I woke up this morning and just wasn’t myself – whatever that means. Emerging from my makeshift bed fort of pillows felt like an out-of-body experience. Tripping over a half-packed suitcase – well, that was nothing new to me. It wasn’t the fact that the chain-smoking couple next door was using my patio as their ashtray, and it certainly wasn’t a case of the illusive vodka-induced hangover. It was just one of those moments when I couldn’t connect the dots – kind of like when you flip …

If it should ever be mid-May and you find yourself in the company of a touk and a pea coat, take my advice – do your toes a favor. My shivering New York City toes have got some serious beef with me. Where I come from, they would be sun-kissed and sporting a sandal tan right now. Sorry, little guys. Not here – not toeday. 

Since moving to New York City nearly four years ago, I’ve changed my sock collection, my opinion of what constitutes a reasonably priced entrée, my affinity for …

Here is a question for all of you math and science geeks out there: have you ever wondered what randomness looks like? Well, embrace your inner nerdom and get excited, because I have seen it, and it looks pretty awesome! In an experiment in mathematics and physics entitled Random Walk, Daniel A. Becker shows the mysterious interaction of chaos and order in randomness. The results are quite insightful – you’ll be entertained, whether you are a designer or a statistician. 
Random Walk consists of 14 double-sided A2 posters contained in a transparent plastic …

Are you bummed about the economy? Does the stock market have you down? Don’t you wish you had something ‘priceless’ to invest in? If so, check out Trust Art. It just might be what you are looking for. 
A new venture that was launched in partnership with BBH New York and SquareSpace, Trust Art supports 10 emerging artists with visionary blueprints for projects on a one year timeline. Each artist’s proposal is steeped in cultural, environmental, and economic value, and has the potential to engage large contingents of society. 
Trust Art sells $1 …

Now that the Swine Flu is on the verge of an all-out pandemic, I wanted to investigate how the art community is responding to the crisis. I have been sitting at my favorite local coffee shop for the past few hours, just tapping away at this keyboard and passively observing passers-by. The experience has been an eye-opening one, to say the least. You know, Houstonians are a rare breed when it comes to crisis preparedness! It seems to me that the average Texan’s awareness of the Swine Flu outbreak falls somewhere …