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Bearing Witness . . . . . Maker @ toMake.com
“Not knowing is most intimate.”
“Not knowing is most intimate.”
Pinned
I make stuff, &&& it is available for purchase @ toMake.com
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
“The Gate at The Crossing at El Coyote on the Vamori Wash to Many Dogs Place”
Location :: USA-Mexican border North 31˚ 33’ 31” West 111˚ 46’ 57”. Crumpled & rolled Kitakata Kozo 39in. by 12ft. Inked string and letterpress map.
#aRealPlace #toMake #USMexicanBorder #Gate #printmaking #map
Location :: USA-Mexican border North 31˚ 33’ 31” West 111˚ 46’ 57”. Crumpled & rolled Kitakata Kozo 39in. by 12ft. Inked string and letterpress map.
#aRealPlace #toMake #USMexicanBorder #Gate #printmaking #map
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“The Gate at The Crossing at El Coyote on the Vamori Wash to Many Dogs Place”
Location :: USA-Mexican border North 31˚ 33’ 31” West 111˚ 46’ 57”. Crumpled & rolled Kitakata Kozo 39in. by 12ft. Inked string and letterpress map.
#aRealPlace #toMake #USMexicanBorder #Gate #printmaking #map
Location :: USA-Mexican border North 31˚ 33’ 31” West 111˚ 46’ 57”. Crumpled & rolled Kitakata Kozo 39in. by 12ft. Inked string and letterpress map.
#aRealPlace #toMake #USMexicanBorder #Gate #printmaking #map
I make stuff, &&& it is available for purchase @ toMake.com
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I make stuff, &&& it is available for purchase @ toMake.com
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
toMake Press editions original lithographs, relief, mono-prints, letterpress maps and prints.
& YA) ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE VIEWER TO ACCESS HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD IS ACCURATE
#toMakePress #aRealPlace #Missoula #printmaking #making
Checking the pull time and grind this morning.
Things that work without upgrades, rebooting, new parts (sometimes), internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot]. Everyday.
YA in #toMake studio #Missoula #aRealPlace #StopWatch #PostModernLuddite, #Maker #Espresso
Things that work without upgrades, rebooting, new parts (sometimes), internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot]. Everyday.
YA in #toMake studio #Missoula #aRealPlace #StopWatch #PostModernLuddite, #Maker #Espresso
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Checking the pull time and grind this morning.
Things that work without upgrades, rebooting, new parts (sometimes), internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot]. Everyday.
YA in #toMake studio #Missoula #aRealPlace #StopWatch #PostModernLuddite, #Maker #Espresso
Things that work without upgrades, rebooting, new parts (sometimes), internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot]. Everyday.
YA in #toMake studio #Missoula #aRealPlace #StopWatch #PostModernLuddite, #Maker #Espresso
watching snow falling in the lilacs
captivated by this wonderment white
stillness and the silence of the snow
in the lilacs
a tiny chickadee is watching me
even more still
&& yes
#aRealPlace #tomake #Missoula #snowing
captivated by this wonderment white
stillness and the silence of the snow
in the lilacs
a tiny chickadee is watching me
even more still
&& yes
#aRealPlace #tomake #Missoula #snowing
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
watching snow falling in the lilacs
captivated by this wonderment white
stillness and the silence of the snow
in the lilacs
a tiny chickadee is watching me
even more still
&& yes
#aRealPlace #tomake #Missoula #snowing
captivated by this wonderment white
stillness and the silence of the snow
in the lilacs
a tiny chickadee is watching me
even more still
&& yes
#aRealPlace #tomake #Missoula #snowing
Monoprint:: Wood Block, Pizza Stone, Stone Lithograph & Flocking on Somerset Velvet 22 ½ by 30 in.
"Keep Us Round & Orbiting aRound"
#monoprint on editioned #lithograph at #toMake studio & press #aRealPlace in #Missoula Original #printmaking
"Keep Us Round & Orbiting aRound"
#monoprint on editioned #lithograph at #toMake studio & press #aRealPlace in #Missoula Original #printmaking
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Monoprint:: Wood Block, Pizza Stone, Stone Lithograph & Flocking on Somerset Velvet 22 ½ by 30 in.
