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Trevor Blake. Portland, Oregon USA. 1 March 2010.

“Join us for our 11th Annual Valentine’s Invitational! Dozens of artists contribute Valentine themed artwork to benefit a local non-profit. This year’s recipient in the Special Education PTA of Portland (SEPTAP).”

I have been making collages (of the paper, scissors and glue variety) since around 1978.  A few have been published in books, a very few have been given to friends, but never have I offered one for sale – until now.  An original collage by myself will have the honor of being included in this show.  I encourage anyone in the Portland area to attend.  Bid early and often to support this most worthy cause. On exhibit the month of February 2010.

Thursday, 4 February 2010, 6PM – 9PM

Reading Frenzy
921 SW Oak St.
Portland OR 97205

(503) 274-1449

Trevor Blake: Snow. Portland, Oregon USA. 29 December 2009.

Architecture. Portland, Oregon USA. 5 December 2009.

Trevor Blake: Ginkgo Biloba. Portland, Oregon USA. 16 November 2009. Public Domain.

On October 10, 2009, a Cyclone of Slack will slam into Portland bringing true SubGenius mutation back to Stumptown for the first time in a decade! Cast aside your false profiteers and your hipster biscuits, and bask in the Yetisyn glow of true Dobbsian mutation! Experience the gene-twisting joy of a SubGenius Devival in all of its mutated glory!

Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St.
Portland, OR
Doors open at 8, show starts at 9
$10

Jack Donovan reads from Blood Brotherhood.

CounterMedia
October 1, 2009 -  7:00 PM
927 Oak Street, Portland OR USA

Blood-brotherhoods and similar rites have been employed by men to mark friendships and alliances for thousands of years. Evidence of the practice can be found in the lore, literature and recorded history of most cultures – from Norse and Celtic mythologies to the tribes of Africa, Australian and the South Pacific, to the fiction of Jack London and Mark Twain.

Today, many homosexual men are adopting and adapting marriage rites and relationship ideals that were designed to unite males and females, and which remain steeped in millennia of culture, tradition and imagery inspired by heterosexual unions. Blood-Brotherhood offers an alternative mode of perception. Blood-Brotherhood removes the feminine element and the trappings of heterosexual romance from the equation altogether, and models bonds between androphiles after the bonds that men have made between each other for thousands of years. Blood-Brotherhood bases these unique unions between men on a tradition that honors male friendship.

Blood-brotherhood is not an attempt to “homosexualize” history or to “homoeroticize” the practice of blood-brotherhood, which has traditionally been practiced between heterosexual male friends. Rather, it is an attempt to inspire homosexual men to think about and solemnize their relationships differently – no matter what legal arrangements they decide to make.

Blood-Brotherhood contains a wealth of research about blood-brotherhood myths and practices from a wide variety of cultures and time periods, including excerpted texts and original translations by Nathan F. Miller. This follow-up to Androphilia: A Manifesto, also documents Jack Donovan’s own bond with his compadre in a unique blood-brotherhood rite, presented as modern adaptation of this ancient ritual.

EsoZone is a mutant unconference, Portland Oregon USA, October 9 and 10 2009.  See you there!

Portland of yesteryear

Flickr: Vintage Portland

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