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Paintings on Canvas
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featured commissions
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Portland, OR |
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Portland, OR |
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Seattle, WA |
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Portland, OR |
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Cedar Rapids, IA |
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San Francisco, CA |
recent work
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untitled 21-1131 |
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untitled 21-0401 |
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untitled 21-0403 |
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untitled 21-0410 |
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untitled 21-0411 |
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untitled 21-0414 |
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untitled 21-0415 |
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 how to land it softly |
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 how to play with the others |
2019
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untitled 1119-02 |
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 untitled 1119-03 |
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 untitled 1019-07
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 untitled 1119-01 |
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 untitled 05-759 (let the rocks in the river remind you)
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 this is the landscape, imagined from her body recollecting yours |
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and so to open the middle way |
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untitled 0619-45
(the heart just wants
what the heart just wants)
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untitled 03-1841
(from whole cake) |
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untitled 03-1842
(from whole cake) |
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untitled 03-1843
(from whole cake) |
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untitled 03-1844
(from whole cake) |
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untitled 03-1907 |
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untitled 03-1911 |
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 untitled 03-1831 |
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untitled 03-1832 |
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untitled 03-1833 |
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untitled 03-1834 |
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untitled 03-1903 |
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untitled 03-1904 |
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untitled realm of the dream,
beloved |
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elevations 005-17 (the rise of
how we find the open sky) |
2017 - 2018
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untitled 07-1819 |
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untitled 08-1822
(i love how you know the roses) |
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untitled series 1.03 |
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 untitled series 1.04 |
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 untitled series 1.01 |
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untitled series 1.02 |
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 untitled 08-1823 |
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 elevations 005-07 |
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 elevations 005-08 |
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untitled 07-1818 |
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untitled 05-1816
(be like water, be like trees) |
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it's how we knew we'd open up the full on measure (of an eager light) |
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ongoing recollection of sweet fortune and its vital heart |
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untitled 03-1815 |
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we'll see you there in no time
(btwn the middle and the wonder) |
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 elevations 005-05 |
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 elevations 005-06 |
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elevations 005-03 |
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untitled 03-1814 |
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untitled 01-1813 |
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elevations 005-01 |
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elevations 005-02 |
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all we make of it, long promised |
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untitled 01-1807 |
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 untitled 09-1723 |
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untitled 09-1724 |
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there is convexity in her claim |
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it's mostly how she knows the things (as true and well humored) |
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already revelry
(all the words for be + true) |
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2016
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it was (always) when i knew (you) |
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for all the good, we gather |
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untitled 10-1621 |
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untitled 10-1622 |
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 the sure heart's release |
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close enough to feel you close
(a map of love + its regard) |
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untitled 05-1617 |
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untitled 05-1614 |
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untitled 05-1613 |
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untitled 05-1612 |
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untitled 03-1611 |
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untitled 03-1610 |
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untitled 02-1609 |
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untitled 02-1606 |
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untitled 02-1608 |
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untitled 02-1604 |
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untitled 02-1602 |
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untitled 02-1603 |
2015
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 i trust the place where our bodies meet. i want the part where we say yes. |
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the both + always
i could look at your face forever |
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 hello love (she says) i made you a pie |
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 i love you with all of my heart |
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 it all rises to the surface + i'm (still) yours |
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 i like it when you say please |
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elevations 004-001 |
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elevations 004-002 |
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untitled traveling interval 150803 |
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in beauty we are undone
(a thousand ardent times) |
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as long as we are still at yes |
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untitled traveling interval 150739 |
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and there in the midst of your most interesting bravery (i held you) |
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all told, you + your wild hello (remember, remember) |
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and then when your lucky kindness arrived |
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2014
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beyond lucky, we are beholden |
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the dream reconciled us clearly
to a kind goodness |
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untitled traveling interval 14101 |
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sometimes, we know what we're doing (i choose you) |
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and so to be loved by you,
i arrived now + here with you |
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what is true is this + always |
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 i adore you. i adore you. |
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everything is a love letter |
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(us 2 us 3) we set out
to heal the world + we did |
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 go ahead (see me) in your dream |
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untitled traveling interval 141 |
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untitled traveling interval 142 |
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we find ourselves in league
(good things ahead) |
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we gather, luminous |
2013
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untitled traveling interval 557 |
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her boy smile, all of it true |
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elevations 003-08 |
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it was when she heard
the hummingbird |
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 untitled traveling interval 791 |
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untitled traveling interval 792 |
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precursory bearing on the full 7 |
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enter me gladly (a lover's poem as six of one) 1-6 |
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she whispered again,
3 and 20 love letters |
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it's like being yours truly |
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elevations 003-05 |
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elevations 003-04 |
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elevations 003-01 |
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elevations 003-02 |
2012
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elevations 003-03 |
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because there is you,
and time is plenty + enough |
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untitled traveling interval 756 |
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and you (addendum) |
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and: also you (addendum 2) |
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yes you yes (you yes you) |
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 18 to the 5 to the come what may |
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10 map 5, then over to 11 |
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there is convexity in her claim |
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 we found it indefinitely contiguous |
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just being with you
is enough (untitled ascendant) |
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untitled river poem
(high tide love and rambling) |
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the significance of saying yes - I |
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the significance of saying yes - II |
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colloquy |
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i've always been with you,
and now i am here |
2011
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 she held to account a storied record of events I |
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she held to account
a storied record of events II |
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elevations 002-11 |
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elevations 002-06 |
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elevations 002-05 |
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counting back from 100,
he finally remembered
everything |
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...come Spring. |
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it's something that grows well
