This week’s Substack tells the story of creating my own museum. Substack is now so varied that it is possible to write or present just about anything—from fiction to politics, justice to injustice, poetry to photography, and topics ranging from how to read, write, or be. I write about place […]
Today’s Substack explains how an artist’s tool relates to today’s urban policy debates about cities and places. The artist of a diptych creates a two-panel work. The pieces are both separate and intrinsically linked. Conversing with one another, the images tell a story. Now living in a city of artists, […]
Today’s spontaneous Substack supplementation of my “Framing Resurgence” posts from last month may seem ethereal. But for the record, this post reflects some hours of photography and framing mechanics. I’ve learned that these applied Sunday activities are essential precursors to understanding places, even if ChatGPT could easily generate provocative visual […]
Today’s Substack post continues the theme of framing in understanding places: Sometimes, the dust motes in the late afternoon sun invite exploration of more expansive landscapes and varied scales of view. I realize that north of Santa Fe, one need not drive south. It is well within our reach to […]
Today’s Substack post continues the theme of framing in understanding places: Last week, I wrote about the power of literally “framing” provocative landscapes and recalled how we often select and focus on specific scenes to make sense of the larger world. It is a rediscovery of the obvious, as noted […]
Today’s Substack post explains the value of physical framing in understanding places: Back to some nagging questions about places, observation, and photography, regardless of scale. How and why do we choose to understand where we live and explore? What are your go-tos? Today, regarding my go-tos, I will ask an […]
Today’s Substack post explains how visible landscape changes can facilitate awe: Awe is a popular focus for those seeking new and different ways to feel alive or replicate the sensation of being a kid in a candy store without traveling too far. The experience of awe spans academia, self-help workshops, […]
Today, on Substack, I explain the relevance of the “115 Seen” Portfolio: Here is a quick, spontaneous update to the notion of an exile upon an exile to “take stock” discussed late last week, and the “let’s say” route to place immersion in New Mexico put forth last year. I […]
This Journal was essentially an exercise launched during the pandemic, and as a marketing tool for my third book. After my return to Seattle in 2022 and 2023, I wrote a few additional posts. In the interim, my writing (other than some third-party articles) has been based on Substack, at […]
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