My debut nightmare remains vivid in my mind, and not because I possess a stellar capacity for memorable dissolution, but…
Detours and Triple Deuces
I once took Route 1 from Virginia to New Jersey by using a AAA atlas. This was around 2000 –…
No History To Speak Of, No Place To Speak From
I often come across many authors and thinkers in my reading who argue writing their own history is an emancipatory…
The Performance of Contemporary Art (Part 1)
What is a professional artist? That sort of word game can sometimes be trivial semantics. Or at best, a predictable…
DARK MATTERS: DECAY
I like to think of my worries as such: A decaying tree that lays in the entrance of a walking…
Braving the Days: What a Culture. What a Conundrum.
Photo Credit: Breck Brunson I don’t want to do anything right now. I was born into a culture of the…
Processing Karma
Processual learning, in classrooms and in life, emphasizes the intricate and unfolding manner of transformation. Karmic lessons are not always…
On Sleep, Kites, and Trying.
“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new…
Braving the Days: Permission and Decision
I have been maintaining that the day I turned 30 was the first day of my life. I felt my…
The Danger of Being Overwait
When I was in high school, I often thought: I can’t wait to graduate and go to college so I…
