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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna in the grand plaza.. from the 16th century. The logo for Maserati cars comes from the tip of that trident! 🔱

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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The Aperture

August 05, 2025
Tags: Texas, museum, sculpture, death, personal

Easing the Teachings

August 02, 2025
Tags: Texas, sculpture, bible, jesus, evangelicalism, seminary

Accidental Fragments

July 22, 2024
Tags: cairo, colonialism, aesthetic, sculpture, mythology, ruins

Bowling for the Nation

July 13, 2024
Tags: Egypt, sports, nation, sculpture, flag, stone

Getting Used to Dinosaurs

May 17, 2023
Tags: kentucky, museum, sculpture, garden, creationism, dinosaur

A Whispering Giant

May 01, 2023
Tags: UP, Native Americans, sculpture, public art, forest, lake

The Goal of Education

October 21, 2022
Tags: dubai, museum, education, art, painting, sculpture, arabic

Pages on the Wall

October 21, 2022
Tags: dubai, museum, architecture, books, material, sculpture

Paper in the Wind

July 22, 2022
Tags: cairo, church, sculpture, painting, bible, Coptic

Gouge Out Your Eyes

July 22, 2022
Tags: cairo, Coptic, bible, jesus, sculpture

Another Cave, Another Meaning

July 22, 2022
Tags: cairo, Coptic, church, cave, sculpture

Back to That Most Famous Cave

July 19, 2022
Tags: cairo, church, sculpture, outsider art, bible, jesus, cave

The Son of Man on the Cliff Face

July 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, Coptic, jesus, bible, sculpture, christianity

Paintings and Screens

March 06, 2022
Tags: expo, painting, screens, sculpture, nation, civilization

Displaying a Nation

March 06, 2022
Tags: expo, Japan, things, sculpture, architecture, art, flag, nation
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