if you are in a big hurry. ... read more
Monthly Archives: December 2009
SKETBE, an open letter to the Greek Ministry of Culture
To: The Greek Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Thessaloniki ... read more
Thoughts occurring during the quiet before Christmas.
None of us will really go gracefully into that dark night. You should know we will kick and scream and try to stop death. You should know it's not always visible -- the struggle and yearning to stay right here in this very moment. It's hidden sometimes, just behind the eyes, the fight to remain in this stage and not to transition to the next. ... read more
Mail Art Becomes Me
As part of the Colbert Nation, I'm obviously a speed skating fan. But a new nation is beginning to form, an anonymous nation filled with ephemera and ink - the Richard Canard Nation. It's no Illusion. Canard is spreading his invitations to citizenship throughout the world-wide real, not the world wide web. ... read more
Bricolage — The Reality of What I Do
While researching and reading Levi Strauss, having a little of The Savage Mind here and there in my evening dialog with self, I came to realize the term "bricolage" should be applied to much of my work. Rather than my main concept of assemblage, where perhaps disparate objects exist adjacent to or upon each other, modified and yet remaining individual and unique, ... read more
Screaming at Strangers
How can I make my fingers yell at you? Why won't you listen to my hands? The keyboard taps and raps... little background tippy tippy, not even musical like the typewriter used to be. ... read more