Bird of Ill Omens (aka Vinnie the Vulture, Pandemic Pal) On October 22, 2020, the US saw the largest reporting of new Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Over 77,000 new cases were reported. In the Presidential debate that same evening, Trump once again repeated the falsehood that American had “turned the corner”... Continue Reading →
The Mask Project: Art as Political Satire
The Monkey Mask (#1) Masks are on everyone's mind these days. I thought I would post a series of mask design ideas from my old ceramic days. I think these could be transferred to fabric patterns and printed. Since Trump has made monkey's out of the whole country, I thought I'd start with this. (and... Continue Reading →
The “Covid Conniption”: A Star Trek A Parody in 7 short parts
“The Covid Conniption (part one…) The Starship Enterprise has returned to Earth from the distant future to the old earth year 2021. We are on the bridge… Chekov to Kirk: (excitedly) “Captain, I’m getting a recorded distress call from a continent on this planet.”Kirk:(tensely) “What does it say?”Chekov: (puzzled) “It just says, “Testing, testing, testing”... Continue Reading →
Larger Pandemic Lessons
Family Under Lockdown I don’t want to minimize the human suffering caused by the pandemic. Rather, I think taking a bigger view of it might help us alleviate a much wider occurrence of human suffering in the future. Step back a moment and consider the pandemic as a huge scientific experiment. Maybe it’s nature’s way... Continue Reading →
