Torea

You know Im scream-singing this a la Angie McMahon 😂 love it!

Pleasantly surprised some work of mine was selected for National Collage Society’s annual juried exhibit! ✂️ #collage #collageart #analogcollage

As another near-lifelong Oregonian, this thread feels helpful context. We’ve been keepin’ it surreal—and feisty—long as I remember.

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

A baked chocolate donut on a small plate sits on an end table surrounded by cups and bottles of tea and water

I may feel like absolute garbage but found a new GF chocolate donut recipe the fam has dubbed “bangin”—subbed in hazelnut butter for almond butter and 😋 recipe: bakeitpaleo.com/chocolate-zu...
#baking #glutenfree #chocolatedonut

two weeks left to submit what's bringing you joy and delight in these tough times! send @toreajade.bsky.social and i a list or short paragraph, snapshots, artwork, etc. by august 15th bit.ly/WhatKeepsUsGoing

#zines #zinesky #artsky #opencall

Sign for a lost parrot, with a green head and white around his little bird eyes, named Bam Bam, with information about how to contact owner if found, and what to do. Bam Bam lst seen at 23rd and Overton in northwest Portland, and owner can be reached at 626-550-5782.

Find Bam Bam! Last seen in NW PDX. Terrified of hands, but sucker for a peanut — here’s hoping the parrot & its person are soon reunited.
#lostparrot #findbambam #portland #pdx

Window ledge with shaft of sunlight coming through it. On the ledge are potted succulents, a small carved wooden figurine of a Dutch woman, three dried rose petals, and a miniature teacup filled eith foraged blackberries

What’s keeping me going this summer? Berries, lots of berries. Oregon summers are bursting with roadside & alleyway fruit; I’ve been foraging and making treats to share with friends … a little something sweet can make a surprisingly big difference in one’s day 💜
Bit.ly/WhatKeepsUsGoing #zines

Yellow, white and black text on a pink background with a an abstract collage by Torea Jade OPEN CALL: WHAT KEEPS US GOING A collaborative since about getting by and taking care when the world is on fire

Yellow, white and black text on a green background with a colorful abstract collage by allison anne WHAT KEEPS US GOING Submit by August 15th What to submit: Lists, short paragraphs or other written descriptions about what you do to find joy in hard times (150 words or less) Photos, artwork or other imagery relevant to the theme No submission fee! Open to anyone, anywhere in the world! If your contribution is selected, you'll receive a copy of the zine. bit.ly/WhatKeepsUsGoing

hi! @toreajade.bsky.social and i want to know what keeps you going in the hard times! what started as a check-in between friends has blossomed into an open call for a zine about taking care 🌻 send us a list, a paragraph or two, artwork, photos, pet pix, etc by august 15th: bit.ly/WhatKeepsUsGoing

🙄 Tell me you’ve never spent time with anyone chronically ill — anyone with ME/CFS, anyone with hEDS and its little friends, anyone immunocompromised, &c. — without telling me you’ve never spent time with anyone chronically ill.

Scorpio: Don't start a garden. Don't dig in your yard. Do not unearth the sins of the past.

She rollin’ with glee. Why? Pretty sure it’s the plentiful 🐰 poo 😂
#dog #dogsofbluesky #goldendoodle

this is something i’ve wanted to do for a few years and i am SO excited to be working on it at last. edited by @jpb.bsky.social and i, submit by August 31st, expected publication October 2025!

Meadow view, with tall grass, teasel, and shrubs/trees against a blue sky

Purple flower with reddish center against green leaves

Coneflowers in red, orange, pink in a neighbors front yard in Clackamas County Oregon

Nothing like a morn walk; picked a few berries, scoped out some petals 🌸🌺🌻
#bloomscrolling #flowers #flaneur

Oh, the quiet devastation of modernity: today, an autogenerated email reminded me my mom turns 70 soon, except that’s in another timeline where she didn’t die three years back from young onset Alzheimers …. 😢
#grief #griefislove

Embroider of two small blue birds perched among pink flowers with embroidered text in gold thread stating the title

'Fucketyfucketyfuckfuckfuck'
by Annie Taylor from PEG - the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #womensart #Fridayfeeling

YouTube video by The Dream Eaters I AM BLEEDING INTERNALLY

song of the summer? youtu.be/dsZ75RioLVw

Runway model in a Rahul Mishra F/W 2025 dress. The dress is sleeveless, black, with an asymmetrical ruffled skirt festooned with glitter and colorful flowers. A large semi-transparent face shield is decorated similarly.

