Seen by me, and the owl, see'in me. I was walking to a meeting, just off the strip, in Vegas. And wandering down a leafy corridor, saw this reference, to another world, another seeing. That re-minding sight. And it reminded me, of being somewhere else. But most importantly, the idea that I should be paying attention. Seeing this, reminded me to do just that. Pay attention. Tune in. Hoping for clarity of vision, surely, to the degree that this little sight full being, sensed me... Here's to a...

Keep looking. When I first heard of this concept, MOSS | The store, I literally thought -- wet creative. Marshes. Bogs. Gardening. Things like that. That was a long time ago. Well, ten years ago. And just before I'd learned about Murray Moss. Since his opening in 94, I've kept watching him. There's an eccentric vision to Moss; it's do-not-touch retail. It's not retail, in any conventional sense; it's a museum; it's design contemplation. There are stern warnings on entry -- pretty much "don't...

I was playing this game that used to be called bones. It was called that because it used them. Bones with little markings on them. Then it became dominos, something about dominance. Now this same game is called Mexican Train. What's with that, anyway? ----- I was looking at a map of Mt. Merapi, the volcano that I'd had a chance to climb in Java. I noted that the area that I'd climbed was submerged beneath a new patterning. It was ossified. So I'm guessing this is gone. ossify \AH-suh-fy\,...

I keep looking. Been here? This is one of those store concepts that makes sense, to the notions of mass and air and light > extravagances in scale of offerings. It's big, open and has a sense of humor, but the underlying details are not surprising, per se. Mixed well. They are just used in an enterprising manner. Enterprise how? There are plenty of things that are done, to detailing, that are -- to the budget cutter's edition -- unnecessary. But in this space, they fill the mass channeling...

Know about this? I keep looking around. This is a boarding brand -- boards being skate and snow. More than shoes, obviously. http://www.dcshoes.com/home.asp Their website is relatively quiet, given the more radical character of their brand. And the store | story that holds them. Their store is less so, to the notions of quiet space: it's noisy. Loud, it's intriguing. The design metaphors speak to massive skilift-like fiberglass suspensions that hang from the ceiling, on tracks, that are not...

My little bird, there are things. And there are things. There are things that rattle deep, to the histories of pain, and there are others that are like pricking pokes, others that are searing hard and slicing to the bone. And there is pain. But to the contrary of the painful, there is the warming, the loving, the beneficent, the restful and happy. We can always go there, with the circle of our family. And our love. Please know that in all ways, I'll be there for you -- reaching back to the...

Photo by Tim Girvin Intriguing the connection, that friendly banter is the character of the affable. How often does one counter silence with the sense of the unfriendly...and untoward? affable \AF-uh-bul\ adjective 1 : being pleasant and at ease in talking to others 2 : characterized by ease and friendliness "Affable" is one of several English words that evolved from the Latin verb "fari," which means "to speak." "Affable" comes from the Latin "affabilis," which comes from the "fari" relative...

How then, the virile, the virtuous, the werewolf, the world? Step back, rootbound, and see what might be found -- what lies beneath? And then, to this, what do you see in the mirror? ---- virtu (vuhr-TOO) noun 1. A love of or taste for fine objects of art. 2. Objects of art, curios, etc. [From Italian virt (virtue), from Latin virtus (worth, excellence). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wi-ro (man) that is also the source of virile, virtue, virago, virtuoso, werewolf, and world.] Visual...

I was thinking about you, and that bridge that takes you from one place, to another. Where it is, where it was -- crossing over, from somewhere, to another...where-world. And where is that? the waterspring at the Monkey Forest. Ubud | IndonesiaPhoto by Tim Girvin to a great morning to you -- by the time that you read this, I will be climbing Mt. Batur, a volcano for a predawn ascent...just offering an image before I head out... wishing wellness and warmth: tsg --- bas-relief \bah-ri-LEEF\ noun...

Happy Sunday! I'm guessing you might ask, why Turkey -- for Thanksgiving? Some might think the conception is obvious, to the above. I went there first in 2005 -- learning something about the opening connections in Istanbul. I studied Islamic art in the 70s, even Arabic language -- and came away from the middle eastern researches with an especial fondness for the history of this land, these people. That beckoning never subsided -- merely quieted. Looking West from Topkapi Sarayi >...