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What is Sculpture?

By On October 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I just got an email that contained a beautiful letter from one of my Sculpture professors. He wrote it to two grade school kids to answer the question, What is Sculpture? With brilliance and humor Mr. Lester Van Winkle did what few humans can, explain the unexplainable…

VCU Department of
Sculpture and Extended [...]

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Green Business in Orange County

By On August 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’ve just added a few posts to this blog about Green Business. I’m espcially interested in seeing it grow in Orange County, North Carolina. (That includes Chapel Hill and Carrboro.) So you’ll see on the top right of this blog a link to all the posts in the Green Business category. I hope this [...]

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RIP Robert Rauschenberg

By On May 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at 82 source: NY Times

This man is an important influence on my creative work. Such an amazing innovator. (Thanks for the link to that one @10ch)

Fearless Experimentation

It’s no secret that experimentation (and the failure that goes along with it) is at the core [...]

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Graffiti IS Art

By On March 28, 2007 · 3 Comments

Mark Schultz over at the N&O’s Orange Chat blog writes:

Graffiti or Art?
So we sent staff photog Leslie Barbour to shoot a town worker painting over some gang symbols at the Chapel Hill Community Center this morning.

I was talking to Leslie about the story later this afternoon, and she said [...]

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Edwards and Permanent Military bases in Iraq

By On January 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

A few months ago I was invited by Sen. John Edwards to attend a dinner with several local bloggers. It was a exciting and wonderful evening of good food and excellent conversation. I was nervous and wondered how I ended up there. I suppose its because of my blog post

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US out of Iraq now!

By On October 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

In case I haven’t said it recently, the US military needs to leave Iraq now. Every single last solider, public or private, needs to leave Iraq. No permanent military bases. No covert military presence. No hired guns. Let Iraqis rebuild their country in peace with restitution paid by their former occupiers.

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Keeping Carrboro Green

By On September 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

The News&Observer has a story today about the Carrboro Greenspace effort.

A group is trying to raise the down payment on $1.4 million it needs to save a green hillside near downtown from buildings, cars and pollution.

The Carrboro Greenspace Collective is trying to preserve about 10.5 acres off of Old Pittsboro Road, [...]

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