in open spaces |
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elevations 002-04 |
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in her recurring dream,
even the flowers are flying |
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elevations 002-03 |
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elevations 002-02 |
2010
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elevations 001-16 |
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elevations 001-15 |
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elevations 001-14 |
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elevations 001-13 |
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elevations 001-12 |
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elevations 001-11 |
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elevations 001-10 |
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elevations 001-09 |
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wanting is as wanting does |
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going going (going) going |
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believe me,
it makes for a wonderful diversion |
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she maybe has the sequence off somewhat, but all the pieces
you need are there |
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elevations 001-08 |
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elevations 001-07 |
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elevations 001-06 |
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elevations 001-05 |
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elevations 001-04 |
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elevations 001-03 |
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elevations 001-02 |
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elevations 001-01 |
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twelve spare moments
(yield twelve more) |
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it's patterned after some
emerging gladness |
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(she said yes)
didn't think twice |
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he counted memories
instead of sheep |
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untitled green (he dreamed
of strawberry figs) |
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after which there was a cascade of open questions |
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he dreamed of his family,
he dreamed of the sea |
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life well may be long,
and passing yonder still |
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counting back from 100,
he finally remembered everything |
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 it's like dreaming in the Key of G |
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okay, so there was also
this other part |
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straight on 'til morning |
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just dig where the promise is buried |
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it's a word like trees + wonder |
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she'll be coming 'round the mountain |
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 it comes into play more often than you'd think |
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once glad twice elated |
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 she's easy to write home about |
2009
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it means everything
to come back blue |
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in any case, she had a soft landing |
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the sky is rising,
the sky is rising |
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it was a tall order, yes,
but she had her compass |
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suffer no fools, gladly |
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i assure you, we hold fast
to the mercy |
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the sixth letter came
after the first five |
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(it's true mostly)
upon some reflection |
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 lovely weather come sunday |
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seed 1-6 |
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they live like laugh + logic 1-2 |
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it matters in that
everyone matters 1-3 |
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contranym I-II |
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she left her red shoes on the porch
for hope to find 1-3 |
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she flies finally free |
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she counted out
the letters up to five |
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(safety in spirits) no one
knows how exactly |
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oh why, why not |
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she finds her way as she goes along (light sight unseen) |
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 the sky kept its promise (and the blooms came 'round again) 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 |
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there's something good
in the water, too 1:A |
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there's something good
in the water, too 1:B, 1:C, 1:D |
2008
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it's a generous persistence
(her kissing mouth) |
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there's more where that came from |
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see clear to the other side |
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it's no travesty to try your luck |
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untitled horizon, early evening |
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we cultivate cause |
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she danced the shimmy
and the shake |
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there is a beneficent leaning |
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no way out but thru |
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she sang that sweet same
song she always sang |
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paying june to rob january |
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 blanket rumors spun gold |
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 ochre II |
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it's always half full somewhere |
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count up to ten and back again |
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from suit to memory
(largely affable) |
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it's a place like jump + prospect |
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circus six seven |
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we can get there from anywhere |
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untitled blue (her night sky's desire) |
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 free dreams, no waiting |
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she loves being loved |
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we planted the plum tree out back |
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there is always three (+more) |
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her songs came out in rhyme |
2006 - 2007
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we listened, and
the wind picked up |
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(i promise) she made it through |
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they knew what to make of it
this time |
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there was also singing,
believe me |
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even with the map, they
wandered |
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 there is always yes |
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the illogic of division |
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when she counts herself in |
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landscape portland, c-5 |
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this is where
some of it happened |
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it was like this, as it happened |
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if it then comes to this |
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red V |
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it could still be coming |
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rather than breaking, we hoped |
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even though this also mattered |
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they passed hand to hand |
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if it is mysterious
and there is no hesitation |
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it held (then opened) |
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they were not obscured |
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we fell in to it |
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 two and then three |
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howl |
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the sky knows (its pleasure) |
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queerly peared 2 |
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mapping his cherries |
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red IV |
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 queerly peared 1 |
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3 downstream |
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ladder for magpie |
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river 33 |
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river 41 |
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green seven yellow five |
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orange red yellow |
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 two green |
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orange pink two |
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green five |
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 blue nine |
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orange thirteen or twelve |
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 blue 1 |
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red III |
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ochre I |
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green purple |
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red three and three and two |
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five fares four |
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circus pink orbit |
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collected blue and blue |
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collected green and yellow |
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purple count seven |
2001 - 2002
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yellow two |
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yellow four three suns |
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white two |
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red three |
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red II |
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pink two blue three |
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orange three |
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orange sky |
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franky comes running |
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collected red three |
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between the boyfriends |
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a boy and her dogs |
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tattoo 5 |
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tattoo 7 |
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knee pain |
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grace calls god loudest |
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green twelve times twelve |
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blue green four |
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blue two |
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red I |
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