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<DIV>Hello,all '63s,</DIV>
<DIV>Last night was the opening of my show, The Envelope Project, at True
North's 3rd Annual Conference on Integrative Medicine, held at the Black point
Inn in Scarborough, Maine. With over 200 doctors and health care professionals
from shamanic healers to holistic M.D.s, this is an unusual venue for me.
It all came about because Dr. David Jones, Pres. of the American Holistic
Medical Assoc., and Bethany Hayes, M.D. founder of True
North (trunorthhealthcenter.org), went to see my solo show, ENVELOPE last
year and persuaded me to bring part of it to the conference. The Envelope
Project has been 3 years in the making, starting with my reading a poem by
Maxine Kumin called "The Envelope" while I was on a month-long residency at the
Vermont Studio Center, and culminating in a one of a kind artist book which
I conceived and executed, in collaboration with 21 other artists. Here is
part of my speech last night to the conference describing my
experience:</DIV>
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<DIV>The exhibit space is a living room/meditation space/art room, set up by me
and another artist in the Project. I have the Envelope Book in the middle, which
can be read communally, one envelope at a time. On the walls are 7 monotypes of
inverted envelopes; on the tables,an artist book I made called "The Apple of her
Eye", about my vigil during my mother's last days at Mclean's hospice in
Simsbury, a letterpress book of a poem, "Gloves", which I wrote after she died.
Also spread around the room are envelopes, paper, paints, brushes,
feathers, beads, shells, and other art materials for the conference
attendes to use in response. This is an interactive art show, meant to
engage and deepen the viewers experience. I am looking forward to witnessing
what creative surprises come in the next few days!</DIV>
<DIV>That's the report from Maine.</DIV>
<DIV>I leave you with a quote from Rilke, on of my favorite poets,</DIV>
<DIV> "Live the questions now." </DIV>
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