First world problems read by third world people
It is hard to get perspective sometimes. This can help. A brilliant and humbling look at what we have become.
After the Fall
Over the Abyss The first thing I did when I got to the Grand Canyon was fall. Not into the “abyss” – or I wouldn’t be writing this. My spill was in the bathroom. Actually, in the kitchen coming out of the bathroom. The apartment I’m in has two steep… Read More
On Not Being Able to Get Out of my Car
I arrived at the Grand Canyon yesterday afternoon. Alone. Just me and my car and my guitar and computer and paint and canvases and Oscar and Kea my stuffed creatures. And here’s the thing. As I pulled up to the entrance and the Ranger leaned in toward the car to… Read More
The Road to Manzanar
I knew soon as I got in my car that I would not make it to Williams, Arizona that night. That was my plan, Williams by 6 PM. But I had made that plan while sitting in my kitchen at home in Oregon. Not in a hotel parking-lot off of… Read More
Shuttle Van to a Whore House, Oregon to Carson City, Nevada
Mt. Shasta, from I5. Well, I got off to a late start, and I stopped about 40 minutes into the drive to call CarToys to figure out how to connect Pandora up to my spiffy new stereo system, and I5 was jammed with oversized semi’s hauling what looked like parts… Read More
Over the Grand Canyon by Aerial Filmworks
Over the Grand Canyon from Aerial Filmworks on Vimeo.
And the Winner Is…..
I am tired, tired, tired. For the last three days I have been running around ticking off items on my endless to do list, and if I were not so tired, tired, tired, I would pat myself on the back for completing it. Well, almost completing it. I had hoped… Read More
What to Pack for a Month at the Grand Canyon
In less than a week I will get in my car and head south to the Grand Canyon. It should take me no more than two days to drive the 1300 miles. Most of my month-long residency will be spent at the VerKamp’s Visitor Center. It was built in 1906,… Read More
Text of Richard Blanco’s One Today
Like many people who watched the Presidential Inauguration, I found myself moved by its historical significance, size and magnitude, as well as all the pomp and pageantry. Yes, it could be derided as nothing more than an extravagant display, particularly for a country wrestling with so many problems. But in times… Read More
Leaving my home and family
On January 30th, I am leaving my home and family to spend an entire month by myself on the south rim of the Grand Canyon as an Artist In Residence. The National Park Service chooses twelve people a year to enjoy a month of solitude and solid work. I plan… Read More