About the Project > Project Pieces


I’ve said it before:

I work in parts and pieces, in series, over time.

Turns out...I was really serious about that.

Looking for Arete is a long-term project built from various components; some aspects are still in their initial stages. Currently, this is how I am categorizing the project's varied conceptual threads:

The Beautiful—Beings, Places, Things

Ruminating about beauty with what I know best: clay concrete glass paper photographs metal stone water tempera acrylic oil ink graphite light gold-leaf pearl-dust salt....

Athlete Oracle Maker Sage

Idealized portraits of phenomenal people who exhibit arete beautifully.

A Piece of You

Precious talismans for self-preservation, made collaboratively with recipients.

Wrestling with Arete

We all wrestle with something. Six-minute mixed-media performances, focusing on grappling with the invisible double.

Put It On

Clothing, jewelry and accessories designed/worn by people wrestling with arete.

Lessons From the Schoolhouse

Stories, wisdom and laughter gleaned from collecting all kinds of beauty.

Waiting

Oh wow...it's a novel, not a short story.

Parts and Pieces