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ReFresh

-March- A grey and cracked concrete box half-filled with frozen dirt and drifts of dirty snow. It must have been a planter, I decide, though that seems too genteel a term for this rough and broken nursery. But against all … Continue reading

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Norway 2017

Simple, intentional and slightly surprising; that is Norwegian design. Take, by way of example, the chairs at the City Hall in Hamar, Norway. I wish I’d gotten more video of these chairs, or even better I wish I’d shot some … Continue reading

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Equal to the Task

Trees reach up in a pale, winter sky, leaves gone, only branches and bark remain. The branches divide, divide again, ever smaller dark fingers grab at cold sunlight. Trees dive down, below frozen ground. Blind roots push out, search cold … Continue reading

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