Everything Is Memory




Friends,
The Everything is Memory exhibit that is part of the Illuminating Time artists-in-residence group showcase is soon coming to a close (end of January). Many of you know that my work is ephemeral so a lot of the calligraphy work I’ve done will be recycled back into nature.
If there is one piece I would like for you to experience, it is the brother and sister installation called “The Weeping Script.” I feel this calligraphy piece with an audio poem, carries on its back, a weight the other installations like “One Long Arm” and “Gold Lightning and Lullaby Scripts” cannot carry. It would mean so much if you could witness the piece together. If you’re unable, here is a link to one of the siblings called “Please Be Guided Accordingly”: http://qrco.de/bdT39T
Thanks for all the support.
Yours,
Sam
Portland Chinatown Museum
127 NW Third Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
Friday to Sunday from 11am to 3pm
Listening to Soft Eyes – https://youtu.be/YmMJs0IrrU0
CIRCULARITY

It took me a long time to realize that I don’t have to wait for people to come back around. It’s a struggle for a lot of foundlings, we fall in the entrapments of waiting, wondering, and forgetting that we don’t have to leave this world lonely—just alone, like a circle. And that too can be beautiful.
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Listening to Jungle Jim by Hugo Largo – https://youtu.be/s-sRwEYE-Pk
LOW TIDE CINEMA

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Listening to Laveda – https://youtu.be/h3a4CRlLvYQ
NANAY / 媽媽
Her Name Was Betty // This was her voice.
She was inhaled out of me so quickly.
Every year I attempt to write a poem
that will kill Death itself. Every year,
I fail. I will never stop trying. Ever.
A SECULAR GREETING IN TEN OCTAVES WHERE BIRDS HAVE THEIR SAY

OVER A CLIFF, 3AM

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Wind opens a page,
sea-salt coats my evening tea—
many moons dive in.
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Listening to Ceremony
by Galaxie 500 – https://youtu.be/92Nkrav2-Aw