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Last night I saw Malian musician Habib Koité and Bamada at the Triple Door in Seattle. Habib’s music transports me back to Mali, West Africa, and it’s always treat to see them in town. (View their tour dates.)
I first saw Habib play in Bamako, Mali, while I was there with a Carleton College study abroad program to [...]
When people first learn about my work, they often ask me about my travels. I feel fortunate with the opportunities I’ve had to travel all around the world and still marvel at the unexpected doors my art opens and what opportunities it creates. Once a week now, I’m going to try and post a “field [...]
Yesterday was a beautiful day in Seattle and in the afternoon I took off on my bike to meet the adventurous Captain Mark Schrader at the Seaview East boatyard in Ballard. Mark is working to prepare a 64ft steel-hulled sailboat for a year-long circumnavigation of North and South America for a project called Around the [...]
My college (Carleton) alumni magazine the Voice included a profile of me in a recent feature, “Risky Business.” I’ve since been inspired to reflect more upon the theme of risky business. Aspects of my work and travels have been physically risky. I jumped sailboats in the South Pacific, hiked around Mt. Kailash in Tibet [...]
Last week and the previous week, I had the pleasure of teaching Nature Journaling and tools for observations to students of Cooper Elementary School in West Seattle. Cooper Elementary is a special place, unfortunately slated to close this next year due to budget cuts. Hopefully the community can turn this around! (Visit here to learn [...]
