Poet Goes on an Art Walk Part II, Dreamsplaining, and more dentists
- At January 09, 2015
- By Jeannine Gailey
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Dreamsplaining! You want it!
Thanks to Reb Livingston, who examines the meaning of a couple of my dreams for the beginning of the year up at her “Dreamsplaining” column at Queen Mob’s Teahouse. I also wrote one of the dreams into a little poem, “On Dying in a Dream,” which you can read there.
Dentists! So many!
This week has been full of dental drama. I saw a specialty endodontist yesterday and today I’m going to a specialty dental care place that has an OR, blood transfusions, and all kinds of crazy pain medications for people (like me) who are allergic to novocaine, vicodin, etc. I’m a little nervous – this is my third dental interaction this week – and I’m hoping they will come up with a good solution for my exposed nerve complicated by the TMJ and bleeding disorder. I got a lecture from the endodontist on why I should never have gone to a “regular” dentist in the first place with all my health issues. I frankly didn’t know anything about it, no one had ever mentioned a place for freaks like me before now, but apparently, it’s where I belong. So off I go.
Poet, hobbled by her inability to open her jaw or smile very widely, nevertheless takes a quick art walk
But in the middle of my dental drama was the premiere of our poetry-art collaborative show at METHOD Gallery in Pioneer Square, called TEXTure. I made a brief foray out there and saw the poems in large print on the wall next to the art that inspired them, and then the poems that art had inspired. It was really fun to hear people talk about my work without knowing I was right behind them. It was hugely crowded which I think means it was a success! I also dipped for about fifteen seconds into fave hipster gallery Roq La Rue, which had a group show going on, and managed to squeeze in between people long enough to get a quick snap and then leave. Here are a couple of shots of the snowman piece by Carol Milne with me (not smiling, but not because I’m not happy – it just hurt!) and the artist, a picture of the poems on the wall, and I wish I had better shots of the rest but it was so crowded – the neon piece inspired by Sherman Alexie’s work was really something you should see in person, and the neon artists Lia Hall & Cedar Mannan are sweet AND talented. Maybe I’ll get to work with them someday too!
I couldn’t get a good shot of the neon piece, so this is a picture from the METHOD gallery site. But seriously, go see it. The exhibition is up for a month, with a poetry reading and poet/artists’ discussion and reception on January 29.
And here’s a quick shot from the group show “Incantation” at Roq La Rue. The mermaid is by Chie Yoshii, and the other is by Redd Walitzki. I literally had to take this shot between the crowded shoulders of others, you could barely move in there!