and follow-up workshops attended by representatives of arts organizations of all types and by arts funders. The event referenced here took place November 18, 2010, in Seattle Center’s McCaw Hall.

The following article was excerpted from the blog of Euan Craig, a potter who was living in Mashiko, Japan, at the time of the March 11 earthquake. He provides a very personal account of that event and its aftermath. Euan's writing style reminds us that in a world of chaos and with so much out of our control, what's most important is right around us if we slow down and pay attention.
— Cornelia Carey, CERF+