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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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