…All Your Old Resolves What will you be doing New Year’s Eve? To ring in 2017, I will be traveling to my home grounds, to my Midwestern roots. That means ham hocks, brown beans, and cornbread (for good luck); smoked meats and cheeses; and, a table full of family. I’ll play Shanghai rummy until the clock strikes […]
“…when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Are the stockings hung by the chimney? Are the children nestled all snug in their beds? There’s always a lot of hustle and bustle this time of year. I’ve been busy making most of my gifts and neatly wrapping presents for […]
It’s getting to be that time of year again when snow crystals flurry through the sky and fill the streets. Have you ever taken a moment to look at a snowflake closely? Well, if you haven’t, do it – they are so incredibly intricate and beautiful. One of the first known individuals to document snowflakes was […]
“My intention as an artist is to evoke contemplation on how we perceive, stereotype, and stigmatize the female body and to question societal taboos surrounding sexuality and reproduction.” Cristin Millett is an artist whose research focuses on medical history, specifically the human reproductive system. In response to her research, she creates objects and installations that […]
Today’s a big day. Today marks the arrival of our first palette of Issue #1. We are so over the moon elated and it is still very surreal for us. It was just a month ago on September 26th. that we unwrapped our proof copy of Issue #1 and now the finely groomed version is here. If […]
Photo Credits: Peabody Essex Museum: pem.org This Saturday, I invited my friends to join me at the Peabody Essex Museum to experience an installation by modern French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot. The exhibit, From Hear to Ear, fuses two spheres – both the auditory + visual by producing sound created by a flock of live birds that are introduced into an acoustic environment. That is, […]