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Karla D Smith2025-02-20 13:55:162025-02-20 15:01:50art letter | no. 1. 2025 | february
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Karla D Smith2024-11-04 15:15:252025-02-20 14:00:11art letter | no. 6. 2024 | october
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Karla D Smith2024-09-25 18:43:312024-11-04 15:16:02art letter | no. 5. 2024 | september
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Karla D Smith2024-09-16 14:40:272024-09-25 18:48:58art letter | no. 4. 2024 | september
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Karla D Smith2024-04-27 15:30:262024-09-16 14:41:58art letter | no. 3. 2024 | april
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Karla D Smith2024-04-03 00:54:172024-04-27 15:31:09art letter | no. 2. 2024 | april
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Karla D Smith2024-02-28 16:24:342024-04-03 01:06:47art letter | no. 1. 2024 | february
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Karla D Smith2023-12-16 15:05:152024-02-28 16:35:39art letter | no. 6. 2023 | december
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Karla D Smith2023-09-07 14:25:042023-12-16 15:06:59art letter | no. 5 2023 | september
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Karla D Smith2023-06-16 13:33:512023-09-07 14:30:24art letter | no. 4. 2023 | june
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Karla D Smith2023-05-12 19:09:102023-06-16 13:33:40art letter | no. 3. 2023 | may
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Karla D Smith2023-02-10 13:42:542023-05-12 19:08:38art letter | no. 2. 2023 | february
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Karla D Smith2023-01-23 14:26:152023-02-10 13:48:21art letter | no. 1. 2023 | january
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Karla D Smith2022-12-06 02:00:152023-01-23 14:29:31art letter | no. 5. 2022 | november
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Karla D Smith2022-08-08 18:40:132022-12-06 02:42:34art letter | no. 4. 2022 | august
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Karla D Smith2022-05-26 15:13:372022-12-06 02:41:51art letter | no. 3. 2022 | may
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Karla D Smith2022-03-30 15:33:092022-12-06 02:41:02art letter | no. 2. 2022 | march
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Karla D Smith2022-01-13 18:56:272022-12-06 02:40:24art letter | no. 1. 2022 | january
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Karla D Smith2021-11-18 12:54:522022-01-13 18:59:27art letter | no. 5. 2021 | november
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Karla D Smith2021-10-07 13:55:062021-11-18 12:55:54art letter | no. 4. 2021 | september
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Karla D Smith2021-08-28 16:01:472021-11-18 12:58:53art letter | no. 3. 2021 | august
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Karla D Smith2021-06-07 16:52:522021-11-23 11:37:50art letter | no. 2. 2021 | may
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Karla D Smith2021-01-21 19:49:152021-08-28 16:15:00art letter | no. 1. 2021 | january
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Karla D Smith2020-11-19 18:09:022021-01-21 19:51:07art letter | no. 6. 2020 | november
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Karla D Smith2020-09-25 17:11:272020-11-19 18:16:39art letter | no. 5. 2020 | september
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Karla D Smith2020-07-29 17:20:212021-08-28 16:10:05art letter | no. 4. 2020 | july
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Karla D Smith2020-06-05 16:17:212020-08-10 09:03:36art letter | no. 3. 2020 | May
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David Slader2020-02-18 13:43:582021-01-21 19:52:29art letter | no. 2. 2020 | February
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David Slader2020-01-16 13:42:212020-08-10 09:04:17art letter | no. 1. 2020 | January
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David Slader2019-09-05 13:40:432020-08-10 09:04:24art letter | no. 7. 2019 | September
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David Slader2019-04-24 13:40:402020-08-10 09:04:31art letter | no. 6. 2019 | april
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David Slader2019-03-14 13:40:372020-08-10 09:04:39art letter | no. 5. 2019 | march
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David Slader2019-03-05 13:40:332020-08-10 09:04:46art letter | no. 4. 2019 | march
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David Slader2019-01-17 15:30:062021-08-28 16:17:23art letter / no. 1. 2019 / january
art letter | no. 2. 2025 | march
As I start to write this, I have Debbie Baxter’s photographic tribute to healing open on my lap. I am sitting comfortably in my favorite chair by a roaring fire, but my cheeks are damp. Not with sadness, but with swelling admiration and hope. Her book, NEST, is a tribute to courage—the courage of trauma survivors to grapple with their demons and learn to trust, to feel, and to face their pain. . .
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Read David’s Art Letter essay, Demons and twigs: The healing art of Debbie Baxter, featured in Oregon ArtsWatch