100 Days of Art – Day 7: Dorothea Lange

This is also the third of my Influences series that features photographers whose work has been a inspiration to me as a photographer. For more on Dorothea Lange, see part 4 of our series on The History of Street Photography. Dorothea Lange (26 May 1895 – 11 October 1965) was born to offspring of German…

100 Days of Art -Day 6: Lágrimas y Risas

2011 1982 teardrops from a blind eye winter awoke to the sounds of shrill crying and decided not to leave a child with familiar hunger mouth searching for a withered breast spouting mother’s milk long-since soured and turned to powder teardrops that stream from a blind eye form miniature waterfalls roar over brown cheeks dash…

The Only Way Home

 5/21/2010 I was never an artist. Not I, no sir. I was too busy being an obedient sycophant in pursuit of the American dream that my handlers convinced me was my own. When my childish heart beat a syncopated timpani to the strokes of my pen, I did not sing its foolish rhythm. While wanton…

100 Days of Art – Day 5: ¡¡WENOS DÍAS!!

“Life’s not a bitch, life is a beautiful woman You only call her a bitch because she won’t let you get that pussy Maybe she didn’t feel y’all shared any similar interests Or maybe you’re just an asshole who couldn’t sweet talk the princess” — Aesop Rock, “Daylight” *Editor’s Note: I am attempting to allow…

100 Days of Art – Day 4: Museum

National Gallery of Art, West Building, Washington, D.C. “Pondering” Detail of “Saint Sebastian” by Tanzio da Varallo “Lady Photographer Leaning back at the National Gallery West” “Two Creepy-ass Children” No, actually it’s “A Prince of Saxony” and “A Princess of Saxony” by Lucas Cranach the Elder but they still creepy-ass kids. “The Square of Saint…

On Superhero Stripper Hoes

When I wrote my Sci-Fi female lead, I wanted her to be sexy. Silly me, I defined sexy using the following criteria: Smart, at least in terms of problem solving and the ability to think during stress Strong, physically, mentally, and emotionally Feminine, because strength and femininity aren’t mutually exclusive Clothed, in things other than…