Mar 1, 2019
The attraction of science
It’s been said before (and more explicitly), but I f-ing love science! A scientist can envision many peculiar worlds; not only the one we...
Feb 26, 2019
Wild and precious
Remember when your definition of “old” kept changing as you grew from a child, through adolescence, through your 20’s, 40’s and so on? I...
Feb 5, 2019
Peace de résistance
Symbols are powerful because they’re a shortcut to the brain, to the soul. Few are as powerfully evocative in the modern western world than
Aug 6, 2018
Black Rain Falling
Black Rain has become a metaphor in Japan for the atomic bomb and its aftermath. Hibakusha testimony is a blunt reminder on this horrific 73
Mar 26, 2018
Lost highway
Awareness is creeping in that the Alaskan Way viaduct will be leveled sometime this year, another surge in the great Seattle overhaul;...
Jan 29, 2018
Alone in the studio with Samuel Beckett
It’s not hard to be making art in a city like Seattle, where the arts are fairly hopping, artists throw open their doors, there’s no...
Aug 9, 2017
Jolted by events today, and 72 years ago today
I’m always curious about what inspires and sparks an artist. Personally, I find it hard not to be provoked by what’s going on in the...