Aug 25, 2021Member-onlyLost betsWhen I left the Army and went back to college, I wondered if I was going to be able to adjust at all. Thing is, this wasn’t my first time having to relearn the basics all over again. …Mwc Reentry3 min readMwc Reentry3 min read
Aug 25, 2021Member-onlyAaiAs I stared at my grandma’s coffin, I sat up higher and caught a glimpse of the bridge of her nose. I’m not sure why that did it, but my memories sparked up: arriving alone in India with my sister, her mocking chitrahaar videos, her last kind words to me…Mwc Death3 min readMwc Death3 min read
Aug 24, 2021Member-onlyThat WorkI’ve been working on a way to use visuals and words to tell stories. Something none linear. It’s been a few years now and though I can come up with some beautiful things, I’m not sure I’ve come any closer to telling a full tale this way. I’m failing hard…Mwc Work3 min readMwc Work3 min read
Aug 24, 2021Member-onlyHeadspaceAt the start of the pandemic, I managed to carve out time to write stories, do art that spoke to what I saw around me, to our crazy world. Through the pictures of hand washing, of six feet apart, even as flashbangs echoed in the concrete canyons of Seattle, I…Mwc Space4 min readMwc Space4 min read
Jul 19, 2021Member-onlyTackling the Cyclops Once MoreHi there, I’m back for some reflections on some art I’ve been working on. A while back I wrote about my photography and tackling, as David Hockney calls it, the paralyzed cyclops. …Photography7 min readPhotography7 min read
Dec 31, 2020Member-only2020What a year, right? Well, I’ve been busy at work (thankful that I can WFH), busy writing (though, I only got one published, but working on transferring more), busy with art. Some of it dark, and some, I may be doing all wrong. We’ll see. But I sense that 2020…20204 min read20204 min read
Dec 25, 2020Member-onlyVaccinationsThe fact that we got a medical cure for the covid virus this soon after the Chinese let the world know its genetic makeup, is something of a testament to how far we’ve come to understanding disease. Having read about the past and how little they knew, and how they…Covid-196 min readCovid-196 min read
Dec 7, 2020Member-onlyIgnore the Noise. GOTV is All that Matters.Lots of circular firing squads (some on the right, though I think that’s for show). Screw that noise. GOTV. Some of this, on the liberal/left side of things, sounds familiar. In fact, right before this most recent election all I saw in the liberal sites was chicken counting and people arguing about how much…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Oct 7, 2020Member-onlyYour Analysis Doesn’t Matter. GOTV.At this point, there are a hundred ways to read the tea leaves of Donald’s Twitter pronouncements. Perhaps, like me, you’re hoping for a sign that things are going to get better for the Republic. Stop. …Trump2 min readTrump2 min read