The Essays
Victoria BolducNew England based artist and Expressive Arts Therapy graduate student sharing essays, poems, and film photographs from among the seas, trees, and travels in between. Leaning into Mary Oliver's advice: pay attention, be astonished, tell about it.
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033. In Your Own Time
I’m sitting in my first beginner’s pottery class in Portland, Maine. An old brewhouse turned ceramics studio tucked downtown in this small port city.
High, concrete ceilings surround us. Damp, grey light from an overcast sky pouring throu...
032. [POEM] becoming
Mixed media collage original poetry and 35mm film photograph of Cohaset, MA by Victoria Bolduc.
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BECOMING
today i feel restless and lost
in...
031. Inciting Incidents & Fluvial Erosion
I’ve spent my January with ’s second book, Weathering. Pages splayed open in the early mornings before work, words glowing under the warm, dancing flame of candlelight during these cold New England winter evenings. I find Allen’s writing to...
030. Isostacy, Ecotones, and Healing
I’ve started my very first read for 2025, finally finding my way to ’s book Weathering. What feels more true though, is Ruth Allen’s book, Weathering, finally found its way to me. And it’s changing me.
I knew by page nine I would need a p...
029. [POEM] hello, to the clearing
Mixed media collage original poetry and 35mm film photograph of sunrise in Portland, Maine by Victoria Bolduc.
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HELLO, TO THE CLEARING
he...
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