Thank you for visiting Sea Smoke Arts on the edge of Resurrection Bay in Seward, Alaska. Here you ca
Is the allure that it is disappearing? Ephemeral? I don’t think so. I think it is the embodiment o
Thank you for visiting Sea Smoke Arts on the edge of Resurrection Bay in Seward, Alaska.
Here you can explore an array of visual and literary arts as well as learn about upcoming events, programs, classes, readings and art showings. I hope you will find joy in what you discover and I look forward to hearing from you if you have questions or inquiries regarding my work.
Sincerely,
Shauna P.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Shauna will be the featured poet for Poetry Parley hosted at the Writers Block in Anchorage, Alaska.
Join Kassandra Mirosh of Weyekin Studios and Shauna Potocky of Sea Smoke Arts as they release their art and poetry broadsides at the Alaska Audubon Art and Conservation Night at the Anchorage Museum. Don’t Miss It!
CIRQUE Press signings at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference Seattle, Washington 2023
Shauna Potocky wins Tall Tales 2020!
Tall Tales! This weekend, September 19, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. Don’t Miss It!
Art Show: May 2020 Ranting Raven Art Gallery
Need some inspiration along with proper social distancing? The month of May will feature a special re-worked art showing–allowing people to do a walking art tour. Please stop by the Ranting Raven to see the show that was originally designed for this space, transformed into a virtual offering as well as a visual exhibit in the front window.
Literary Reading: Thursday, March 26, 2020 Lesser Told Tales of Town at Resurrect Art Coffee House has been postponed. This event will be rescheduled when community events can resume. Safety First!
Literary Reading: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Resurrect Art Coffee House
Art show: First Friday, July 5, 2019 at SeaSalt located in Downtown Seward, Alaska.
Art show: First Friday, May 3, 2019 at Advanced Physical Therapy located in Downtown Seward, Alaska.
Is the allure that it is disappearing? Ephemeral?
I don’t think so. I think it is the embodiment of the Earth’s most impressive forces—to freeze, thaw, rain down, evaporate—to be so powerful as to cut and move mountains, to carve valleys, feed diverse ecosystems and find its way, however distant, back to the sea.
When all systems are well and whole the cycle can repeat.
Cyclic—
like salmon
Cyclic—
like forest and fire
Cyclic—
like death and life
again and again from the soil.
For this to happen the systems must remain whole and healthy.
We cannot take too much, return too little or destroy what ultimately we depend on. We depend on ice in more profound ways than we are drawn to it.
We are in awe, we are confounded, some journey to the cracking edges, the calving toes to hear the thunder, witness the retreat—to stand before and experience the incredible forces.
Its beauty and reality lift us and startle us at the same time.
The answers to our current state of change are before us. They cannot be ignored. We cannot un-know. Each one of us, and collectively, can make a difference and we must.
You will watch the ice change in your lifetime and its impacts will touch our lives and span generations beyond us. Think of the people who need this ice today—and who will need it tomorrow. Let’s think of them while work through what can feel daunting or even ridiculous, while we listen to each other and negotiate, while we put the incredible power of our human will into creating solutions and change that builds us up as oppose to tears us down.
At the core of our existence and our time here—what legacy do we want to leave?
