Only In America
That knee-jerk patriotism was taken away from my generation in our youth. But the world teaches us about America. In Print
Father
My Dad has been dead for almost 20 years. That sounds shocking, even to me. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about him, especially this last year. Father figured prominently into my show Big Words. So here’s that piece, for Father’s Day. In Print
How to Cook
I never know when to expect it or what it will be but every now and then I am possessed in the kitchen. I’ve learned to just go with it and it’s a lot of weird fun. In Print.
Bogie
My first Bogie period began in 1973, at Berkeley. It didn’t seem weird at the time, running around in Birkenstock’s and being crazy about that well-suited guy. I went through a lot of the oeuvre again at the beginning of the century (my, doesn’t that ooze with scope.) It’s amazing how different the cigarette smoke looks to us, isn’t it? But otherwise…there’s still a beguiling rhythm and charm. In Print
Frazzle
I’m bringing back Frazzle–a character I’ve been living with for many years and especially through this creative process. I finally found out his name when I was listening to Lotte Streisinger—potter, printmaker and author—reading from her recent book on the creative process. (The Potter and the Muse, 2006, Kalliope Press, available at The Museum of Contemporary Craft in