Kinaesthetic learning

Since I was very little, I have always enjoyed showing my ideas through my fingers rather than through my mouth.  While I like discussion and debate, it is not something that I wake up in the morning wanting to do. Drawing seems primeval. It is visceral for me.  The...

Daughters..what does it mean?

In 1978 my daughter Hannah was born. Three years later my twin girls Lauren and Nora were born. Their mother is Elise Howell. She is a brilliant musician, teacher and academician. As a man who spent his early post teenage years protesting the Vietnam War,...

A new direction 

Facebook helped me in many ways understand the tension, distrust and simmering anger on all sides of the political spectrum over the past year and a half. It has served its purpose. I know now that it is not a vehicle for change—only confirmation. While at times I...

Is that purple on the horizon?

This painting expresses my many moods today.  I am angry, sad, perplexed, fearful, anxious yet, somehow, retain my hopefulness. I am, of course, grieving the loss of a tremendous opportunity to acknowledge that inclusiveness is better than exclusiveness. With Ms...

Hillary's Concession Speech

Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans. This is not the outcome we wanted or we worked so hard for, and I’m sorry we did not win this election for...

I am ready…

November 7, 2016 I am ready for the results of the election. I am ready to move forward. For the past seven days I have posted hearts on my Facebook page. This last day before Americans vote I wish for peace and quiet. My last heart is formed from two question marks....

Instructions to Painters and Poets

Instructions to Painters & Poets by Lawrence Ferlinghetti I asked a hundred painters and a hundred poets how to paint sunlight on the face of life Their answers were ambiguous and ingenuous as if they were all guarding trade secrets Whereas it seems to me all you...

leaving the table…

I am now officially a "retired" architect. My retirement was September 30, 2016 from Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd. It was both a relief and resulted in a deep pain. Most of the employees don't even know me anymore--only a few know who I am directly. I regret...

Metamorphic

I have begun a process of radical change. Not so visible from the outside but internally things are changing fast. Metamorphic changes.   I am jettisoning obligations to help sustain an architectural practice; I am leaving behind the need to spend every waking moment...

My Departure from MSR Design

On Sunday, August 7, 2016 the office that I founded in September of 1981 with Garth Rockcastle and Tom Meyer gave me a wonderful party. I am reluctant to call it a retirement party since I will, in a very small way, still be connected to the office through the Board...

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