"Keep Us Round & Orbiting aRound"
#monoprint on editioned #lithograph at #toMake studio & press #aRealPlace in #Missoula Original #printmaking
"Keep Us Round & Orbiting aRound"
#monoprint on editioned #lithograph at #toMake studio & press #aRealPlace in #Missoula Original #printmaking
Before the sun rises
& the moon, the full moon, sets
&& the clouds, that left behind a valley a wet snow,
part. Curtains drawn reveal.
YA) to say yes yes
once again to this Joy ness
& to not knowing
7:34 AM MST 5:December 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #ManyGlacier #aRealPlace
& the moon, the full moon, sets
&& the clouds, that left behind a valley a wet snow,
part. Curtains drawn reveal.
YA) to say yes yes
once again to this Joy ness
& to not knowing
7:34 AM MST 5:December 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #ManyGlacier #aRealPlace
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Before the sun rises
& the moon, the full moon, sets
&& the clouds, that left behind a valley a wet snow,
part. Curtains drawn reveal.
YA) to say yes yes
once again to this Joy ness
& to not knowing
7:34 AM MST 5:December 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #ManyGlacier #aRealPlace
& the moon, the full moon, sets
&& the clouds, that left behind a valley a wet snow,
part. Curtains drawn reveal.
YA) to say yes yes
once again to this Joy ness
& to not knowing
7:34 AM MST 5:December 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #ManyGlacier #aRealPlace
On the Eastern front
Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park.
East side morning view. 2:December 10:07 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #EasternFront #Montana #aRealPlace #RockyMountainFront
Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park.
East side morning view. 2:December 10:07 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #EasternFront #Montana #aRealPlace #RockyMountainFront
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
On the Eastern front
Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park.
East side morning view. 2:December 10:07 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #EasternFront #Montana #aRealPlace #RockyMountainFront
Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park.
East side morning view. 2:December 10:07 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #EasternFront #Montana #aRealPlace #RockyMountainFront
Snow fall in the moonlit night
the garden blanket ed
the flamingos quiet.
Footprints down the alleyway
stop beside the bulletin board
continue on past
without words or comment.
My life it seems
YA) time to put the studded tires on the bike.
#biking #aRealPlace #Missoula
the garden blanket ed
the flamingos quiet.
Footprints down the alleyway
stop beside the bulletin board
continue on past
without words or comment.
My life it seems
YA) time to put the studded tires on the bike.
#biking #aRealPlace #Missoula
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Snow fall in the moonlit night
the garden blanket ed
the flamingos quiet.
Footprints down the alleyway
stop beside the bulletin board
continue on past
without words or comment.
My life it seems
YA) time to put the studded tires on the bike.
#biking #aRealPlace #Missoula
the garden blanket ed
the flamingos quiet.
Footprints down the alleyway
stop beside the bulletin board
continue on past
without words or comment.
My life it seems
YA) time to put the studded tires on the bike.
#biking #aRealPlace #Missoula
14 line wood type. Well used, missing W-X-Y-Z ... but so nice.
#WoodType #Letterpress #toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #StuffThatWorks #printimaking
#WoodType #Letterpress #toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #StuffThatWorks #printimaking
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
14 line wood type. Well used, missing W-X-Y-Z ... but so nice.
#WoodType #Letterpress #toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #StuffThatWorks #printimaking
#WoodType #Letterpress #toMake #Missoula #aRealPlace #StuffThatWorks #printimaking
Sunrise on the Eastern front
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 30:November 8:11 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 30:November 8:11 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sunrise on the Eastern front
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 30:November 8:11 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 30:November 8:11 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
The bulletin board in the alleyway at toMake Press & studio. Always something new.
Always there to entice stopping.
& why not, thirty years & more.
#toMake #aRealPlace #Missoula #BullentiBoard
Always there to entice stopping.
