In Ludens Veritas
Shapes, Shop TalkI love to play.
If you've heard me talk about my process at all, I've probably said foremost that I play. I believe, assertively and profoundly, in play. When we...
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My New Thing
Shapes, Shop TalkArtistry evolves in waves.
You become interested in new things as you become capable of making them.
For a few years in college, my highest aspiration was to transcribe the structure...
Upside Out
Announcements, ShapesOver the last year I've produced a small-but-growing body of architectural work based on perspective. Looking up and askew from the street at tall, interesting buildings, makes for fascinating distortions....
Does Scene Create Style?
ShapesAs I start packing to move back to Boston, I'm wondering about my architectural style. Does scene create style? Does the world around you form your tastes, or do you find the things...
Evolution Bleed
Faces, ShapesRecently, I started feeling like I'm 20 years old.
I mean as a young artist. At that moment, I felt like my poems were magic building blocks. Like when you're five years...
The Face of Return
ShapesA year ago, I took an emergency trip to Rhode Island.
My aunt was wrapping her dance with cancer, and probably wouldn’t (didn’t) last the week. In every measurable way,...
Back to Somewhere You’ve Never Been
Faces, ShapesIn early December, my mother called.
Her foot surgery would be far more intense than we expected. Her oldest friend would be there a few nights immediately post-op, and after that, she'd...
Seeing Intentionally
Shapes, Shop TalkI'm not exactly sure what seeing intentionally feels like, but I think I'm starting to do it.
The way seasoned photographers talk about dialing in their settings, you'd think the camera is part...
On Perspective
ShapesThey say perspective is everything.
Perspective is funny that way, though. One of the functions of the artist is to draw lines between visible things, through invisible things. But the...
Chasing My
Summer Self
Faces, ShapesGrowing up, I longed for summer.
I missed my summer self. It was deeper than school going silent, and the promise of returning in three months "a year older." I've...
Specializing as a Photographer
Faces, ShapesSpecializing as a photographer is tricky.
A year and a half ago, I was enthralled with all photographies. Food, Product, Portraits, Street, Night, Events, Walkaround; even some Landscape. And I'm...
Finding the Undertown Near You
ShapesWhen I was little, I dreamt I jumped down the stairs outside my bedroom and crashed through a curtain of water. In the water, blue, bright, and warm, almost...