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XMas 2020: Neo-Elizabethan Edition

To decorate, or not to decorate? K.B. Dixon and a Guy Named Will tell a winter's tale of baubles and figurines.

TEXT MOSTLY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
PHOTOGRAPHS BY K.B. DIXON


To decorate, or not to decorate, that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to down a quart of nog against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them. 


OLD WORLD SANTA, 2020

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Cascadia Composers Lincoln Hall Portland State University Portland Oregon



NUTCRACKER, 2020



NEST, 2020



PLUS-SIZED SANTA, 2020



POINSETTIA, 2020



ORNAMENT, 2020



SNOWMAN, 2020



TREE, 2020

Sponsor

Cascadia Composers Lincoln Hall Portland State University Portland Oregon


K.B. Dixon’s work has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals. His most recent book, The Dogs of Doggerel: Irregular Poems was published in Fall 2025. The recipient of an OAC Individual Artist Fellowship Award, he is the winner of both the Next Generation Indie Book Award and the Eric Hoffer Book Award. He is the author of seven novels: The Sum of His SyndromesAndrew (A to Z)A Painter’s LifeThe Ingram InterviewThe Photo AlbumNovel Ideas, and Notes as well as the essay collection Too True, Essays on Photography, and the short story collections, Artifacts, and My Desk and I. Examples of his photographic work may be found in private collections, juried exhibitions, online galleries, and at kbdixonimages.com.

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