Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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The Landscapes of Parenting
Near/ Far Originally uploaded by juggernautco. I am a divorced father of two. I live in the City and they primarily live with their mother in the suburbs. That means that I am out there twice a week doing normal parenting things (school pickup, tae kwon do lessons, bath/book/bed, etc.) as well as…
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Me & China
Our current president’s recent trip to Asia had me thinking about my own journey there. So I dug up all of the black & white images I took during my trip to China in December 1990. I scanned them and uploaded them to Flickr. I was obsessed with China at the time, mainly because of…
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The Question
So, maybe I’m a cyncial and ugly person or maybe I just cut directly to the most obvious unasked question, but when I read this story: Virginia Man Among Four Kidnapped in Iraq, with the following lead: BAGHDAD, Iraq – Al-Jazeera broadcast video Tuesday of four Western peace activists held hostage by a previously unknown…
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Stove Top Stuffing Inventor is Dead
Ruth M. Siems, Inventor of Stove Top Stuffing, died earlier this month. We are a weird peoples. Here’s some text from the patent: “The nature of the cell structure and overall texture of the dried bread crumbemployed in this invention is of great importance if a stuffing which will hydrate in a matter of minutes…
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Image as Metaphor
Exit Metaphor Originally uploaded by juggernautco. Oftentimes a single image can sum up an entire time period. This image of our President, surrounded top to bottom in the ornate, deep red of China, trying to get out through a door that is locked. The grimace, the door that towers over him, the repeating…