On fine muslin, sartorial word origins, and the sensual tension of revealing while concealing.
All in Out of context
The Christian Fig
The abundance of names for the humble prickly pear offers a lesson on the fruits of intercultural contact and the lasting influence shipwreck, captivity, and feelings of colonial superiority.
God, ants, and circuitous destruction
On the meandering and mysterious expressions of divine will
The slave of a sheikh
Sheikhs, patronage, slaves, and dogs
The nobility of sugar
A snatch of poetry fit for the summer solstice
Knockin’ on heaven’s door
Fortune and the bold
Potsherds and preparation
Calligraphy and the transfiguration of banal sentiment into high art
The moon and the stars
Perspective and celestial immanence