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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TRUT: The Star, The Globe, and the Missing H in the New Veracity
I wrote this essay for Emigre 41, The Magazine Issue (1997). It also appeared in my 2003 book, Economics. In this essay, I coined the word, “trut”.
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Phoenix Flame and The Aesthetic I Currently Want
I recently picked up a publication at Broadway Antique Mart there just looks so good I had to have it. When I got home, I researched the object and realized that it was a promotional publication for a maker of lids. Phoenix Flame, Sports Series 1 was published in 1952 by the Phoenix Metal Cap…
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Pandemic Election: Six-Column Headlines of the New York Times
I collect the entire front section of 6-column headlines of the New York Times. I have all of the 6-column headlines related to the Persian Gulf war of 1991, all 13 of the 6-column headlines related to the 9/11 attacks, and all of them related to the fall of the Soviet Union. I have a…
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King Von, John Lewis, 10 minutes & 17 miles in the American South
I’ve wrriten personal essays over the years that meld my life into the current moment.
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On “Officer Support System” Software in Chicago
The CPD clearly lacked was a desire or capacity to be held accountable to the people they serve. But what I saw was a move to spend more money on an early warning system, I vigorously opposed it in task force meetings.