How To Park in Florida
This is how you park your car in Florida when you either don't care about the consequences or you have more insurance than those around you. Anyone remember the parking…
Mr. Carson’s Philosophy
The head butler in Downton Abbey, Mr. Carson, had this to say about life in Season 4, Episode 4: The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the…
Man of the House
A poem by Bob Hicok, from The Legend of Light Man of the House It was a misunderstanding. I got into bed, made love with the woman I found there,…
Beauty in Motion
Gorodish explains the Zen of buttering a baguette to Jules in the 1981 film Diva On 29 May 2018 in Washington, DC, we are having an afternoon capuccino in the…
Haunted by a Yellow Landscape
I'm haunted by a yellow landscape that shows a cornfield in France, with a windmill close to the horizon. The time must be late in the afternoon on a late…
Creativity
In Richard Thomas' book Why Bob Dylan Matters he quotes, on page 98, presumably Dylan himself as saying that "creativity has much to do with experience, observation, and imagination." I'll…
Helmet Hair
When I watched Tammy Wynette sing "Stand by your Man" recently on youTube, I noticed that her hair is very architectural. It reminds me of some of the projects by Jersey…
File Under Creative Response
Dear Dr. Mikesch Muecke Greetings from Journal of Biopolymers Research Journal of Biopolymers al Medicine: Open Access journal is in a process of accepting Research articles/ Review articles/ Short Communication/…
Unreliable
I found the above note on a signup sheet from the previous students in the design studio suite on the third floor (north-east side) of the College of Design at…
Constructing Nature
While walking across the campus of a small midwestern university, I noticed this sign which made me think about the nature of nature: lawns are no longer grown but constructed.…