Week One: Nomads Gone Spanish

So, for those of you who didn’t notice the not-so subtle change in our itinerary, we did not go first to South America, but rather to Barcelona. The main contributing factor to this decision was that we didn’t want to go all the way down to the southern reaches of South…

On Picasso and Names

So, Sarah and I are sitting in a cafe in Barcelona after having hung out at the Sagrada Familia, and in the cafe is this really cool poster of a piece of art that took Anthony Pilley 6 years to paint.

The Results of Arting for 6 Weeks at Metafora

These are the highlights and lowlights … enjoy!

Our first assignment on the theme of Order and Chaos was to take white dot stickers and represent our concept of this theme. I thought it was a very easy assignment and whizzed…

First Impressions of Marrakech

Rabbits stretched on the ground of the narrow dusty street, furred black and white hind legs bound to a…

Impromptu Apprenticeship in Ceramics

Weaving with Mustapha

During the past four days, I learned to weave on a loom at the workshop of Mustapha in Sefrou, Morocco. He helped me…

To the Emerald Isle

The journey from Barcelona to Ireland was easy. I caught Pepper grinning at dinner our first night here and learned that he is elated to be among speakers of his native language again. However, we learned a thing or two about the differences between Irish English and American English at a…

The Hunter

I awaken in the predawn hours. My eyes burn from an unfulfilled sleep quota and my insides churn in a mighty rage.

Working from Wherever

February 1st, I started a new job. It was a really strange experience for so many different reasons. First of all, I have been working at Google for almost 9 years. There I had really learned the ropes and contributed to the software tools and libraries in big ways. I knew people and…