Happy Thanksgiving! Count your blessings, give your thanks, appreciate whatever you’ve taken for granted. Sit down, laugh, smile, eat your heart out, sip on red wine and pop sparkling champagne. Emphasis on the eating, of course. One of my favorite illustrators, the French La Flore et La Faune, ... Read More
Maintenant | No. 009
Main·te·nant, adverb. Of the French language, meaning “now,” “at the moment,” and perfectly suitable for a[n American] culture which thrives upon this idea of instant gratification and living for now, for better or for worse. Live for the present and appreciate everything of the moment can easily ... Read More
On Wanting What You Can’t Have
It’s only human nature to want what we can’t have—you know, something along the lines of that good old adage about “the grass being greener on the other side.” It is the unattainable that seduces us—it provides for us a challenge, a bit of mystery, and injection of interesting in comparison to what ... Read More