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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JJ Kid Art
Family trees are graphically misleading. Just like the maps that necessarily distort the relative size of countries in order to faithfully represent their shape, a family tree that shows a clear beginning and a discreet set of branches serves to distort what a family is. Because in fact no one can be at the head…
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A List of the Missing Is Not Enough
One day at a time, they pass. And the list of missing of Srebrenica and other victims of the Bosnian War is still not a list of the dead. Thank God for those who still bother to count.
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Upon the Defeat of John Kerry
I have isolated myself today. I stayed home from work and cried as John Edwards and John Kerry conceded defeat. I am stunned and hurt. I am curious about these millions who voted for Bush. I am in the minority. That surprises me. I believe that our president has led a war of folly, has…
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Upon First Seeing Filming of a Reality TV Show
I was in Midway Airport last night traveling to Raleigh, NC on Southwest Airline Granada Films is shooting a show called “Airline“ It is based on the doings of Southwest Airlines at Midway and is to be shown on A&E I saw a sign of waiver to that effect at the airport– a blanket statement…
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Upon First Entering Millennium Park
Last night I experienced Millennium Park. It is immense and personal. Everything was gigantic and felt just right. There were dozens of thousands of people there and I was with Deirdre, solo. We entered from the northwest corner, at a pond circled by names of the monied class who donated to help make the park.…