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Photography

Charlotte Studies

Superstorm blue.

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Architecture Art

Eroticism

Though the details I design daily are not on par with those brought to my attention by Christian (with Peter Pennoyer; resplendent in all their curvature, skirting between the Euclidian and the organic, awash with white plaster…) eroticism figures in our discourse enough to warrant a more than cursory investigation of its stake in the […]

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Architecture

Shit architects say, conttttt

Jody Brown @ Coffee With An Architect, you forgot a few.

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Books Non-fiction

The thin line : how to Read

Why do we read? But, Mr. Keating, do you not see the complication? How is one supposed to receive something very specific while at the same time expecting to contribute in the future? Were one to read every book ever published, one would come to the conclusion that there is nothing left to contribute. Writing […]

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Art Non-fiction

Much ado about Macbeth

The many Shakespeare-inspired performances about lately, plus one more, and my admiration of them all, provides the runway this time, public/private space as the control tower, skies are blue, and we are cleared for takeoff. Above, from top: Alan Cumming’s Macbeth; Sleep no More’s Macbeth; New York Classic Theatre’s Twelfth Night; Pina Bausch’s Orpheus & Eurydice Two […]

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Books Language

Books and Bosons

In applause of Peter Higgs, and the legacy of over 5 decades of research– I will attempt to outline another implication for the (near-certain) discovery of the god particle. The relationship of matter to mass. How does former attain latter? In the case of particle physics, it’s by moving through the Higgs field. In the case […]

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Art

Decision 2012: The Original Hipster

DEAR HIPSTERS, I know you will shrug this off…. but you aren’t the first to (not) be doing what you are(n’t). Anti-trendsetting has been exuded by quite a few notable figures. And don’t lie, I know you listen to SOMETHING I know when you go home, or read SOMEONE I’ve read, or go to SOME […]

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Architecture

In defense of Generation Y, and a new standard?

I’ve dabbled in so many pieces of information in so many fields in the past week–even in the past day. I realized that the contemporary knee-jerk term “instant gratification” is not what is really at the heart of the common generation-Y (?) mindset. Let’s curb our cynicism for a moment and consider a more optimistic […]

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Architecture

Louis Sullivan’s Horoscope

A Virgo Architect par excellence ! Represent

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Architecture

Lutyens’ Page Street Flats

While weaving through the armory show’s booths (with sights like that), a lubricated Charlotte and I got to talking about the past. We eventually arrived at London, 2007. As I spoke of the neighborhoods and the walks I took, I noticed my recollection of the place was very idyllic. It dawned on me that my […]