(Published by Zocalo Magazine on March 2, 2015.) They are classic scenes in the 1984 film “Ghostbusters.” One is the opener with the grandmotherly librarian who gets the bejeezus scared out of her by the “free-roaming, vaporous, full torso apparition” haunting the New York Public Library. The other scene is with that ghost, who seems to also have been a librarian in her earthly life, shushing the Ghostbusters when they try to ask her questions while she is reading; she then terrorizes and … [Read more...]
iBorders: Drones & Designs
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on Jan. 5, 2015.) “Google Predator drone.” Professor Benjamin J. Muller is standing to my left, graphic designer Thomas Kafka McCarthy is standing behind me and the three of us are staring at my computer monitor. This image search is work, turning out to be a bit harder than we originally thought. “See if you can find one in flight, one with the U.S. CBP logo.” I look at Muller blankly. “CBP?” I’m still getting used to the acronym world of … [Read more...]
Where the Thunder Is Born
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on December 2, 2014.) In a lush desert of five seasons, the most sensory intense season is that of the late summer monsoons. When the residents watch with anticipation the clouds building through the day and pray – please give us precipitation, bring us los chubascos! Bring us the relief of release from the searing, breath stealing, oppressive humid heat. Shower our land; replenish the plants and animals, the aquifers and our souls. These monsoons … [Read more...]
Carly Quinn’s Business & Artistic Acumen
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on August 31, 2014.) It’s mid-August and Carly Quinn is summarizing her summer; a lot has happened since we first got together in June. In a mere couple of months, she’s garnered coverage in Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine, was an exhibitor at the Dwell on Design L.A. convention, scored editorial coverage in an upcoming issue of Dwell magazine, expanded her production department – both equipment and bodies, picked up new clients, and has been working on … [Read more...]
Ark D’Bevel Docks; Sets to Disembark
(Published by Zocalo Magazine on July 1, 2014.) “The primary concept, or underlying reality, of the science of our day is Relativity. Einstein added the fourth dimension to those of Newtonian physics: time. Therefore, the art of our day that incorporates time, or movement, motion, change, is the most vital of all the arts being created. It is the art of our time which will endure.” – David Bermant, 1919-2000 Ned Schaper meets me outside of the Stone Dragon Gallery – easily identified … [Read more...]
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