Jorge Brauet

So today I spent 12 hours at this screen, working on arranging my trip to Mexico and that of the undocumented one, and on syllabi and course websites. The planning of the voyage of the undocumented one took the most ingenuity. I am not sure how much time went into each thing but I got … More Jorge Brauet

Una salida linda

Race walking around the park the runners always say I am good looking but more charming was the humble community agricultural worker, harvesting flowers and berries with me: «Now, if you were my girlfriend, you would have flowers all the time.» Axé.

Hafiz

Here is a large plate I finished recently — about 14″ across.  At the studio they alleged it was not good enough to keep but I insisted. When it came out of the kiln at last, I could see why they said it was destined to be flawed. I decided I would give it as … More Hafiz

Las posibilidades

SATURDAY Morning: Café Antidote again. Work. 1 PM: Lindsey. Afternoon: (a) Contemporary Arts Museum: Perspectives 178 and the exhibit on women artists (these are also open tomorrow), or (b) Asia Society festival (also open tomorrow), or (c) the Ménil — except that their festival and the Indie Book festival are only today. Night: one thing … More Las posibilidades

Václav Havel

Václav Havel is one of the people about whom I do not know enough. The Nation had a piece on Havel and Occupy, quoting interesting texts by him from the sixties and seventies that shed shocking light on the present moment. I would like to point to it and read it again. Eventually it will … More Václav Havel