A birthday party for a prostitute

Yesterday brought me the privilege of meeting Tony Campolo.

Creative Lent #8 — Haiku

Two abnormally busy days created a perfect storm of responsibilities, so haven’t had any extended spare time to do creative stuff. Along the way though I’ve made various attempts at Haiku.

Creative Lent #2 — Telescope

For Jeannette…

Thoughts on the “Son of God” movie

This past weekend brought the release of the movie “Son of God.” About two weeks before opening…

My only Oscar prediction for tonight

Initiating Lent

The Lent season starts this Wednesday, going from March 5th until April 17th. I didn’t grow up practicing Lent and honestly until my late teens had no idea what it was. One time while downtown I saw people walking around with gray ash marks on their heads and got slightly freaked out. The person I…

Creative Lent #4 — Ice

I wanted to have a couple of my creative days dedicated to taking photos. Today unexpectedly offered a unique opportunity for it. Flying out of Midway toward New York this afternoon we were able to see a rather frozen Lake Michigan. Thawing has begun, but the ice formations over such a…

Creative Lent #5 — Video of a Day

Had the idea of capturing a whole day in video.

Yesterday then, every 15min or so I took a 5sec clip on my phone of whatever was going on:

Creative Lent #6 — Erase

The majority of yesterday was spent traveling in some form. The full distance spanned varying degrees of foot traffic, cab rides, a bus ride, the “L” train, Southwest Airlines, and our Toyota Corolla. If I’d intentionally planned that spread I’d have fit a boat in somewhere for…