Cori Dantini spends much of her time in her Pullman, Washington studio, covered in a mosaic of ink stains and glue dabs, bits of wordy paper clinging to her slippers. After earning a BFA in painting from Washington State University and spending a couple decades fiddling with brushes, oils, pencils, markers, and most recently, the mouse attached to her computer, she has discovered an organic process involving layers and language. Any meaning found in her work comes from this process. It is this mysterious, reciprocal quality of art that intrigues her and makes her think of her works as (short) visual poems.