Continue Reading For Real: Blue Tooth Two years ago the Getty Center in LA showed a collection of illuminated manuscripts with a focus on what they could tell…
Continue Reading Psst! Wunderkammer! Too late. The exhibit closes in 4 days. Well, not really too late, since I wouldn’t travel to Hungary in any case,…
Continue Reading Caution, falling illusions. There are people who hint that they face dangers while pursuing their job or their passions, and then there are people who…
Continue Reading Watch: Call and Response Help me out here. When you look at art, how do you judge if it’s good or not? Or, more importantly, whether…
Continue Reading Beware, Arachnophobes This week I’ll explore some topics outside of politics. It will improve my sanity, and, judging by the volume of emails received…
Continue Reading Consider Defiance! If Portland, Oregon ever wanted something like an idol it would have elected Ursula LeGuin. Never mind that she would have been…
Continue Reading Consider the Speed Photograph by Dolores Ochoa What a difference 4 years make. It was only 2014 when one of the most spectacular buildings in all…
Continue Reading Consider the Tears “Children are uniquely vulnerable to physiological effects of chemical agents. A child’s smaller size, more frequent number of breaths per minute and…
Continue Reading Consider the Thumbscrews “If I were a man, this wouldn’t have happened to me.” These words are found in one of the 400 pages of…
Continue Reading Consider the Monkey This week I will try to convey how singular examples can bring a point home, and sometimes pave the way to understand…
