There is a statement that floats freely around American art schools, “It’s about the process not the product.” American society is so caught up in the end result as a whole that it is easy to get caught up in the finish line game and forget to enjoy the beauty of the process along the […]

Screaming babies on the plane from every direction – an excellent breeding prophylactic. Sitting in front of a classmate from college (small world indeed), whose four-year-old was playing games on his very own cell phone - start ‘em young, the dad said. Watching the inflight movie in Spanish to improve my skillz. Global warming making […]

A friend and I made the most ravishing minestrone soup the other night. She was breaking her ten day Master Cleanse detox diet, which I am completely and utterly impressed that she saw through til the end, so it was a basic soup but turned out freakin’ delicious. We chopped up onions, zucchini, squash and […]

I’ve got people to disappoint
I’ve got mistakes to make
Trekking through the monsoons this weekend was humbling, as mother nature tends to humble a person who she pisses down upon relentlessly. When the sun broke through the clouds yesterday afternoon, I seized the opportunity. I excavated my disaster area closet, eventually finding my practice poi. For […]

In the fading afternoon sunlight, I hopped on my bike and used all that pent up energy from too many hours behind the computer screen and hauled-ass out to the beach. My smoking lungs hate me when I cycle hard, yet in my constant quest of balancing health and hedonism I have a terribly hard […]