SELECTED LINES

Lines of text for Orange Lining have been obtained by public solicitation. The call for submissions requested that writings be original and evoke places, people, and travels along the new light rail alignment. Submissions were to be fifty characters or less in length, including spaces and should not have include punctuation. Some submissions did have punctuation before we made it clear that our stencil and stamps sets didn’t include punctuation. (We have since obtained commas and apostrophes to make that work.)

A selection group including Buster Simpson, Peg Butler and volunteer literary professionals; David Abel, David Oates and Lisa Radon reviewed and selected writings in a blind juried process. The PMLR Public Art Advisory Committee reviewed the final selections. Below are the final selections.

Lines in orange have been printed on silt fencing. Lines not in orange, will be stamped only. All of the lines listed below will be stamped in concrete along the alignment during phase 2, some lines will be placed in multiple locations. We have 103 lines and 120 locations to be stamped.

1	FRESH OUT OF THE TUNNEL LIGHT IS MILK AND HOLY WATER	Amber T May
2	AWAKE A THROB OF CRICKETS IT TAKES THE WEIGHT OF YOU	Amy MacLennan
3	EVEN NOW THE HEART IS FLOWERING A WILD PATIENCE	Amy Schutzer
4	EVERY DAY WE END UP POLISHED FROM A ROUGHER STONE	Amy Schutzer
5	FENCE IS SIMPLE DIVISION INSISTENT AS SYLLABLES	Amy Schutzer
6	USE PINK SKY TO IRON WATER	Amy Schutzer
7	DID YOU REMEMBER TO BRING YOURSELF ALONG	Anatoly Molotkov
8	CLASS B CDL WITH P SAYS OK TO LRV TO SE PDX	Andrew Quadri
9	A RIVER, BLURRED IN THE DISTANCE	Anne Elizabeth Shaw
10	HER FACE AS SHE TURNS FROM THE WINDOW	Anne Elizabeth Shaw
11	LET THERE BE A NARROW MARGIN EMERGENT IN THE SAND	Anne Elizabeth Shaw
12	A BRIDGE CHANGES SYSTEMS	Annika Wang
13	CROSS THE FREIGHT TRACKS LATTICE OF STEEL & LIGHT	Ayelet Amittay
14	DUSKY WAREHOUSES EYES SHUT BACKS TO THE RIVER	Ayelet Amittay
15	FREIGHT CARS CHUFFING ON THE LADDERED LANES	Ayelet Amittay
16	STEEL CABLES SOLDER THE SKY TO STAINED GLASS	Ayelet Amittay
17	THE OLD TREES SWEEP OUR WAY POUR OVER THE ASPHALT	Ayelet Amittay
18	WE WERE SHORTWAVE WE WERE WHAT ROVES	B.T. Shaw
19	SWOLLEN SWIRLING EDDIES CLAIM UNMOORED THOUGHTS	Becca Biggs
20	BLACKBIRD’S RED SHOWS ONLY ON OPENED WINGS	Brigitte Goetze
21	ILLUMINATED WE FLOAT LIKE FINGERPRINTS ON GLASS	Brigitte Goetze
23	HONED IN MIND, WORN BY THE SOLE (stamp only)	Buster Simpson
22	IMPRESSED (Date of Stamping will be added, stamp only)	Buster Simpson
24	ORANGE SILT FENCE CARBON BLACK BARRIER	Buster Simpson
25	A RIVER OF STRIPED STEEL, OF ROLLING GLASS	Carol Weliky
26	BLOOMING IN THE VALLEY, MY LITTLE DARK ROSE	Casey Neill
27	EVERY DIRECTION LEADS US BACK AGAIN	Casey Neill
28	PULLING THOUGHTS OVER HOLLOWS WALKING TO THE RIVER	Charles F. Thielman
29	RIVER’S EBB INSCRIBED ON BRIDGE LEGS	Charles F. Thielman
30	CLACKAMAS TO MULTNOMAH SHE STILL WATCHES OVER YOU	Cindy Williams Gutierrez
31	FAINTEST ECHOES, THEIR WORDS WALKED HERE	David Abel
32	NATURE, PART II	David Abel
33	TO READ THE TRACKS TO NEED TO KNOW	David Abel
34	SET YOUR BAGS DOWN FOR A FEW NIGHTS	David Biespiel
35	TOE POEM ARTISANAL TARSAL FARCE (stamp only)	David Oates
36	WHAT WE LOVE WILL SAVE US (2)	David Oates
37	EARTH AND SKY PRESS US LIKE LETTERS TO EACH OTHER	Dinae E Horne
38	I IMAGINE YOU AND HOW I BRUSHED BY YOU WITH WORDS	Elisabeth Tschalaer
39	WE ARRIVE TOGETHER (2)	Elisabeth Tschalaer
40	CARRY THESE WORDS LIKE FOLD UP CHAIRS ACROSS TIME	Frances Payne Adler
41	FAMILY TIES LACED IN OUR NEIGHBORS’ SHOES	Garret Potter
42	MUTUALLY WOVEN INTO ANOTHER’S CONSIDERATION	Garret Potter
