Perhaps Bluesky is less focused on the end of the world. I write about what I've learned in my long career as a professional artist/writer. This is about what it takes to maintain a lifelong career as a creative fan of history, education & critical thinking. Please subscribe if you like it.

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In January 2019, I started a series of text drawings. I've been adding more words ever since, though now things are more urgent. Please follow me on Substack.

The education of my friend Carl Bradley, a witness to history. And here we are again. Resist! and please share this post.

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Are Artists Born That Way?
We are who are parents are and then we add all the other stuff. A 63-year mystery almost solved.
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Half-Jewish kid here, wondering when the 1% rule might kick in. If so, all the fools who voted for trump better get tested, too, because I guarantee, they're all in trouble; very few pure-whites remain.

I'm writing about my photography trip to Preston Castle in Ione. Couldn't feel any lingering ghosts but it was during the day. One can only imagine what happened to those children way back. #prestoncastle #photography #ghosts

OK, giving up on Meta while I still have some integrity- as in not being a hypocrite. I'll miss the relaxation of mindless scrolling and connection to people I admire. I might be talking to myself here for a while but at least I won't get posts I abhor, or relentless advertising...I hope.

An intimate observation of a special place, to understand. Not engineered, Delta islands are the straw houses of Little Red Riding Hood, ready to blow down. Please subscribe & share.

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Fifteen years ago is a long time, but this Route 66 road trip from Sacramento to St. Louis still resonates. Scroll down.
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The Marquis de Lafayette meets the president of law and order, the Marquis de Sade, from whose name "sadism" derived, with justification, at Lafayette Square, 2020.

A bit of calm. Breathe.

Hello new friends out there. I'm an artist and essayist with a long career focused on history & location, paintings & sculpture, especially water. Adapting yet again with photography. Driven by curiosity: what's underneath the surface of things & what does it mean.