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A mostly-words venture that elaborates on themes I have been exploring for several decades on my design, art and politics blogs. Here I will write about the connections between art, politics, life and community, and how we bridge the disconnections of time, space, tribe and opinion to live a life of meaning and purpose. (See more here.) Contact me at TheIskraJournal (at) gmail (dot) com.

Category: The Garden

  • Sense of Place: A Core Value at Risk as Seattle Faces Pressure to Grow

    The revenge of the Pink Flamingos, Greenwood Is it utopian to think that a city squeezed between high tech’s algorithms, the rapacious hunger of private equity and the Master Builders’ Association can “grow gracefully?” Last night I attended an event sponsored by Design Review Reboot Coalition and Allied Arts to hear a panel discuss “Creating…

  • When 9.11 is your birthday. . .

    Today is my birthday. Every September 11 since the “original” September 11, I metaphorically hide under the bed, hoping something bad does not happen. Something terrible happened yesterday, which has seeped into today with profound effect. In spite of my best intentions to avoid the news cycle, this morning I spent an hour and a…