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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Lincoln Marsh, Mid-Spring 2013: The Fire, The Water, and the In-Betweens
Last time I checked in at Lincoln Marsh it was to document calendrical closing of our durable winter. The crunchy reeds were everywhere and ice mixed with water: As we went through the bucket-style downpours last week, I often thought of what that would mean for the marsh. More water, for one, which would be…
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What I Learned in the Obituaries Today
I love the obituaries. Today there is an amazing one. ROBERT G. EDWARDS, 1925-2013Changing Rules of Conception With the First ‘Test Tube Baby’ Robert G. Edwards, who opened a new era in medicine when he joined a colleague in developing in vitro fertilization, enabling millions of infertile couples to bring children into the world and…
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The Spring Suite Thirteen Series by Andy Kane
Artist Andy Kane has just published a new series of prints: The Spring Suite Thirteen Series. Here’s the pieces: And his description: All done on 18×24 acid free archival watercolor paper, each print is a limited edition of 125. They are all signed and numbered by the artist. Shipping is included in the price which…
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Closing This Durable Winter (Spring Never Loses)
As we enter the last week of Winter 2013, this winter that started mild then demonstrated a heavy wetness and stubborn staying power, I visited Lincoln Marsh to see what the mood was within the trees and birds and scratchy soil. Here’s what I’ve got: There’s an immense in-between-ness to the fields there. Damp ground,…
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Custom Iron Work and Lucite Handle, 1714 W. Division, Chicago
S-L and I were walking last week and we noticed– for the first time– the great custom facade on this building. The iron grate work over the front doors have a staggered pattern of cylinders: They look to me like slugs of metal from some other process, as if the person who made it just…