43	I SEE MOONLIGHT RUSHING ON THIN RIVERS OF STEEL	Gillian Zacharias
44	INTO THE LILT SONG INTO THE FLASHES OF RED	Gregory Chaimov
45	STEEL ON STEEL RACING TO CATCH THE MELODY	Gregory Chaimov
46	THE RUT A THOUSAND HOOVES HAVE CUT	Gregory Chaimov
47	A TREE IS MY UMBRELLA	Helen Nighthawk
48	KNIT THE CITY BONES RIDE THE VEINS	J. Graham Murtaugh
49	POETRY IS THE SOUL’S EROSION CONTROL	J. Graham Murtaugh
50	DAY TRAIL NIGHT VEIL LIGHT RAIL	Jana Zvibleman
51	EVERY RUIN IS A THING WE HAVE MADE	Jason Mashak
52	LEFT ALL I KNEW IN HINDSIGHT LONG FROM HOME	Jessica Samuelsen
53	COASTING OUR BOUNDARIES WE FOREVER RIDE THE LINE	Jordan Brown
54	A HOST OF OAKS TILTING TOWARD RECOGNITION	Jules Boykoff
55	SHE SNAPPED PHOTOS OF THINGS I COULDN’T SEE	Jules Boykoff
56	THE RUFFLE OF A SCRUB JAY’S WINGS ON LANDING	Jules Boykoff
57	ATOP AN OPULENCE OF STICKS OSPREYS SPY THE RIVER	Kaia Sand
58	LOST IN THOUGHT, A JOLT A BUMP, A SMILE	Kathleen Detaeye
59	TWITTER CHERRY BLOSSOMS FACEBOOK RAINDROPS	Kunal Mehra
60	WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA WITH YOUR RAIN	Kunal Mehra
61	SO MANY HEARTS WHERE MY HEART NOW RIDES	Lana Hechtman Ayers
62	CRAWLING IN DUST HOW HEAVY THESE FEET OF CLOUDS	Laura Winter
63	ON THE ORANGE LINE ONE BLUE UMBRELLA LEFT BEHIND	M
64	ON TRAINS WE STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER	M
65	COSMOPOLIS STRETCHES OUT AN ARM	Magdalen Powers
66	BEHIND THE VEIL OF MORNING FOG MOUNT HOOD (2)	Margaret Chula
67	NEAR REED I SAW LONG AGO A POND WITH WHITE GEESE	Margaret Krausse
68	OCHER AND BLUE OUR SHADOWS SWIM THROUGH EACH OTHER	Margaret Thomas
69	THE STORY BEGINS AT THE CORNER	Martha Sandstead
70	BARN SWALLOWS FLYING TILT RHYTHM QUICK AND DIVING	Melanie Green
71	THE SUN RETURNING THE SKY TO US	Melanie Green
72	A SEED BLOWN THERE BY ACCIDENT	Micki Selvitella
73	YOU ARE THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE	Micki Selvitella
74	I LEARNED ABOUT FAITH FROM THE BEND OF THE RIVER	Mike Aspros
75	MY STONE SKIN CHIPS AWAY AS HERONS BREEZE OVERHEAD	Mike Aspros
76	STONES STAND STEADY TO DULL THE BULLDOZER’S BLADE	Mike Aspros
77	WHEN THE COYOTES CRY YOU’LL HEAR THE CHINOOK WIND	Mike Aspros
78	INSERT TRAVELERS PROVERB HERE	Olivia Blacklock
79	JOURNEYS GIVE US NEW EYES TO SEE OUR WORLD ANEW	Paulann Petersen
80	PRIMERO Y PARA SIEMPRE EL ESPIRITU DEL CAMINO (2)	Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate
81	THE SUBTLE BUILDING OF A SMILE	Peg Butler
82	CHOREOGRAPHY OF PLACE, LYRICAL ALIGNMENT	Peg Butler
83	CIVILITY UNSPOKEN AS EACH STEP CONSIDERS THE OTHER	Peg Butler
84	EYE CATCHING, A GAME OF SMALL SALUTES	Peg Butler
85	GRAPEVINE RIGHT GRAPEVINE LEFT BACKWARD WALKS	Peg Butler
86	KICK KICK TRIPLE STEP ACROSS POINT	Peg Butler
87	OLD STONES GOOD CITY BONES	Peg Butler
88	SHE KNEW SHE WOULD GET THERE IN TIME	Peg Butler
89	PEOPLE PULLER WHISPERS ALONG	Quake Tornieri
90	WHERE ARE WE GOING TOGETHER	Sandy Sampson
91	WILLAMETTE RIVER WHITTLED BY RIPRAP AND WAPATO	Sara J. Call
92	IN DAYDREAMS WHICH STRANGERS BECOME FRIENDS	Scot Siegel
93	SOME HAVE EVOLVED TO COMMUTE UPRIGHT SMILING	Scot Siegel
94	EVERYONE IS A LITTLE MORE FAMOUS ON A TRAIN	Scot Siegel
95	HERE JURIES OF MOSS AND LICHEN REST IN THE TREES	Scot Siegel
96	IN SPRINGTIME EVERYONE SECRETLY LOVES YOU	Scot Siegel
97	UNDER A ZIPPER OF BRIDGES OUR GREEN CITY THRUMS (3)	Scot Siegel
98	A HIGH WATER MARK STILL RINGS THESE TREES	Tiel Aisha Ansari
99	I SING THE ELECTRIC LINES CHARGED FULL WITH SOULS	Tiel Aisha Ansari
100	PASS CAREFULLY BY LADD’S SPIDERWEB OF STREETS	Tiel Aisha Ansari
101	THE COUNTY LINE IS NOT MARKED ON THE EARTH	Tiel Aisha Ansari
102	WE SLED DOWN THE BIG HILL TO DOVE STREET	Tina Buettell
103	DOWNTOWN PORTLAND FACES SKETCHED FAST	Wendy Moidel

