The part that is green, and rises, and dances as it rises. It is only the background, but what a background! What a world! 

The part that is green, and rises, and dances as it rises. It is only the background, but what a background! What a world! 

We expect the focus to be in the foreground. When background becomes foreground, we feel the disturbance, and pay attention. Where is our reward? Why do we pay? We are the slaves of our expectations: foreground and background, the rules of a dead god. 

We expect the focus to be in the foreground. When background becomes foreground, we feel the disturbance, and pay attention. Where is our reward? Why do we pay? We are the slaves of our expectations: foreground and background, the rules of a dead god. 

There is something of the desperate nature of the heart in all true beauty. 

There is something of the desperate nature of the heart in all true beauty. 

Coffee in a stoneware mug: where fast and slow pleasure meet and bring me into existence. 

Coffee in a stoneware mug: where fast and slow pleasure meet and bring me into existence. 

After we bought this house, the son of the previous owner was killed by a hit and run driver. We felt a ghost move through the space. Is it not the limit of death that proves the beauty of life? If not, then what? Find beauty in the unease.  

After we bought this house, the son of the previous owner was killed by a hit and run driver. We felt a ghost move through the space. Is it not the limit of death that proves the beauty of life? If not, then what? Find beauty in the unease.  

Leo does not think. He waits for the world to come into him, then he acts it out. 

Leo does not think. He waits for the world to come into him, then he acts it out. 

What kind of frame do your children put around you? Are you a picture of what you love, or what you fear? 

What kind of frame do your children put around you? Are you a picture of what you love, or what you fear? 

What does it mean to make it on your own in this world? How many people does it take to make it on your own, exactly?

What does it mean to make it on your own in this world? How many people does it take to make it on your own, exactly?

Sam is part of the generation that is shifting the balance of power from the looker to the seen. My generation wants to look, and control with our judgement. Sam looks to be seen, and responds to being seen, by seeing what you mean.

Sam is part of the generation that is shifting the balance of power from the looker to the seen. My generation wants to look, and control with our judgement. Sam looks to be seen, and responds to being seen, by seeing what you mean.

When John Paul II died, the top-down world died with him. He was a leader from the bottom who showed the emptyness of the top by the example of his own fullness. Go listen to some Joy Division music, and wonder why the lead singer committed suicide at 25. When Ian Curtis died, the bottom-up world died with him. 

When John Paul II died, the top-down world died with him. He was a leader from the bottom who showed the emptyness of the top by the example of his own fullness. Go listen to some Joy Division music, and wonder why the lead singer committed suicide at 25. When Ian Curtis died, the bottom-up world died with him. 

We always have more layers to choose to see than we see, we think. 

We always have more layers to choose to see than we see, we think. 

The process of co-creation of the universe, begins in the kitchen. 

The process of co-creation of the universe, begins in the kitchen. 

Sam and Sterling take two different paths to composing. Sam and Sterling shape time with a natural poise. They both will tip into hunger, then compose again.