craft + activism = craftivism.

Here’s to the new year and all the dreams and adventures and love it may bring. As for 2010 parting, few things could be more fitting that this piece above. Why this piece, you ask? Because it depicts the juxtaposition of rough, activated and rugged (bull) vs warm, welcoming and beautiful (crochet) and how well [...]

“Today the only works which really count are those which are no longer works at all.” -Theodore Adorno* “Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak. But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we [...]

The August 9th cover of Time magazine, and video with commentary from the photographer, Jodi Bieber. Read the abridged article here. [Interesting contrast to the 1985 National Geographic cover of Sharbat Gula. The original 1985 article is over here.] More resources regarding Afghan women’s bravery and strength: *Women for Women *Afghan Women’s Network *Women for [...]

It’s no secret that I ::love:: koalas. Ever since the fires in Australia last year, I’ve had the photo below on my fridge because 1) it’s a koala, 2) it’s cute and 3) it’s time to start seriously helping the planet when a koala comes to your house to hang out in your laundry basket. [...]

Lately I’ve been wandering around a large yet small city with my camera and incredibly uncomfortable shoes. I’ve enjoyed the whoosh and burst of air that hits you down in the Metro, sunsets over monuments, visiting museums, dancing to old 90s music, dudes that give someone elderly their seat when they teeter totter on the [...]