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Bearing Witness . . . . . Maker @ toMake.com
“Not knowing is most intimate.”
“Not knowing is most intimate.”
"The problem for the maker of maps being that our maps are, in part, engaged in the active and wanton destruction of the world."
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"The problem for the maker of maps being that our maps are, in part, engaged in the active and wanton destruction of the world."
Walking
I cross above
the river this morning
I slow down && stop
take my time
#Missoula #aRealPlace #walking #water #BeartracksBridge #ClarkFork
I cross above
the river this morning
I slow down && stop
take my time
#Missoula #aRealPlace #walking #water #BeartracksBridge #ClarkFork
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Walking
I cross above
the river this morning
I slow down && stop
take my time
#Missoula #aRealPlace #walking #water #BeartracksBridge #ClarkFork
I cross above
the river this morning
I slow down && stop
take my time
#Missoula #aRealPlace #walking #water #BeartracksBridge #ClarkFork
Right MAP Making :: Five Ways to Make Maps for a Future to be Possible. The most obvious characteristic of our age is its destructiveness.
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Right MAP Making :: Five Ways to Make Maps for a Future to be Possible. The most obvious characteristic of our age is its destructiveness.
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
Available as a signed two colour letterpress 22x15 in broadside from www.tomake.com/manifesto.html
#RightMapMaking #letterpress #printmaking #toMake #mapmaking
Editioned map featuring "the gate at the crossing ..."
Inked string and letterpress type on Thai Kozo mounted on German Etching paper. 22 ½ by 30 in. #Tohono_O'dham_Nation.
1979 1:25,000 #USGS #San_Miguel map showing the #Vamori_Wash
Inked string and letterpress type on Thai Kozo mounted on German Etching paper. 22 ½ by 30 in. #Tohono_O'dham_Nation.
1979 1:25,000 #USGS #San_Miguel map showing the #Vamori_Wash
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Editioned map featuring "the gate at the crossing ..."
Inked string and letterpress type on Thai Kozo mounted on German Etching paper. 22 ½ by 30 in. #Tohono_O'dham_Nation.
1979 1:25,000 #USGS #San_Miguel map showing the #Vamori_Wash
Inked string and letterpress type on Thai Kozo mounted on German Etching paper. 22 ½ by 30 in. #Tohono_O'dham_Nation.
1979 1:25,000 #USGS #San_Miguel map showing the #Vamori_Wash
“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
The flamingos in the fresh falling snow
Meena the Cat rests here now.
I miss her; my sweet companion.
Meena the Cat rests here now.
I miss her; my sweet companion.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The flamingos in the fresh falling snow
Meena the Cat rests here now.
I miss her; my sweet companion.
Meena the Cat rests here now.
I miss her; my sweet companion.
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. 1:December 8:05 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 1:December 8:05 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sunrise on the Eastern front
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 1:December 8:05 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 1:December 8:05 AM MST 2025
#Glacier-Waterton #SunRise
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
later. I'm going to take a nap now
under a blanket
& dream
under a blanket
& dream
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
later. I'm going to take a nap now
under a blanket
& dream
under a blanket
& dream
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
For just a moment
if you stop'd . . . just then
and YA) the wondrous glow
of daybreak arrives
Eastern front St. Mary, Mont.
November 27 2025 7:48AM MST
#Glacier-WatertonNP #aRealPlace #Montana
if you stop'd . . . just then
and YA) the wondrous glow
of daybreak arrives
Eastern front St. Mary, Mont.
November 27 2025 7:48AM MST
#Glacier-WatertonNP #aRealPlace #Montana
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For just a moment
if you stop'd . . . just then
and YA) the wondrous glow
of daybreak arrives
Eastern front St. Mary, Mont.
November 27 2025 7:48AM MST
#Glacier-WatertonNP #aRealPlace #Montana
if you stop'd . . . just then
and YA) the wondrous glow
of daybreak arrives
Eastern front St. Mary, Mont.
November 27 2025 7:48AM MST
#Glacier-WatertonNP #aRealPlace #Montana
the words still
moving inside
a golden glow lingering silvery
& an hour later
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 9:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace
moving inside
a golden glow lingering silvery
& an hour later
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 9:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
the words still
moving inside
a golden glow lingering silvery
& an hour later
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 9:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace
moving inside
a golden glow lingering silvery
& an hour later
Glacier Waterton International Peace Park. East side this morning. 26:November 9:13 AM MST 2025
#GlacierNP #aRealPlace
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