To find hope, clear out the toxicity
I began this version of my website as a blank canvas with a post about hope and the future, and a few months later I’ve still felt no need to trawl my huge archive of materials going back to before the Millennium for a few reasons, the first being that they’re in the past – and […]
Fall begins
The first beginnings of fall have started to make themselves known; we’ve already had some chilly nights, some beautiful moon and star-scapes even over the city and the rustle of the first leaves starting to fall and die on the sidewalks turning the concrete orange and brown; but it’s been the pretty spectacular sunsets over […]
The right tool for the job
Believe me when I say, having the right tool for a job can make the difference between getting the job right and making an utter mess of it which you immediately regret: not just financially but in time and materials wasted – because there is almost nothing as frustrating as realizing you could have done a […]
The importance of inspiration
I don’t take many days off – I don’t mean like sick days, or weekends though, I mean days out of my studio where I clear my head of what’s going on in the shop and instead broaden my creative horizons: I know I’m bad at this, I know it’s something I should do more […]
A new green deal
The environment has been an issue my whole life, from elementary school through high school it was instilled in us that we had to not only look after, but heal our planet. Looking after our world is not a new idea – hell, I’ve been wandering the planet now for almost 40 years now – so […]
Dissecting Los Angeles
Cities fascinate me – from being a very small child the bustle, noise and culture clash of a big city has been intoxicating, and it’s a buzz that is as addictive now as it’s ever been. I’ve never more happy than when I’m exploring a city – and Los Angeles is a world city I […]
Hope
So the world changed while I was taking a sabbatical from writing; populism with undertones of proto-fascism has swept across the western world; fed by foreign actors and fake news – fueled by an ever increasing disparity between rich and poor, the informed and uninformed, and the feeling that there is an unassailable rift between […]