Better Off Without Us

I reached out to a local independent bookstore recently with an offer, not a pitch exactly, more of an invitation. I have a show that pairs naturally with

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She Came Down Anyway

Two doors down from the gallery in my last post, on the same short walk, I stopped in front of a locked door with a small sign in

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The Attempt at Connection, Mistaken for a Transaction

I was walking through the arts district in my town not long ago, past a public space where someone was setting up a barbecue for an event later

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Too Busy Defending the Word to Practice It

A friend of mine names his cars. I understand this completely. I do it too. Giving something a name is a small, ongoing way of saying it matters,

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No New Method Required: An Experiment Worth Trying, Just Once

We've covered a fair amount of ground in this space already. Today isn't about adding to it. It's about something lighter: an experiment. Here's what we know, without

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Forward or Back? Why One Path to Connection Uses the Very Thing It’s Trying to Get Past

I spent an evening not long ago with someone who has given a large part of his life to a single question: why do human beings feel so

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What You Know Is What You’re Worth: A Rule That Contradicts Itself

You've heard the line. Someone doesn't know something everyone else in the room seems to know, and someone else says it, half joking. "Where have you been, living

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The Blank Stare I Keep Getting When I Say “Human Connection”

I say the words "human connection" a lot. It's close to the center of everything I do. And more often than I expected, I watch the same thing

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“We’ve Always Had the Flint Blade and Spear”: Why That’s Not the Rebuttal It Sounds Like

A while back I was talking with a gallery owner, a painter himself, someone whose whole life is built around seeing things freshly. I shared an idea from

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