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LAURA ORTMAN - AMPLIFIED PIANO, VOICE, ACOUSTIC VIOLIN

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ONE OF MY FAVORITES:
THE DESERT SKIES MAKE MOUNTAINSCAPES IN NEW YORK CITY

A RAINBOW PASSAGEWAY FROM MY WILD HEART
TO TWIRLING
CIRCLING
AROUND METALLIC WINGS & SMOKY WAVES
CHURN TO DARK LOVING SPARKS

THAT CREATE THIS FIRE!

MELTING ROSIN & TASTES OF SALTS
THAT SCRAPE THE BEAUTIFUL SCARS
EARNED IN SURVIVAL OF LONG MORNING DREAMS
THAT LED ME TO THIS SONG
ON THIS DAY

GLOWING FLICKERS IN THE NIGHT
TRAINS THE DANCE
LINED WITH CERTAINTY
WRAPPED IN ARCHING ENDLESS
FASCINATING TRAILS OF HOW MEMORABLY IT REAPPEARS

THOSE PASSENGER CLOUDS
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
DROP ME OFF BY YOUR SIDE

A HEAVY MASSIVE WEIGHT I LOVE & CARRY
UNTIL I'VE DROPPED LIKE I'VE NEVER WIPED OUT BEFORE

BIT IT SO HARD CLIMBING OVER TREES
MOUNTAINS
ROCK
MIRROR-BALL LAKES
THE GLITTERY SIDEWALK
THE SKYSCRAPERS

GREY GROUNDS WITH PRISMS OF HOME
THAT ALL KISSED MY KNEE
WHEN I DIRECTLY
HAPPILY
FELL
FOR YOU

FAVORITE VISIONS IN MY MIND
HERE'S A SONG TO TRACE THE TIME
WALK DREAM STEPS TAKE THE CLIMB
KISSED MY KNEE
MIRAGE SO FINE*++*+**+*

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from SMOKE RINGS SHIMMERS ENDLESS BLUR, released August 8, 2023

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Laura Ortman Brooklyn, New York

2022 FORGE PROJECT Fellow, 2022 USA Artist Fellow, 2022 FCA Grants to Artists, 2020 JEROME@CAMARGO RESIDENCY, 2019 WHITNEY BIENNIAL, 2017-18 JEROME FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP, 2016 ART MATTERS GRANT AWARDEE, 2016 NATIVE ARTS AND CULTURE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP, 2014 RAUSCHENBERG RESIDENCY, Artist­-in­Residence, Issue Project Room NYC, 2008 First Nations Composers Initiative Grant​ ... more

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