Category Archives: Portraits

Words can paint, each letter, a bristle of a brush. The sentence becomes a stroke. Paragraphs shape objects. A portrait needs no beginning, middle, or end. When we look deep at a painting, we can’t help but wonder why the Mona Lisa smiles. If you look deep enough at portraits, close enough to pick out desire, they jump out of the frame. The frame is the story. Break out! Break out!

Olympic Peninsula Beach–How To Miss A Highway

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

To get to the beach, we hike Through the smell of pine So thick, we can taste it. The trail is carpeted with needles– We think we’re the first humans To arrive on a new planet. Trees older than Columbus … Continue reading →

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Bandaged — Elan Mudrow Photography

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

North Head Lighthouse, Washington State This is a LINK. This is another LINK. elanmudrow@gmail.com via Bandaged — Elan Mudrow Photography

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Bridge Over Troubled Ferns — Elan Mudrow Photography

Posted on September 5, 2017 by

Oregon Coast Trail, Cape Lookout. August 2017 via Bridge Over Troubled Ferns — Elan Mudrow Photography

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Gandalf the Grey — Elan Mudrow Photography

Posted on August 25, 2017 by

Pacific Crest Trail, Three Fingered Jack, Oregon. July 2017 via Gandalf the Grey — Elan Mudrow Photography

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Grasp

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

This trail cannot always follow the river. In time, the river will change course due to landslides, fallen trees, earthquakes, perhaps volcanic eruption. Creeks and springs, which feed the river, will chew chunks out of rock, ground, the shell the … Continue reading →

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Harry’s Ridge

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

It’s a part time job She sells Pepsi and water Overpriced, in the parking lot “I’ve come here to run.” I want to say, but don’t. What would that mean? She looks at me strangely, anyway I’ve gotten used to … Continue reading →

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Summer Dance

Posted on August 4, 2017 by

      We dance on wooden gym floors, where aluminum foil-covered, cardboard stars are hung above our heads by fishing wire. The dancehall, a rearranged sports facility. Basketball hoops recoiled, painted lines and circles below feet. The gym, a … Continue reading →

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Grendel — Elan Mudrow Photography

Posted on August 3, 2017 by

Pacific Crest Trail, Three Fingered Jack, Oregon. July 2017 via Grendel — Elan Mudrow Photography

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Soft Fluorescence — Elan Mudrow Photography

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

Oregon Coast Trail, Cape Lookout, Oregon. July 21017 via Soft Fluorescence — Elan Mudrow Photography

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Forest Rash — Elan Mudrow Photography

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. November, 2015 via Forest Rash — Elan Mudrow Photography

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