Weeknotes: 09/13/25-09/19/25

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This Week:

I spent most of the week putting the finishing touches on “Mememorializing the Underground Railroad: The Harry Bradshaw Matthews Collection”. The exhibit looks great, and is a testament to Harry’s decades long enthusiasm for and interest in this important period in American history. We’ll be having the opening reception on Saturday, opening it along with “The Study of One Thing: The Zen arts of Sensei Jody Hojin Kimmel”.
In MUST205, we talked about how to hang 2d works on walls, and I taught my students the math equations I use to make them look great!
In my endless quest to move away from Amazon, I spent some time migrating my books wishlist to a static page on here.
Good things–Inspired by Dan Sinker, I’m going to occasionally post some good things I experienced this week; music, movies, books, fun places all apply.
- I’ve found myself listening to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' album Ghosteen. Although the album is bathed in sorrow, Cave manages to fill these soft, sad songs with hope and bright light in the darkness. “Sun Forest” performs this careful alchemy, combining apocalyptic imagery of wildfires and dying animals with children floating toward the sun, and unnamed love with green eyes, waiting at the end.
- Thursday was Alanna’s birthday. I’m lucky she’s in my life and delighted every chance I get to celebrate her!