The more I learn of history, I can't help but wonder if the liberty the American forefathers desired was to make of themselves kings in the New World. John Locke spoke in his treatises on government of the, "life, liberty, and property," owed to all men, from which the inalienable rights of the 1775 Declaration …
january 1st, 2024
Years ago, I stumbled across a blog called Nostalgia on 9th Avenue. Back then, I was attempting the quite impossible task of teaching myself Japanese, and while it was admirable, painting the sweaty attrition of my summer days with the black strokes of kanji, orderly, tilted just so, I learned barely a fraction of the …
september 17th, 2022
The time I spend in museums is not enough. I’ve always been a student of art history, since my adolescent years, but had no interest then in the collecting of fine hobbies. I used to find it pretentious, to roam sterile halls lined with 'Please Do Not Touch' signs and to regurgitate facts you read …
august 17th, 2022
Here's to the final act of Covid-19, yes? For the most part, I believe people have come to the silent consensus that the remnants of the pandemic are permanent, and have created an environment we will learn to live with. I meant to spend more of those early times of quaratine writing, in any form, …
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