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Summer 2012 - 'Folklife Dancers' (treated photograph)
I've long forgotten which country these dancers were from. I snapped this pic on my 2010 summer solstice walkabout.
Zen Garden Coffee Table at Corcoran's Gallery 31 - Photos
Here are the photos of my Zen Garden Coffee Table on display at the Corcoran’s Gallery 31 Read the full story
Zen Garden Coffee Table at the Corcoran Gallery
The Zen Garden Coffee Table will be in a juried exhibition at the Corcoran’s Gallery 31 from July 25 – August 2, 2012. The opening reception is Thursday, July 26 6-8pm. More details here.
Ordered Chaos Dining Table
The Ordered Chaos Dining Table is an attempt to merge the everyday with the uncommon. I had designed a sculptural form and wanted to study its interactions with light. I wanted a unique piece with which I could experiment with many forms of light and shadow and various photographic techniques. At the same time, I wanted a more unique and artistic dinner table. Somehow, these two design requirements started to move closer until it began to seem like they were paired from the start.
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Health Heroes Reunion
The Washingtonian Well+Being blog caught up with the 2011 Health Heroes (including me) to get tips and goals for the new year. Read the article here.
Zen Garden Coffee Table
The Zen Garden Coffee Table is the first piece of furniture I’ve built in my adult life. The idea came to me fifteen years ago when I realized I would be on an endless search for the perfect coffee table for my apartment. Over time, my tastes changed, but the table remained just a thing of fantasy. A friend suggested I hire someone to make it for me, but I knew my limited knowledge of woodworking would only result in a dream half-fulfilled. I had to make it myself.
The Museum of Black Superheroes
The Museum of Black Superheroes began as just a figure of Shaft that I kept on my desk at work. I came to realize that there were relatively few black superheroes that were actually made into action figures. I began to collect as many of them as I could. Fittingly, I officially opened the “museum” on Inauguration Day in 2009, but now I think it’s time to post it here as well.
Open Letter To An Illiterate Young Man
I’d love to say it’s my hope to see you again, I really would. But what would I say to you? We’re miles apart in age and perception. And somehow, since you seem to frequent the same neighborhood where I work, I’m sure our paths will again cross, but I’ll be too single-minded in my commute to notice you, and you’ll probably be too busy with your friends to see me at all. So let me say that my greatest hope is that one day someone will read this letter to you.
Even better: one day, someone will teach you to read so you can read this yourself and write me back.
I'm a Health Hero
The Washingtonian Well+Being Blog is running my weight-loss story as part of their Health Heroes series. Here’s the link.