& why not, thirty years & more.
#toMake #aRealPlace #Missoula #BullentiBoard
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The bulletin board in the alleyway at toMake Press & studio. Always something new.
Always there to entice stopping.
& why not, thirty years & more.
#toMake #aRealPlace #Missoula #BullentiBoard
Always there to entice stopping.
& why not, thirty years & more.
#toMake #aRealPlace #Missoula #BullentiBoard
three morning pieces
with out words
a Thanks-Giving poem
#Missoula #toMake #MorningPiece #ThanksGiving
with out words
a Thanks-Giving poem
#Missoula #toMake #MorningPiece #ThanksGiving
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
three morning pieces
with out words
a Thanks-Giving poem
#Missoula #toMake #MorningPiece #ThanksGiving
with out words
a Thanks-Giving poem
#Missoula #toMake #MorningPiece #ThanksGiving
I read a poem this morning
as I often do by habit
then &&& unexpectedly
my body shuddered
this tiny assemblage of words
moved me to tears
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 8:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace #poem #poetry
as I often do by habit
then &&& unexpectedly
my body shuddered
this tiny assemblage of words
moved me to tears
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 8:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace #poem #poetry
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I read a poem this morning
as I often do by habit
then &&& unexpectedly
my body shuddered
this tiny assemblage of words
moved me to tears
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 8:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace #poem #poetry
as I often do by habit
then &&& unexpectedly
my body shuddered
this tiny assemblage of words
moved me to tears
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 8:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace #poem #poetry
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The garden flamingos
they are talking among themselves
gossip I imagine
#Missoula #aRealPlace #toMake #flamingos
they are talking among themselves
gossip I imagine
#Missoula #aRealPlace #toMake #flamingos
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The garden flamingos
they are talking among themselves
gossip I imagine
#Missoula #aRealPlace #toMake #flamingos
they are talking among themselves
gossip I imagine
#Missoula #aRealPlace #toMake #flamingos
$HOP LOCAL sign repaired and installed. ACT NOW.... Looks good in the day, & the night, driving biking east & walking west.
#ShopLocal
#Missoula #aRealPlace #tomake #BuyLocal #ActNow
#ShopLocal
#Missoula #aRealPlace #tomake #BuyLocal #ActNow
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
$HOP LOCAL sign repaired and installed. ACT NOW.... Looks good in the day, & the night, driving biking east & walking west.
#ShopLocal
#Missoula #aRealPlace #tomake #BuyLocal #ActNow
#ShopLocal
#Missoula #aRealPlace #tomake #BuyLocal #ActNow
WE :: There Is No Us or Them
Letterpress print using #blox modular type. Printed on #kozo and mounted #chine-collé in a small #LimitedEdition on Somerset Velvet.
#toMake press in #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking
Letterpress print using #blox modular type. Printed on #kozo and mounted #chine-collé in a small #LimitedEdition on Somerset Velvet.
#toMake press in #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
WE :: There Is No Us or Them
Letterpress print using #blox modular type. Printed on #kozo and mounted #chine-collé in a small #LimitedEdition on Somerset Velvet.
#toMake press in #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking
Letterpress print using #blox modular type. Printed on #kozo and mounted #chine-collé in a small #LimitedEdition on Somerset Velvet.
#toMake press in #Missoula #aRealPlace #printmaking
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"Can anyone show me
A greater miracle . . ."
Morning reading from a poem by Gregory Orr
#poem #GregoryOrr #miracle #FieldNotes #breathing
A greater miracle . . ."
Morning reading from a poem by Gregory Orr
#poem #GregoryOrr #miracle #FieldNotes #breathing
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Can anyone show me
A greater miracle . . ."
Morning reading from a poem by Gregory Orr
#poem #GregoryOrr #miracle #FieldNotes #breathing
A greater miracle . . ."
Morning reading from a poem by Gregory Orr
#poem #GregoryOrr #miracle #FieldNotes #breathing
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side, West side this morning. 16:November 9AM MST 2025
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side, West side this morning. 16:November 9AM MST 2025
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
Baptism river, north shore of Lake Superior.
