Recently, I passed by the renovating Domino Sugar building on the Williamsburg waterfront. Standing at more than 10 floors tall, broad frame, dark bricks, curved windows, this 19th century building harkens to a time when intricacy was prized. It’s firmly devoid of efficiency. The developers are keeping the external facade of the building more or…
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Following up on my piece on modern day consumption habits, I wanted to share some thoughts around what I am doing to be more mindful about what I consume. To start off, I want to address something. Am I completely impervious to all forms of consumption habits and trends? No, and that would honestly be…
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When you enter the Chauvet cave in France, you are transported to a different world. This cave that remained untouched for thousands of years is rugged, ancient, and yet familiar. Horses, lions, owls are suspended on the cave walls, and drawn with such perfection in chiaroscuro some 30,000 years ago that it feels like the…
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Each season embodies a character and the natural world plays its dramaturgically complex part perfectly. Nature even involves us intimately to partake in this performance and we follow its lead more closely than we think. I will admit my love for seasons comes after a recent change of heart. Seasons can feel like a nuisance…
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