This blog features fiction and non-fiction stories along with visual art. The stories explore a wide range of themes, often focusing on identity, personal struggles, and human connections. The artwork reflects both ongoing projects and previously exhibited art. The creative processes which are the foundation of art, storytelling, and science share much in common. The creative process is rooted in curiosity, exploration and play, the kind familiar to children.
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Editing my memory
I left Global Financial Inc. early today. Couldn’t take it. At the moment I am sitting at Sam’s café waiting for Claire. Some jittery clients are screaming at me. I may be a financial analyst but not a magician. Today the ink was black and smelled like fresh tar on a...
Everything matters to Werner: Children explore the world around them
I visit a gym and have gotten to know many of my fellow old ‘gymnasts’. One of them is Werner who asked me to read this story he wrote and then corrected himself and said no, it’s a poem that he wrote. He handed me what he wrote and did so with lots of hesitation,...
Smell expert: Children explore the world around them
I never knew Charlie R when I was in elementary school. We sometimes played together in the neighborhood playground where I lived just outside of Columbus Ohio. When I was 12 we moved away and that is the last time I saw Charlie. Many years later I read a...