Ditroen inc

03/28/2026

Love how my town represents.

02/28/2026

While the hungry ghost human inflammation rages on the rest of the planet is living in interdependent sanity. If we would only listen.

02/14/2026

Throughout the exhibit our altar has offered an invitation to visitors to bring their grief forward and allow a stone to hold it and be symbolically cleansed and release into the water. Each week I find the bowl is full of stones. I ritually renew the water and wash the stones and ready the altar for another week. Interestingly I have noticed that I can actually feel the weight of the grief coming off the stones as I clean them. Even more interesting is that over the last six weeks the weight of grief that I have been feeling wash off each of the stones has also been increasing. Such a good remember to make space for recognizing and finding ways to process our grief. Today is the last day we will have the altar up. Tomorrow I will return the stones to the ocean to be throughly cleansed of the collect grief. Thank you Mother Earth, ocean and lovely stones for holding it all for us.

02/10/2026

He’s quoted as being more afraid of the staff than the inmates. No criminal record, valid green card. Curious to hear how anyone who still supports this inhumanity can spin this one…

02/06/2026

02/02/2026

Contemplating awakenings and renewals

01/20/2026

Aurora and I were up late having a quiet chat with some coyotes.

01/14/2026

A meditation on end-of-life and what comes next…

Paragon Arts Gallery PCC Cascade Campus
815 N. Killingsworth Street, Portland OR, 97217

Join us for an afternoon of guided meditation focused on cultivating mindfulness and awareness of our mortality. We will draw inspiration from Maranasati, or The Nine Contemplations of Death, a Buddhist meditation practice designed to help us confront and overcome our resistance to death and dying.

The primary purpose of these practices is to face our own mortality, similar to traditional meditation, intended to enhance our appreciation for the richness of everyday life.

Dardinelle Troen, an artist and end-of-life doula, will guide participants through a 45-minute seated meditation that explores the nine contemplations, incorporating visualizations that reflect on our role as future ancestors.

RSVP or for questions email: [email protected]

12/25/2025

Happy holidays everyone.

12/16/2025

Forest fungi bathing