Calligraphy on the wind

Notes on installations, surprise and the awakening of beauty, discovered. I’ve written about the idea of poetry on the wind, words that gesture to an impression, that tied to a string, written on handmade paper or the stock of recycled paper bags, flutter and...

Crows, seeing people; people seeing crows

The recollection of a face, reflections on corvid recognition. I’d offer this: these days, there’s more interest in the corvid population than ever before. Why? Because we’ve all learned about the degree of intelligence that is connected with the...

D R E A M I N G

I was taking a rest, after a long week — a contemplation: and things came to mind that recalled the journeys that have been, and what new emergences shall be. And those dreams were deepening, in the meaning — the meditation on making — and the...

What I wonder about: personal brands, icons and totems

Why does Tim Girvin love crows and ravens? Some people have equated the raven as being something inextricably linked to me — my personal brand. That is, when people see something on the raven, or the crow, they presume that I know about it, or should. And they...

Roxy Paine | Steel Arborist | Maelstrom Maker

Librado Romero/The New York Times I love trees.  That’s obvious, given at that I have written dozens of blogs that have something to do with the spirit of trees. And I’ve written about Roxy Paine, too.  But, being a designer, my love of trees is really...