Runway model in a Rahul Mishra F/W 2025 dress. She wears a full length gold bodysuit with black mesh sleeves; the bodysuit has circles of purple and other rich details. The left shoulder of the bodysuit extends up beside the model’s head, with a detail that appears to be a fabric head looking away from the model.

Runway model in a Rahul Mishra F/W 2025 dress. She wears a sparkly black bodysuit covered by a voluminous billowing black cape, which feateures a band of black sparkles, glittering circles, and a painted head or two.

Runway model in a Rahul Mishra F/W 2025 dress. She wears a full length gold bodysuit with no sleeves; the bodysuit has circles of purple and other rich details. Extending from the bodysuit are thin wires that hold colorful circles of gold, red and black, haloing the model’s body so she look like a mobile of sorts.

Fantasy wardrobe, Rahul Mishra F/W 2025 edition. I’m getting Klimt vibes, would die to dramatically descend a staircase in one of these gems
#fashion #rahulmishra #art

ohmygawd am I over sweating through my compression stockings, over the heat, the existential despair…. 🫠

Short chapter from Matt Haig’s “The Comfort Book,” titled Happiness. The quoted chapter reads “Happiness occurs when you forget who you’re expected to be. And what you’re expected to do. Happiness is an accident of self-acceptance. It’s the warm breeze you feel when you open the door to who you are.”

Insomnia reading, Matt Hai/Comfort Book edition: “Happiness occurs when you forget who you’re expected to be. And what you’re expected to do. Happiness is an accident of self-acceptance. It’s the warm breeze you feel when you open the door to who you are.”
#BookSky

Keith Leonard

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Mixed media collage in landscape orientation. This anstract piece is on canvas, with a deep black background. Cutting through the centerline is a river of crumpled and sculpeted dictionary pages, a visualization of my current challenges with speech and communication. Black-and-white/grayscale images of flowers and empty rooms are used to blend the transition between background and foreground

Finished this new, larger scale mixed media piece, Language to Flow Like a River. 24”x36” on canvas, a drifting lazy river of language lost and found against a sea of deepest black
#mixedmedia #collageart #blueskycollage #visualart

Woman’s hand holds two cards promoting A Celebration of Palestinean Embroidery, an art show at Swana Rose in Portland, Oregon

Embroidery piece The Birds, stitched by master artisan Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim. This embroidery panel is stitched mostly in red and is rich with detail and story. Two birds can be easily discerned but a closer look unveils additional details, such as the artist’s name and the word Palestine

Embroidery piece Al Naqab, stitched by master artisan Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim in 2022. The panel illustrates a Bedouin woman stirched in style, incorporating metal and beads as well as thread

PDX, don’t miss A Celebration of Palestinean Embroidery, at @swanarosepdx.bsky.social. This intimate, thoughtfully curated exhibit weaves together masterful stitching, storytelling, and family beautifully. More info: www.tatreezandtea.com/celebration
#portland #pdx #tatreez #embroidery

🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location.

ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.

This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.

Leaving our fav park, we passed an older couple w/ 2 small pups. One of which was a wee little teacup puffball … that was a delightful shade of purple. “We just got back from vacation,” the couple explained. “The kids shaved him and dyed him without teling us!” Surprise, I guess?! 🤷🏻‍♀️😂 #dogs #petsky

Affordable. Dignified. Maybe a bellwether of rise in disabling conditions and population aging, but I dig my new tools for making daily life a little easier 🩵

BÄSINGEN shower chair, anthracite BÄSINGEN shower chair, anthracite BÄSINGEN series with clean and simple expression in dark grey, is designed to make everyday tasks at home easier. This sturdy shower stool with non-slip feet is comfy...

A small, good thing: Ikea has adaptive living stuff now — a shower chair and a sturdy little bench with handlebar for dressing (www.ikea.com/us/en/p/baes...). They’re just right + look so much less medical than alternatives, without the propensity to mold like the bamboo stool I just had to retire 😂

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