Dos Passos On the Move

Currently reading Miguel Oliveira‘s 2013 book, From a Man without a Country to an American by Choice: John Dos Passos and Migration. Critical family history. Reading one’s ancestry is a […]

Cooking Craft: Tomato Sauce

I rarely ever make tomato sauce without sun-dried tomatoes. One of the great learnings I’ve enjoyed in life. It thickens the sauce and the bits of dried tomato become blasts […]

Word Pictures

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Soon I’ll be enrolling in art classes–drawing specifically. I’m excited to bring this new, relaxing hobby to my lifestyle. I think it will be a good anti-stress activity. I also […]

After the Hurricane

I’ve got this Winslow Homer print en route to me. I’ll be postering it in my cubicle in the new year. We have a reproduction of the painting at the […]

2016

May 2016 be as rich in vitality as the hues herein. One of my grandfather’s Italy pastels.

Color and Power in Star Wars

As I anticipate Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I’ve been thinking about the role of visual design in telling the Star Wars saga. Specifically, the moral and psychological symbolism of certain […]

Roots of Edelweiss

I was watching the film The Sound of Music the other night and it got me thinking, as I always do, about the role of Nazism in the plot. The […]