Vacation’s over. It was nice, thanks for asking… Amid all the hue, cry, wail and umbrage regarding Albuquerque Rapid Transit is the repeated use of the word “historic” to oppose the project. Employing the “picture worth a thousand words” model, propagandists (or advocates, if you prefer) use photos like the famous Ernest Haas shot as their call… Read More Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Image, Perception and Public Policy
The proposed station is “beyond ugly,” she said. – Lauren Austin, CABQ Landmarks Commission member and Huning Highland neighborhood resident, from “Landmark Commission Questions ART Project,” Albuquerque Journal, 4.13.16 You can’t legislate morality, and you may or may not know pornography when you see it, but what about making public policy centered around whether something is… Read More We May Not Know ART (Albuquerque Rapid Transit), But We Know What We Don’t Like
What does it mean to be a creative male these days? How are we guys, in that antiquated, mythologically “binary” sense, supposed to act, feel and express ourselves? Jim Harrison might be summed up as “an author,” but he will be remembered as much, if not more, for the depth and breadth of his passions as for… Read More Jim Harrison and the Creative Male Dream
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