Essays
Thoughts about making things in the modern world
The Heart in art
The heart is love’s emblem par excellence. Yet, how long has the heart been coupled with love? When was the heart icon created? How did its image spread across the world and across time?
Confessions of a Materialist
It would be better if we were materialists, better if we did in fact consume. We call ourselves consumers, we call ourselves materialists, but we obviously have no regard for materials- or how could we stand being so constantly surrounded by such ugly ones as plastic, vinyl, nylon, sheetrock.
Memento Mori in Western Art
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity —Ecclesiastes 12:8
Snakes and Knowledge
Contrary to common parlance, phony new age spiritual gibberish and superstitious understanding; authentic Vedic Yogic knowledge teaches us that belief is the cause of our delusion and errors.