The submission process has closed.

CALLING ALL WORDSMITHS — WRITE A LINE FOR THE LINE!

SHORT POETIC LINES WANTED FOR NEW TRIMET MAX LINE PUBLIC ART PROJECT!

Construction has begun on TriMet’s Portland – Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project (PMLR), scheduled to begin service in 2015. Running 7.3 miles from Portland State University to Oak Grove, the future MAX Orange Line will connect downtown and inner Southeast Portland to Milwaukie and Clackamas County.

Project artist Buster Simpson and collaborator Peg Butler invite the public to submit original, short poetic lines of text for Orange Lining, a two phase public art installation to span the length of the light rail alignment.

In phase one, orange silt fencing, a common erosion control material, is assigned a dual function and becomes a surface for publication of selected lines during construction of the transit project. In the second phase, lines of text are stamped into concrete where new sidewalks are installed, embedding sentiments of the times along the alignment. In both phases, the project utilizes typical construction materials and works with the tradespeople who are building the light rail transit project.

All those with a connection to the region are invited to submit lines of text. Submissions must be original and should evoke places, people, and travels along the new light rail alignment. They must be 50 characters or less in length, including spaces and should not include punctuation or symbols. Distilling a message of civic relevance to this level of brevity is your challenge!

Submissions will be reviewed through a blind juried process by a selection group consisting of Buster Simpson, Peg Butler and volunteer literary professionals; David Abel, David Oates and Lisa Radon. Selected lines will be submitted to the PMLR Public Art Advisory Committee for final review.

Multiple submissions may be included in each entry. Please include your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number (or other contact information). By submitting your lines for consideration, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of the project. 

PROJECT SCHEDULE

• March 15th, 2012 – Requests for Submissions distributed.
• Wednesday, May 2nd is the last day to submit lines for inclusion in this first phase of the selection process. After that we will be accepting lines in an ongoing basis throughout the Orange Lining process. There will be more information on the ongoing submission process available soon The chances for your lines to be selected will be best if they are submitted by the end of day on May 2nd.
• Submission review will be ongoing through May 18th, 2012. Selected lines will be published on this website after final review by PMLR Public Art Advisory Committee.
• Art Starts Now printing will take place predominantly May through July, 2012. Installation will be ongoing throughout PMLR Transit Project construction.
• Impressed Concrete stampings will begin in July 2012 and continue through completion of PMLR Transit Project.