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.

  • 2017 By The Numbers

    We’re far past Peak Quantifiable Self, but I still like personal data. I track my weight, my location, and my activities in ways that help me stay accountable to myself and my family. I never turn off Google Location History, I use my Chrome Browser History to reconstruct my days, I keep detail handwritten journals…

  • Original Documents and Notes from Events Surrounding the Death of Harold Washington

    I saw today that John Kass of the Chicago Tribune published a piece today titled, “Harold Washington’s death 30 years ago marked end of Chicago’s black political power“. He wrote about the memorial service/ rally at UIC, the memorial at Daley Plaza, and the City Hall protests when the Sawyer was appointed Mayor. I was…

  • The Glories of the Chicago Art Book Fair

    On Thursday and Friday I went to the first Chicago Art Book Fair,  which is “dedicated to showcasing emerging directions and diverse legacies within small press arts publishing. The fair features an international group of over 100 arts publishers, small presses, book artists, comics artists, zinemakers and printmakers”. It was a great atmosphere— a classic…

  • Walking the Salt Creek Trail, Laguna Beach

    Today S-L and I went for a walk and saw the native brush. Very little water. The brown burrs of a near-desert landscape.

  • Poster Art at Congress Theater, September 2017

    Tonight I walked by Congress Theater and took some pics of all of the great art on the exterior: Arte Agora, Congress Theater, Chicago, September 2017.