Seeing the Sphere

Stennis Space Center in Mississippi

Researching Science on a Sphere (a company that produces these projected-upon-globes for museums) I came across this image. A metaphor for the times, earth appears protected and out of reach, behind bars.

I particularly like how the Science Museum of Minnesota has chosen to deal with the boundary of our SOS. Similar to this photo from the Smithsonian, you'll notice http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2896818750/ the surrounding is intentionally intimate. Children sit close, a room is designated as a theatre to hold the sphere. Our new SOS space is gradually coming together to include a cabinet-of-curiosities. We're proud to be making this experience accessible for all, in bold and brand new ways.

For the Dreamers

http://wilderquarterly.com/about-2/

When my friend Kevin in New York recommended this book I snatched it off the rack in hopes to find a publication with more than a novel relevance. Knowing it was art directed by a former Urban Outfitters designer I expected this level of sophistication in type and image. Unfortunately, the appeal stops there. This coffee-table book will look fantastic in a rustic-themed, modern home where young people still romanticize the outdoors and farming more than they even try to live it. 

Deduced to its tiny paragraphs, disjointed diagrams, and hazy fashion-catalog-esque photography of plants and their growers, this quarterly publication is a missed opportunity to make important information about "growing" accessible to the ambitious urban farmer. The allure stops when read in the comforts of the densely urban home, as a conversation piece at one's dinner party. Perfect the few in their narrowly-focused audience, this publication is an attempt—presumptuous in its appearance—to provide useful content to "those enthralled with nature", less those actually depending on the natural world.

A-MEND-MENTAL

This blouse-blog is about damned time.

As I was mending this thrifted blouse I recalled the many hours of exposure I have had recently to exploring the topic of healing. Nearly all people who are close to me have had questions in mind about how to negotiate their spirituality with looming global concerns. What eases me now is the confidence to mend, heal and repair that what is authentic and original. What once was without, is now within. Looking to matters of limitation for one's real freedom and creativity is a method I discovered two years ago as I was working on my senior thesis project at MCAD. I never realized that I would share that process with my whole life.

LANDED

After a whirlwind year (or two) since I've graduated I now—gratefully—have a feeling that I have landed. Into myself. This time.