Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Photo Essay: Minnesota State Fair, September 2018
A couple weekends ago I helped my son move into an apartment as he starts his second year in college. All summer I had been hankering to go to a county fair. I love everything about county fairs— the colors of the booths, the contained danger of the midway, the exaggerated foodstuffs. The direct examination…
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Collage: 18 Wonder Day
On Monday, I took the day off. It was my 18th anniversary of sobriety. I used the time to work on an image collage, which is a new (to me) form of art that I’ve been working on since I got an iPad Pro.
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Work in Progress: Index of Art Collection
My wife and I like art, and we have a lot of art on our walls. Here’s a couple pieces we’ve got hung up: But I’ve got more stuff. Collected over the last 30 years, tucked info portfolios, and stored away. I’ve made a series of half-hearted attempts over the years to document what I’ve…
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Stormy Daniels, Hero.
One thing I already knew, but learned last night in person, about Stormy Daniels, is that she is a stripper. She dances and choreographs and runs an enterprise that is based on her taking off her clothes in front of people. She is obviously in charge. She has men who pick up her dollars for her.…
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Standards & Solidarity
A review of Code Swaraj: Field Notes from the Standards Satyagraha by Carl Malamud and Sam Pitroda Here at the Code for America Summit, my mind turns to Carl Malamud, who, to me, is a towering figure in our field, and who is chronically under-appreciated. Carl recently published a book, Code Swaraj: Field Notes from…