Do not double park. Do not block bike lane. x Christine showed her work in progress and some finished pieces at today’s pop-up Nomad Studies showcase at @siderailcollective, as part of @georgetownartattack. It was a very quick turnaround, but so worth it to be part of this warm community. x Marginal way. x
We’ve been spending more time in Georgetown ever since Christine joined Side Rail, so I walked around to see what I can see. Much of this is stuff I’ve seen many times but never stopped to photograph. Some of it is new. I’ve been trying to train myself to “see” more clearly, even without the novelty of new places. x “During the past two hundred years Western philosophically-oriented, and later also socially-oriented thinking has been increasingly reflective and differentiated in its search for an understanding of the phenomenon of alienation. Marx saw also the moment near at hand to do … Continue reading “Georgetown, Pleasure Spiked with Pain” →
Celebrating the small pockets of peace on Armistice Day. x Color and contrast at Fogue Studios & Gallery. x More moments at the Georgetown Art Attack. x Karen Dedrickson’s studio at Fogue. She works with sumi-e, or Japanese black ink painting. We fell in love with her crows. x “Chevron Fuels Genocide” I found this protest art quite beautiful. x Art in unexpected places. x
‘Tis the season. A couple of captures with my Canon Rebel SL1 from this morning. x A very friendly neighborhood fella. It’s their season too. x It’s the season of the witch. x Georgetown 10.11.25 part 1 x Georgetown 10.11.25 part 2 x Georgetown 10.11.25 part 3 x
“.. beauty, which is what is meant by art, using the word in its widest sense, is, I contend, no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but a positive necessity of life, if we are to live as nature meant us to; that is, unless we are content to be less than [human].” (William Morris, 1880) The other day, I heard a very strange statement. It was not quite an argument, but more of a fascinated nod at a controversial stand; a hermeneutic proposed to account for what it would really, really … Continue reading “Share More, Enjoy With, Connect To, Spiral Out” →