Daniel Sherrard

Riveting, rowdy, and rambunctious — that's the only way to describe Derrick Brown's weekend on San Juan Island. Derrick in front of IVLC Head Quarters His Friday night Red Light Show had us feeling flirtatious and feisty from the very first line. If you missed the sneak peek on our socials, go find those photos immediately — they tell a story all their own. https://www.instagram.com/p/DWNILW5AYfm/?igsh=MXB6ZWl3emd2Zzg4dQ== But the magic didn't stop at the show. Saturday's workshop...

Our second annual Hearts + Verses workshop was held on 2/12 at Island Verse headquarters. You can join us virtually in some heart-centered reflection with the writing prompts below, and maybe find a little inspiration from selected poems by Andrea Gibson, Jeffrey McDaniel, and Elise Cope. Writing Prompts Love personified: Explore the perspective of an inanimate object's love for something else, or it's "person". Unspoken love: The words you’ve never shared—what you wish you could say but...

Starting the evening with an incredible r a i n b o w over the harbor, we gazed at the divine sign: this funeral was properly timed. People we’ve previously had the blessing of witnessing in this space poured through the door in their funeral wear and had us gasping and aweing with their delightful details. Exceptionally enticing aesthetic appetizers from Jules of Salmonberry were the star of the back corner of the gallery. The pumpkin, pear, whiskey cocktail opened our hearts to sharing...