﻿﻿ Lately, I seem to be having more and more conversations with people who have really started taking a long look back on their lives to try to determine to what degree anything they’ve done matters and whether or not it will keep mattering after they’ve gone. For many of them, these musings revolve around a major accomplishment or a specific body of work that was somehow more, for lack of a better word, than most — if not all — of the other things that they have done. Many have even used the term “calling” to describe it. Personally,…

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In Between 24: Legacy, a Lifeboat, and a Rottweiler

Lately, I seem to be having more and more conversations with people who have really started taking a long look back on...

As many of you know, I currently produce three different podcasts, each with a different format and purpose. Process Driven is a...

My Shows, Your Way

Like many of you, I could not be happier to finally be rid of the raging dumpster fire that was 2020. I know the next year will be anything but easy, but I am cautiously optimistic that 2021 will be filled with new possibilities and chances to do things a little differently than last year. I started doing yoga about a month ago and Adrianne reminded me that there’s a concept in yoga about setting an intention at the beginning of a practice and while I’m not a fan of resolutions per se, I wanted to share a few things…

Setting the Intention for 2021

Like many of you, I could not be happier to finally be rid of the raging dumpster fire that was 2020. I...

I was talking to Sean Tucker the other day and I don’t remember what prompted it, but he asked me whether I’d seen some of the recent work our friend Maarten Rots was sharing on Instagram. I told him that I had and that it was terrific. “But do you know how he’s doing it?” Sean gave me a brief description of what was going on in the pictures and after going back and looking at Maarten’s feed again, I realized because his work flows together so beautifully, the “how” of the more recent pictures didn’t raise any sort of…

In Between 23: The Space Disappears

I was talking to Sean Tucker the other day and I don’t remember what prompted it, but he asked me whether I’d...

I spend a lot of time thinking about materials and objects as they relate to art and art making and I spend a fair bit of time talking about it with Jon. In this conversation, we’re talking about some of our first memories of art and of objects that we somehow recognized as “special.” We also talk about the how the contrast between the refinement of Europe and the chaos of India in Jon’s childhood contributed to and maybe even directly informed the type of work he produces decades later. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast | Google…

In Between 22: A Beautiful Cacophony

I spend a lot of time thinking about materials and objects as they relate to art and art making and I spend...

﻿ When I was a kid, my mom used to say that if the house ever caught fire, the one thing she would grab before anything else was the box of family photos that she kept in her closet, which I’m sure was common for many of us before analog became digital. For my mom, those photos were the things — the objects —that she held most dear, more than jewelry or money or a favorite piece of clothing. They anchored her to specific memories and feelings and because of that were more or less irreplaceable. Objects have meaning and…

In Between 21: The Things We Hold Dear

When I was a kid, my mom used to say that if the house ever caught fire, the one thing she would...

At the end of May, I decided to take a break from social media so I could focus on making without the constant background noise that seemed to be sucking the life out the urge to create anything. It was a self-imposed blackout that I hoped would allow at least some of the creative light back in. Inspired by a recent documentary, I decided to work on a series of 12 paintings simultaneously rather than a single piece, and within a couple weeks I had completed twelve new pieces of work. Seeing them spread out on the bench was like…

In Between 20: Getting Out of the Way and Into the Work

At the end of May, I decided to take a break from social media so I could focus on making without the...

Last week, I decided to take a much needed break from social media. There’s just too much going on in the world that pulls my focus away from the areas of my life that really warrant – and frankly need – that focus – specifically my family and my art. In my final Instagram post before the break, I wrote that I wasn’t who I wanted to be lately followed by a list of distractions that to a lesser or greater extent contribute to it. After seeing the post, Jon reached out and asked if I’d like to talk about…

In Between 19: Too Many Distractions, Too Little Art

Last week, I decided to take a much needed break from social media. There’s just too much going on in the world...

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