Inspirations

I am a collector of images and ideas.

Artists

The list is long, longer each day I discover someone else making incredible work. I linger on all of them. Here are six from a list of thousands.

Nature

I have to be in nature to be healthy. Sometimes I stand in shock and awe because of the beauty and mystery. I might have to buy more photo storage for the thousands of photos I have of these miracles.

Books

I read all and everything—Science, Mystery, SciFi, History, Maps, Essays, you name it I want to read it. These six are from my list of thousands that stuck with me after reading.

Cracks

I walk every day the weather allows it. Cracks in the sidewalks, cracks in the streets, cracks on walls speak the language of transformation. Here are six, some don’t show up unless it rains.

Things on roofs

A lot of my art is about communication, how it happens and when it doesn’t. These images remind me of how many ways we reach to the sky to capture the stories floating by.

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Bonus! a book list!

What a list. Thank you, readers, for this great selection of books to read. These should keep me busy for quite a while. And, if you think of any others, or wish to comment on any on this list, or share the list in any way, please do.

Suggested Reading

Same Kind of Different as Me, Ron Hall
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
The Wanderers, Meg Howrey
H is for Hawk, Helen MacDonald
The Unknown Matisse and Matisse the Master by Hilary Spurling
The Curve of Time, Wylie Blanchet
Wave, Sonali Deraniyagala
Some Luck, Jane Smiley
Hild: A Novel, Nicola Griffith
A Constellation of Vial Phenomena, Anthony Marra
A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
Commonwealth and State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
The Devil’s Teeth, Susan Casey
The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
Bad Feminist: Essays, Roxane Gay
The Shepherd’s Life, James Rebanks
So Long a Letter, Mariama Ba
Just Kids, Patti Smith
The Homegoing, Yaa Ygasi
The Nix, Nathan Hill
The Portable Veblen: A Novel, Elizabeth Mckenzie
Stormy Weather, Paulette Jiles
The Clay Girl, Heather Tucker
In the Darkness, Susan Faludi
The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy
The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen
Arcadia, Lauren Goff
The Enchanted, Rene Tenfold
They Take our Jobs and 20 Other Myths About Immigration, Aviva Chomsky
Hope in the Dark, Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, Rebecca Solnit
The Orchardist, Amanda Collin
The Keeper of Lost Things, Rugh Hogan