SIMULTANEITY
The capacity and limitations of the human brain fascinate me: how much of this world can we process at once? How much can we hold in our heads simultaneously? Obviously, there is a limit to what we can see and understand about the world, because so much of it is not apparent to the human […]
TIDAL CURRENTS
After returning recently from a vacation to northern Maine coastal waters, and kayaking on the open waters, I have a renew awareness of the rise and fall of the tides: twice a nearly 11 feet, leaving large mudflats and rocky coastal shores visible at low tide. At high tide, mud flats became inlet bays. A […]
EXPANDING UNIVERSE
Imagine that the entire universe exists inside your head. All of the expanse “out there” exists “in here.” Two parallel universes. Next, imagine on this planet in this universe — the innocence of a young child in the nascent period of their life. In this moment existing in an unselfconscious way… sitting, legs outstretched, feet […]
SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSION
Everyday in the world “acts of spontaneous expression” are created. Graffiti artists incite us to stop and take notice of their creativity appearing in unexpected places. For some, the act is a crime and for others an aesthetic object of admiration. For the creators it results out of doing what feels natural or good, combined […]
UNDER THE KANSAS SKY
I believe that the world is a mysterious place, that all life is a mystery. And in its mystery, it can be a cruel, indifferent and lonely place. In the spirit of defining mystery, humans have created narratives. And in our endeavors to explain our place on the planet or to escape our loneliness, we […]
NEW YORK CITY REVISITED
In August 2021 we sold our loft in New York City and moved north to the Hudson Valley. In December 2022, I returned to visit. This video includes 38 video shorts, assembled as I recorded them in a trance-like walk in midtown. In 1987, I moved to New York to live and work. The energy […]
MADE BY HAND
Working in clay is a world away from working with computers, a tools that enables our current design practice. On a computer we create in a virtual space and tend towards rectilinear and geometric forms. Over time, we lose our tolerance for imperfection and our skills of improvisation. We strive for intentional, quintessential, precise shapes […]
HUMAN WAVES
“TWIST, TURN, PLUNGE, SLIDE, SPLASH, WIND, FLOAT & RELAX Zoom Flume Water Park has more than a dozen ways to pump up the fun.” A visit to the water park with my 8 year old grandson. The Zoom Flume Water Park is where strip down to their swim suit essentials, eat fast food and get […]
WHO KNOWS WHY
Estelle Kurzen, the sister of my friend Aaron Kurzen, died shortly after her brother in 2021. Aaron lived to 103 and Estelle three years younger. While Aaron was well known in his circle of friends and students as an artist and art teacher, Estelle was little known and had no circle of friends. She gifted […]
SENSORY OVERLOAD
Once upon a time, Whirlwind Creative was located in the heart of the fashion district. In the busy-ness of our daily design endeavors, we forgot that we were in the heartland of extravagant costuming in the making. The recent discovery of an “International Fashion Magazine Store” on 37th Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue prompted […]