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Art and Writing During the Pandemic: Celebrating the Write Around Portland Partnership

It has been more than one year since Write Around Portland and the Portland Art Museum began collaborating on weekly, art-inspired writing prompts to sustain our souls and our sense of connection during the pandemic. Write Around Portland staff and writing workshop facilitators have created over 60 writing prompts inspired by works in the Portland…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Neil Meitzler

“Winter Rain” by Neil Meitzler 1972. Acrylic on Masonite. 22 7/8 in x 23 1/8 in. Square painting with strong contrasting colors and textures that give an illusion of 3-D space. A tan snow-covered mountain with a flat top and sharp edges extends from the bottom of the painting to the middle of the painting. Wispy white strokes cover the mountain. Sharp, thin gray clouds extend at an angle past the top left side of the mountain and drift into the thick band of solid white clouds above. A thinner band of bright white clouds surrounded by patches of dark gray clouds float just below the large white cloud. The rest of the horizon is filled with a dark orange glow as if the sun has just set against a solid gray plane. A smaller snow-covered mountain is barely visible in the distance.

Both visual art and creative writing can invite us into abstract thoughts, a chance to step away from the traditional narrative and into a different way of thinking, seeing, speaking. We invite you to spend some time in the abstract today, using this piece by Northwest painter Neil Meitzler as inspiration. “While our existence momentarily…  Read more