Monday, November 2, 2015
When I close my eyes I see faces I haven’t drawn yet!
— Lily
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Usually I watch animals until they walk away.
— Lily
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Hi!
— Lily greeting her first trick-or-treaters
Friday, October 30, 2015
The ground will be moist for gravestones.
— Dad
Thursday, October 29, 2015
And your shoes get so hot, you wish your tired feet were fireproof.
— Man singing on subway with backup beatboxer, “Under The Boardwalk”
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Vote for me! I’m running cuz I’m not walking.
— Sidney
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Beautiful right?
— Fairway employee on Lily and I staring at new outdoor register
Monday, October 26, 2015
Hey. What’s up?
— Old man from Gramercy Vintage Furniture
Sunday, October 25, 2015
I want to see the rest of the U.S. and walk a lot.
— Lily
Saturday, October 24, 2015
It seems like everyone could use a pile of gravel every once in a while.
— Paul
Friday, October 23, 2015
iPads are cool but i miss giving my orders to a real person. The waiter helping us (adrian) was warm, energetic and made me feel attended to and connected. It is really a pleasure to have a nice experience with a person in a space full of bright screens, long waits and rushed travelers. Thank you to adrian for making my meal so precisely what i needed.
— One of many positive reviews for Adrian at Caps Oasis
Thursday, October 22, 2015
It revealed my bedrock sense of reality as fiction, a mythology specific to a particular time and place, in a way I wouldn’t forget.
— Peter Korn, Why We Make Things And Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
He’s Phi Bet'
— Sidney after I grabbed a knife from the neighbor table and loudly halved a frozen peach in the Isle of Capris
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
To maintain the stories that constitute one’s understanding of oneself in the world is a constant struggle.
— Peter Korn, Why We Make Things And Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
Monday, October 19, 2015
The craftsman is forced to come to terms with the physical properties of materials, the mechanical properties of tools, and the real capacity and limits of his own dexterity, discipline and imagination.
— Peter Korn, Why We Make Things And Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
Sunday, October 18, 2015
The story ends with these words: “Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and the systems to one another and to a whole, that by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.
— Jorge Luis Borges, An Introduction to American Literature
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Thus in order to learn the art of prose he read, forgot, and reconstructed the essays of Addison.
— Jorge Luis Borges, An Introduction to American Literature
Friday, October 16, 2015
Were you generous with your thoughts?
— Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, TC Open House
Thursday, October 15, 2015
It looks like a pool of vomit from far away.
— Editor
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
It’s ok, don’t worry bro.
— Man on subway who was in a verbal argument with another man but cooled off after 30 minutes of being stuck in a non-moving train.