Year of Yes

My celebration of this unusual year includes a dozen self-portraits I took today and some thoughts about the way 2020 was my time for change.

Independence

To write what I want, about what I choose—this is independence. To photograph my city my way. To live on my own terms. Yes, in Warsaw.

Two years ago, a giant army-adjacent neon hijacked my favorite skyline. In this post I show and tell just how that has turned out.

Even beautiful lamps often come with canopies that are an afterthought. Here’s a close look at one neat workaround for this problem.

Come over and let me introduce you to some playful, blues-inflected German rock. Be ready for a surprising amount of softness and sophistication.

July 27, 2020 in PORTFOLIO

Are you looking for a simple road map to help you clarify and implement your current business objectives? Maybe this can help.

June 30, 2020 in JOURNAL

I may be less than one percent into those famous ten thousand hours of practice, but I am still well on my way to something extraordinary.

May 26, 2020 in PORTFOLIO

A cook’s notes to self have tremendous utility to the cook, but little more than voyeuristic value to everyone else. Want a peek?

April 29, 2020 in JOURNAL

April elicits heavy memories while ushering in lighter days. (It turns out that three years into bereavement one is whole again.)

March 25, 2020 in JOURNAL

As pandemic polemics drown out all other noise, everything becomes part of that chorus. Here are a few of my quiet observations.

Some connections are especially meaningful precisely because they are not deliberate. Here’s one linking two paintings by Agnieszka Zawisza.

Discover modular origami, the precision craft that combines abstract paper folding with multi-unit assembly into stunning polyhedra.