The Narrative Image

Thanks to former high school classmate Sarah (who does volunteer work for Portland Swing Dance Club), I got an opportunity to display some of my bridge photos at their big event, BridgeTown Swing, currently taking place this weekend at the Red Lion - Jantzen Beach (Portland, OR). free standing display in the main ballroom Since the BridgeTown Swing event attracts dancers from up and down the West Coast (and perhaps beyond), I thought it might be a good idea to make commemorative posters, reminiscent of those famous Portland Jazz Festival posters, so...

A deer not yet realizing it's dead pirouettes down the remaining length of  my flinching pickup Tires scribble outside the lines With all my might I will the truck to turn like league bowlers use body English to  curve their bowling balls after the release but travel a physics-determined path as a passenger along for the ride to its end while accusing an unlikely omniscient being You have got to be kidding me After the gravel lands After the silence and me still breathing After the curious stop to see - kind enough to help as they understandably revel in their luck That cop who has seen it all before Asks me questions I can understand and like some guardian angel guides me out of my paralysis and actually says Just doing my job The tow truck driver thinks city folk need to keep their eyes open and pay more attention but I think tow truck drivers own and operate deer farms...