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“My grandmother, who is a potter, always insisted that she makes ceramic vessels, not art.”
What Containers Reveal (and Conceal) About Design and Life
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“I have become a hoarder of dreams. Since high school, they’ve slowly piled up. They’re strewn across journals and loose slips of paper, and in the last few years stored on the Cloud, a nice place for dreams.”
Changing States
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“When his family made fun of him for being lost in books, he would read in the closet.”
Jay Rossi, 1921—2009
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“When all the other mothers wore heels, stockings and hair spray, Esther would come to events with no stockings, no hairspray and no heels.”
Esther Silver, 1922—2009
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“‘You’re so cute, I just want to eat you up!’ A grownup told me this when I was a kid and I ran away crying.”
Nine Lives
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“The litter box may have brought us physically closer to our feline companions, but that doesn’t mean we understand them any better than when they lived mostly outdoors.”
Better Life for Kitty: On Cat Capitalism
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“I am looking at a black and white photograph of Muriel Cooper at work captioned ‘Muriel Cooper in conversation with unidentified males, c.1972.’”
Muriel Cooper: A Foot at the Table
Artist bookSelf-published -
“Dear reader, the contents of this magazine are generated through hitchhiking.”
Hitchhiking: A Magazine
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“A man in a fancy black car is holding down his horn at a flock of pigeons that are blocking his way.”
All the Directions
Artist bookSelf-published -
“Today I woke up and opened my eyes for the eleven-thousand-thirty-seventh day of my life.”
Left Right Up Down Back Front Out In
Artist bookSelf-published -
“He rode the length of every train line with his eyes closed, feeling the curve of each track and then drawing the path he perceived in his sketchbook.”
New York’s Subway Map Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
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“Vladia Brooks kneads bread in the same spot that her father, Vladimir Nevl, kneaded bread for almost 50 years.”
Mom and son carry on Czech tradition at Vladimir’s
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“The Women’s Mountain Bike and Tea Society wants to rub out the image of mountain biking as an extreme sport.”
No Wombat Left Behind
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“The ghost of Annie’s brother was said to go into the pantry for a drink every night at 10 o’ clock.”
If Chamot’s Walls Could Whisper
ArticleThe Point Reyes Light -
“It’s illustrated in a topographic style, with the region seen from above and stretching out to the horizon. The artist even included the sky. . . that’s nice.”
How to Map New York City
ArticleUrban Omnibus