Category: 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!
Posted on March 30, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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The road—a language. The forest—a heart. Two voices. Both twist around mountains Where one can lose oneself Or be found.
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Author, Blog, Books, Life, Love, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Posted on March 9, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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Work From rain and melted snow To find a way to the creek. To a stream, in a hurried dash to the ocean And here I stand, with bits of waterfalls trapped, inside buckets. My shoes. Soggy, wicking socks Make close friends… Continue Reading “Destinations”
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Author, Books, Life, Love, Ocean, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Water, Waterfalls, Writing
Posted on March 2, 2020
by Elan Mudrow
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This river runs cruel… This river runs cold. I know she’s lost in this wilderness, where the lakes are silent, dampened by snow. Here, she walks on the edge of everything. This river will meet the sea, that’s where all lies cease, for… Continue Reading “Cruel River”
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Category: Flash Fiction, Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Author, Blog, Books, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, River, Writing
Posted on November 25, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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The high lakes, frozen, clear, Distort reflections of the mountain. Old men with trekking poles Filter through the forest. All with some form of Achilles And Homeric hunger pangs. Drawn to recite soliloquies To the unmoving cold. Return to the… Continue Reading “The High Lakes”
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Art, Blog, Lake, Life, Literature, Love, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Uncategorized, Wilderness, Winter, Writing
Posted on November 20, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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She sets a folded towel upon cool sheets, her ass makes a depression on the mattress. Silence is never a full-proof method of understanding each other, even if hands are involved. They touch, then they talk. Talking is never a full-proof method of… His… Continue Reading “Alice”
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Category: PortraitsTags: Art, Blog, Desire, Identity, Life, Love, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Sex, Writing
Posted on November 6, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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On freezing nights when the river settles, the reflection of city lights is clearer than the real lights. She views this better on the bridge, her winter pilgrimage. Colder than the air, she grips its handrail. Her hands pull away only at the moment… Continue Reading “A Cold Bridge”
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Category: PortraitsTags: Alternate Realities, Art, Blog, Fiction, Life, Love, Magic, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Suicide, Writing
Posted on October 16, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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The streets have no direction, no destination. They wind back into themselves, while they take her… somewhere… she’s never been. She looks at a map of the city, it would appear to be simple, small, within a defined space. On the streets is a… Continue Reading “Lost City”
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Category: Poetry, PortraitsTags: Blog, Books, City, Life, Love, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Spirit, Writing
Posted on September 26, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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Category: PortraitsTags: #portland, Abstract, Art, Blog, Collage, Fine Art, Forest, Life, Love, Nature, Oregon, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Writing
Posted on September 9, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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Clackamas River, August 2019
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Posted on August 23, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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Category: PortraitsTags: Abstract, Art, Barefoot, Beach, Blog, Hiking, Life, Love, Nature, Ocean, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Tide, Water, Writing
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