You never want a serious crisis to go to waste… an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.
-Rahm Emanuel
Stories Retold Take on New Scale
The Artworld is a galaxy of stars where truth is large, beautiful and paper thin. I wanted a work that celebrated that but acknowledged how in that scale we can lose the truth.
Revisionist History
I wanted to make a work that spoke about how much we have redacted history, desire to continue changing it and fear telling truths to the point of absurdity. A reality never more timely than in the 2010’s when the concept of fiduciary became laughable and lies became boldface and without shame. Its always been there though, there is nothing new just a slide of the pendulum from one extreme to the next with only a moment of respite.
Homemade Ranch Sauce
You can buy the most expensive ranch sauce on the shelf or you can make it from scratch and have it taste even better.
Portobello Mushroom Dogs
Marinade 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon yellow mustard Salt & pepper Ingredients 2 large portobello mushrooms, sliced into 4 long slices each Fixings: ½ cup chopped red onion ½ cup sliced tomatoes Squeeze of lime Salt & pepper...
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me! They would ask me to advise them, ….Posing problems that would cross a rabbi’s eyes! And it won’t make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong. When you’re rich, they think you really know!
– Sheldon Harnick
Zugzwang
is a situation found in chess and other games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because they must make a move when they would prefer to pass and not move. The fact that the player is compelled to move means that their position will become significantly weaker.
Vegetarian Pulled Pork with Jackfruit
It looks like pulled pork, it tastes like pulled pork and while your brain is telling you it is pulled pork you can know it is 100% vegetarian.
History is the science of what never happens twice.
-Paul Valéry
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
-Paul Valéry