Stop'd for lunch with Dad & brother
Wandered wet into the river experience
Sketch'd, measured, counted, observed
a pinhole image on film
Someday yet awaiting responding.
#aRealPlace #NorthShore #LakeSuperior #Pinhole #toMake
Stop'd for lunch with Dad & brother
Wandered wet into the river experience
Sketch'd, measured, counted, observed
a pinhole image on film
Someday yet awaiting responding.
#aRealPlace #NorthShore #LakeSuperior #Pinhole #toMake
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Baptism river, north shore of Lake Superior.
Stop'd for lunch with Dad & brother
Wandered wet into the river experience
Sketch'd, measured, counted, observed
a pinhole image on film
Someday yet awaiting responding.
#aRealPlace #NorthShore #LakeSuperior #Pinhole #toMake
Stop'd for lunch with Dad & brother
Wandered wet into the river experience
Sketch'd, measured, counted, observed
a pinhole image on film
Someday yet awaiting responding.
#aRealPlace #NorthShore #LakeSuperior #Pinhole #toMake
Work in progress today.
Untitled mixed media.
Confluence of the Milk, Porcupine & Missouri Rivers. Nashua, Mont.
#aRealPlace #toMake #Montana
Untitled mixed media.
Confluence of the Milk, Porcupine & Missouri Rivers. Nashua, Mont.
#aRealPlace #toMake #Montana
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Work in progress today.
Untitled mixed media.
Confluence of the Milk, Porcupine & Missouri Rivers. Nashua, Mont.
#aRealPlace #toMake #Montana
Untitled mixed media.
Confluence of the Milk, Porcupine & Missouri Rivers. Nashua, Mont.
#aRealPlace #toMake #Montana
Enlarging :: Reducing Calipers
Things that work ... without upgrades, rebooting, new parts, internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot however]. Everyday.
YA) #BearingWitness in #toMake studio #Missoula #Montana #aRealPlace. #PostModernLuddite, #Printermaking #Maker.
Things that work ... without upgrades, rebooting, new parts, internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot however]. Everyday.
YA) #BearingWitness in #toMake studio #Missoula #Montana #aRealPlace. #PostModernLuddite, #Printermaking #Maker.
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Enlarging :: Reducing Calipers
Things that work ... without upgrades, rebooting, new parts, internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot however]. Everyday.
YA) #BearingWitness in #toMake studio #Missoula #Montana #aRealPlace. #PostModernLuddite, #Printermaking #Maker.
Things that work ... without upgrades, rebooting, new parts, internet wi-fi, cables & power. Imagination & effort necessary [not a lot however]. Everyday.
YA) #BearingWitness in #toMake studio #Missoula #Montana #aRealPlace. #PostModernLuddite, #Printermaking #Maker.
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side, West side, Top Sides this evening.
Every Changing. Always aLive. Breathing IN. Breathing OUT.
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
Every Changing. Always aLive. Breathing IN. Breathing OUT.
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side, West side, Top Sides this evening.
Every Changing. Always aLive. Breathing IN. Breathing OUT.
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
Every Changing. Always aLive. Breathing IN. Breathing OUT.
#WebCams #GlacierNP #aRealPlace
I #bike
everywhere I can
most everyday . . . all year
rain snow sun uphill & down
delightfully the long way there & back
and walk and run and why not take the time
the present moment :: so long ago.
everywhere I can
most everyday . . . all year
rain snow sun uphill & down
delightfully the long way there & back
and walk and run and why not take the time
the present moment :: so long ago.
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I #bike
everywhere I can
most everyday . . . all year
rain snow sun uphill & down
delightfully the long way there & back
and walk and run and why not take the time
the present moment :: so long ago.
everywhere I can
most everyday . . . all year
rain snow sun uphill & down
delightfully the long way there & back
and walk and run and why not take the time
the present moment :: so long ago.