ideas in the air

21Jul12

merkabah Merkabah means chariot. Any wheeled, winged thing like a car, throne, spinning geometric temple or basic-bio human body, it’s what takes us place to place. That little ringed thingy image above is a mystical merkabah fresco found in the St. John the Baptist Church in Macedonia. Anything can be a merkabah. In particular this month, […]

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Kickin’ Delicious.Spring City + Country Trippin’ NYC, USA.

21Apr12

spring is kickin’ up! In the country, fresh shoots of green sprouts packed with new beginnings and nutrients are like a delicious drug or tonic to animals, making lambs frolic and life bucolic. In the city, the busy schedules are balanced by more non-linear kicking and romping, experiencing the city in sweet warmer weather, more […]

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Clarimonde Project: Fragrant GstaadGzadzillionaire Girls + Their Worshipping Menfolk

01Nov11

The ground flowed backward beneath us in a long streaked line of pale gray, (Gadzooks! Let’s Go! How we love invitations to be literary-ish and sexy.) (Note to Self: If you do indeed follow Gretel, the White Rabbit or Aslan, be sure to leave a trail of breadcrumbs…) The end of October 2011. NYC. Dear […]

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