The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half-submerged balls. I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy… Continue reading To be of use
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One of the skills I’ve acquired since turning 40 is the ability to recognize there will likely always be a gap between seeing a photo of myself and appreciating it. That gap, I’ve realized, is the time it takes me to overcome all the ways I’ve been taught to value myself in the world. The… Continue reading Untitled
When Battery Park City was a wheat field in 1982
In 1982, the artist Agnes Denes planted two acres of wheat on landfill that would become Battery Park City…