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barbara-artivista.bsky.social
Artist, climate/social justice. Early worker in the alchemy of climate emotions. We will not save what we do not love. Portland, Oregon and the central coast. www.confluence-arts.net substack.com/pub/barbaraford
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Portland OR #handsoff March

Portland OR showed up!

Washington, DC, with the props!

Yo, Third Act @thirdact.org is in the house for today's #HandsOff rallies. Don't mess with the olds!

Just sharing signs I’m making for tomorrow in Portland. Simple stencil technique, imperfect and homely, in the best way. Also, rest is resistance too.

This whole thread is important.

Instead of the #SOTU, watch this instead. Black media matters. www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...

Why am not not seeing this here? 24 hour Alternative State or the People by black media makers. Please share. www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...

It’s not “going to happen”. It is happening.

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

Y’all remember that all of these actions by TFG are all planned, written, and executed by the Federalist Society, right? He’s just their sock puppet in power until he’s no longer useful. Watch for that moment, it may be sooner than we imagine. #Project2025

poem by Wendell Berry The Real Work It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.

Leonard Peltier pardoned.

Hey there. My favorite local Portland climate justice organization is now on BlueSky! Also, art fundraiser, including one of my limited edition prints (the kingfisher) Come join us on the 18th!

Art show wisdom. A neighboring artist at the art show I’m in today. I appreciate the clarity of communication.

Today I’m headed to the Wild Arts Festival in Hillsboro, Oregon. Just turned 68, this is my first big show and I’m feeling so happy to be included into a wonderful group of nature-inspired artists. #wildartsfestival2024 #emergingartist