BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… DOG, HEARTH, MAGIC. The rain beats down outside, surprisingly cold, especially after so long a hot, dry summer. The warnings on my phone turn ominous: flash flood alert. Floods are sudden on a limestone plateau. No thick layer of clay here to absorb all that run-off. For the first time in what…
BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… INK, STONE, MAGIC. “Lithography began in the late 17th century,” my professor is saying while writing the words “Bavaria,” and “limestone” on the white board. “‘Lithos’” means ‘stone’ in Greek.” Outside, the afternoon sun is bright, air dry in the September light. I am in Graphic Arts 110, sitting in a classroom…
BEEN THINKIN’ ABOUT… LEAF & SHADOW. Late summer afternoons seem hotter, somehow, after we have been teased with the scent of fall. Autumn has become something of a designer season, all decked out with pumpkin farm experiences and flannels and big floppy hats ready-made for social media posing. When I was much younger, it seems,…