GETTING TO PASAQUANYou don’t just happen upon Pasaquan Estate, the built environment created by the visionary St. E.O.M. You really have to make a committed effort to get in a car and drive through the two-lane backroads of rural Georgia to find it. I knew that Georgia consisted of miles and miles of pine barrens,Continue reading “One-night Stand: Burying the Lead”
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One-Night Stand: Poetry of Four Pears
I locked the door to my stone-walled, tower office. The office was accessed through a lone, tight set of spiral stairs. It was a beautiful space, but at times I felt like I was sitting in the middle of a big bullseye target. I rushed over to a corner of my large office and lay […]
One-Night Stand: The Structure Of Beauty
“It’s about an hour flight outside of Sydney; then you have to drive to the homestead. It’s kind of out of the way, but well worth it.” That was the bait that lured me into traveling to the Saumarez homestead in New South Wales, Australia to hold a “One-Night Stand.” We had just spent aboutContinue reading “One-Night Stand: The Structure Of Beauty”
One-Night Stand: Walking Home Purple
Old Salem Tavern Sneaking into my mom’s kitchen pantry, I marveled at the myriad pasta types. Our Italian-American family had so many varieties. Slyly, I’d lift several boxes, and once back in my bedroom/art studio, I would spread out my loot. Back then, my bedroom was my sanctuary, a place to draw and make buildingContinue reading “One-Night Stand: Walking Home Purple”
One-night Stand: It’s All In How You Use It
Have you ever made plans to meet someone, and then when you meet them, they don’t look, sound, or relate in the manner that you had expected? This happened to me when I finally met my adult self, and I suspect a similar thing happened to Wharton Esherick when he slowly became acquainted with hisContinue reading “One-night Stand: It’s All In How You Use It”
One Night Stand: News from the original “middle of nowhere”
Driving East on Genesee Road in Western New York State, you pass a lot of large warehouses and truck distribution centers spotted among the residential houses and farms. There were a number of 18-wheelers rushing by in both directions and, although not exactly rural, the Hull Family House and Farmstead is situated in an in-betweenContinue reading “One Night Stand: News from the original “middle of nowhere””
The Decapitation Of Meaning
“Upon the face of this old queen of the French cathedrals, beside each wrinkle, we find a scar.” Victor Hugo For me, PRESERVATION is a strongly political act. It doesn’t have to be, but usually, it is a result of a political process, collective funding, and committee-derived narrative. What this means is that preservationContinue reading “The Decapitation Of Meaning”
One Night Stand: Leaving Crumbs Behind
Gadsby’s Tavern & Hotel Alexandria, Virginia March 16th, 2016 NOTE: This is part of a long-term series of “One Night Stand” ™ blog posts that will document overnight stays in actual historic house museums. I want to understand these sites as more than merely decorative arts galleries – I am interested in them as places ofContinue reading “One Night Stand: Leaving Crumbs Behind”
Narratives of Disappearance
Photographs used for educational and non-commercial purposes only. “The history of the work of the dead is a history of how they dwell among us – individually and communally. It is a history of how we imagine them to be, how they give meaning to our lives, how they structure public spaces, politics, and time.Continue reading “Narratives of Disappearance”
The Beauty of the Undefined
Photographs used for educational and non-commercial purposes only. “I can’t paint what I dream because I paint memorandum of my dreams…I have so many dreams about angels. I paint imitations of angels just as I imagined them. I do not paint an angel, because they come from the throne of God. We can get theContinue reading “The Beauty of the Undefined”
Twisted Preservation 