This is a short story about racism, but it’s not what you think you’re going to hear because it’s not a story about hatred, prejudice, false superiority, or even being mean. It’s a story about power. Racism is like rape in the way rape might appear to be about sex…

Every once in a while, a visionary new movie helps us all to see what was right in front of our eyes all along, offering a flight plan to the future. On Friday, November 4, I was watching “Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda” on ABC’s 20/20, a preview of…

It’s been a very difficult year — so many losses. But today is my birthday and I wanted to write. I don’t have a plan for this new bit of writing and perhaps that’s the best way to exit 2021 and enter 2022 as another December 28 comes and goes…

How to vaccinate yourself against apathy and indifference — I am an anti-racist because everyday monsters live among us. …

The Best Path To Your Next Creative Leap Is Through Collaboration, Not Competition — While the practice of free market competition makes for a compelling story, it’s not actually how the most enduring creative leaps have been made throughout human history. The real story of explosive growth and sustained development is collaborative, not competitive. Within our communities of creative and business practice as well…

One of the lessons I’ve learned in 2021 is that to move forward, sometimes I must echo the shape I once held. Every human life holds a place in relation to one another. We each have a sentient and spiritual presence that shapes us — that makes us identifiable and…

You aren’t only what you eat…you’re what you practice — I recently gave a virtual talk to local art students at Henninger High School in the Central New York city of Syracuse to get them thinking as early as possible about where creative habits of mind come from — the kind of habits that will make them effective creators, makers…

I am an anti-racist art educator because racism, its internalized razor wire, and stark social byproducts are still active and visible in the world we walk in. Anti-racist educators must be just as active and visible. I am an anti-racist art educator because racism now accuses anti-racists of being “racists”…

A few ideas and events converged into one train of thought starting on the Saturday evening of March 21, 2020 just a couple of days after winter had ended, as my wife and I first started hunkering down in earnest in Central New York. …