Author: DXO
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New art: Sandstone “Chicago”
Last night I purchased this piece in Millennium Park just north of the skating rink: When I saw him, with a number of pieces splayed in front of him, he was finishing up with another client, giving her his number so she can contact him when she gets back home. I asked him my stock…
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This Weather is Murder on Poster Glue.
Yesterday was a big day for me, poster-wise, and today the walls continued to act exactly like the sky today. I harvested four more posters by T-Money from damp walls all over Wicker Park.
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It Was a Five-Poster Day.
I collect posters. Here’s some of them. As a collector of posters, sometimes I do things that are not quite legit, like taking posters off walls for events that have not happened yet. This doesn’t make me happy, but I rationalize it to myself by saying that I am an archivist with a vision. I…
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2017 By The Numbers
We’re far past Peak Quantifiable Self, but I still like personal data. I track my weight, my location, and my activities in ways that help me stay accountable to myself and my family. I never turn off Google Location History, I use my Chrome Browser History to reconstruct my days, I keep detail handwritten journals…
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Original Documents and Notes from Events Surrounding the Death of Harold Washington
I saw today that John Kass of the Chicago Tribune published a piece today titled, “Harold Washington’s death 30 years ago marked end of Chicago’s black political power“. He wrote about the memorial service/ rally at UIC, the memorial at Daley Plaza, and the City Hall protests when the Sawyer was appointed Mayor. I was…