Thoughts and Happenings

  • Plant more trees

    Plant more trees

    Many seek online spaces of safety. But that doesn’t serve the profits of capitalism or bow to fascism, so the open internet, now all but totally coopted, will just not do.  Read more

  • The Evolving Gaze

    The Evolving Gaze

    I’m thrilled to have two paintings included in the latest volume of the International Human Rights Arts Movement journal. Here’s what they have to say about it. Read more

  • Building Worlds Fast and Slow

    Building Worlds Fast and Slow

    Something easy to clean up would mean easy to disappear. In a way, it would be like erasing me along with the mess. I want to say I was here and left this work, this world, this vision. Read more

  • Alone in this dark forest?

    Alone in this dark forest?

    A literary fact vs. fiction shot-and-chaser to read on leisurely evenings while contemplating the stars Read more

  • Signs of Intelligent Life

    Signs of Intelligent Life

    A reporter’s journey into a world that we interact with (and depend on) every day but rarely notice. At least not the whole story. Read more

  • Ghost in the Machine

    Ghost in the Machine

    Musings on the ethical concerns surrounding large language models, colloquially referred to as AI, and where they do or do not fit in this artist’s creative process. Read more

  • Life, the universe and everything

    Life, the universe and everything

    Pondering the indeterminacy of life and art I muse on whether I’m conduit or origin. Read more

  • Got you covered

    Got you covered

    We want the gut punch of immediate visuals tickling the faster parts of our central processing unit to know if we should spare our precious and limited attention on something. A lot hinges on the humble cover. Read more

  • The Revolution Will Not Be Funded

    The Revolution Will Not Be Funded

    Alright, darlings, let’s get busy with some feisty political talk—and, true to form, a big fat complicated book to read! The book is not immediately about art, it comes from the world of violence prevention work. But, it’s about art, too, even if they authors don’t mention it specifically. Hopefully you’ll stick with me on… Read more

  • Coded works, coded lives

    Coded works, coded lives

    Wherein a biography of John Singer Sargent stirs thoughts of the balancing acts queers faced then and what we still face today. Read more