I have been eating a lot of rice lately, along with half of the people of the world. According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization rice supplies nearly 900 calories a day to those in China. However, less than 100 calories per day per person are gathered by rice here in the US, where our staple foods are genetically modified meats and sugars.
Tower cranes in Southeast Washington DC hover over the area around RFK Stadium. This area may be the future site of DC's baseball stadium, if not a revamped RFK itself.
Rehearsal Thanksgiving
I went to a Thanksgiving Dinner at my friends' parent's house. There was excellent Thanksgiving Ham and Turkey and plenty to talk about after dinner ... and for weeks to come. I am thankful for the invitation.
My friends Chad and Cat talk "Art Speak" in the Corcoran 3rd Year studios. Everyone prefers these studios to the senior studios because they are down stairs and the senior studios are up and up the stairs. Art Speak goes something like this ... Creativity comes from mothers and grandmothers, craftsmanship and skill from fathers, and I can personally root my interest in Modern Art to my oldest sister Gina. She had me looking at Lichtenstein, Kandinsky, and Mondrian at the LACMA in early grade school, maybe before. I remember her asking me if I liked Modern Art. I responded negatively at first, but had a good idea of what Modern Art could look like - a jagged Cubist collage, the blank canvas Conceptual Art, "Broadway Boogie-Woogie," and the limited-color paintings of Color Field painters. Now I watch the future of art and its artists, and they're pretending to ignore me. That is Art Speak.
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House reopened to foot traffic a couple days ago. It seems like it's been closed for almost a year. Tonight there was a BBC Television reporter there. Tony Blair is planning to visit the CONUS to meet with the POTUS on Friday.
I was walking home from downtown when I saw a man bleeding from his head on the sidewalk. Another urban injury, a bump on the head in the night from a tripping mishap. A few Fridays ago I saw a woman trip and knock her two front teeth out on the curb. The sidewalks are dangerous out there.
Today was the last day of my internship at Sandy Spring Friends School. I'll miss my slow, un-crowded commute out of town in the mid-morning. I'll also miss the school, the instructors and students, and the memories they bring back from my earlier years. Like when I was in the library and saw three middle-schoolers making Xerox copies of a drawing book - it reminded me of my past fascination with copy machines. The sun coming through the window, reminded me of an interesting website of high contrast "street photography." The website is called In-Public.Com.
Many Sundays I never leave my apartment. Today was one of them. Then I attempt to take an interesting picture at home. This is one of them.
I took this picture just as the wind caught this stroller. Its two front wheels are nearly 6 inches off the ground. See how the shadows line up?
