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Legacy of World War II

By admin On June 21, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Film - Video, Personal

There are so many horrific things I’m see documented (in documentary movies) from WWII that it is not possible to just list them all, like some trophy of achievement I’ve witnessed. I’ll be the first to say that I have felt at times like the constant pounding in our ears from the Jewish [...]

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Walking As Knowing As Making

By admin On June 14, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Personal, Visual Art

Several times in the past few days the name of Miwon Kwon has come up in my research. Yes, I know her. She was my academic advisor while in grad school. She really helped me, guided me in the art making, and writing processes. Also turned up were the names: Gregg Bordowitz, and [...]

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Linkage

By admin On April 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

On my other site, Miamiartexchange.com, I have a few paid embedded links. One, I also wrote the appropriate text because the company had no idea how their packing and shipping products properly fit into the art context.

Today I get an email from a company looking for links to their site. [...]

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Today’s Poem

By admin On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Untitled (lost poetry)
by Onajide Shabaka

uneasy silence
isolationism
ambient noir
absence of rhythm
invention of hysteria
negative tendencies
utopia and death

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Slavery and Heritage in Charleston

By admin On March 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

My father’s family is very much a part of this story in South Carolina, but bad times seem to have slipped into silence as the elders have almost all passed away. My great grandfather was a child in S.C. whose feet were burned with hot coals. What else happened during those days that were not [...]

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Gregg Bordowitz, Eclipse

By admin On February 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Gregg Bordowitz, one of my MFA professors, and one that helped me with some very difficult readings (A thousand plateaus: Capitalism and schizophrenia – Deleuze & Guattari). “A thousand Plateaus” was one of my major readings for the semester, but I had to have it shipped to the local library via [...]

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Musical Variety

By admin On February 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

I’m into jazz, soul, classical, electronic and hip-hop, including:

Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Anton Webern, Nicholas Payton, Me’Shell NdegéOcello, Pierre Boulez, Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, Bill Evans, Emerson String Quartet, Miles Davis, Alfred Schnittke, Olivier Messiaen, Béla Bartók, György Ligeti, Dmitri Shostakovich, Maxwell, D’Angelo, Wayne Shorter, Igor Stravinsky, Krzysztof Penderecki, Us3, [...]

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Dacra Realty Offices

By admin On February 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Great working environment:

(Via Art & Code.)

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Papaya Seedlings

By admin On November 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Seedlings:

My garden has a number of plants growing now, but the papaya seedlings have taken root very well. Shown are the smallest of the bunch. I hope they germinate so that we can get some more delicious fruits like the ones I’m currently eating.

(Via Art & [...]

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Sunday Workout

By admin On October 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Crunch – Exercise Ball

Set 1: 20 x 35 kg

Set 2: 20 x 35 kg

Set 3: 20 x 35 kg

Set 4: 20 x 35 kg

Set 5: 20 x 35 kg

Walking

Distance: 5.76 km
Time: 01:01:57

It’s time I got back on my bike, [...]

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