Cycles

Life and death, war and peace, being together and living apart all cycle in the nature of the seasons.  Similarly, that pattern belies a deeper truth.  That is, that even though they repeat, things are different each time, with some progression, some regression, every time around.  In war, there may be an attack on a village which is light and militaristic so as to be directed only at the enemy.  Maybe the attacker wants to visit that town later and so does not want to... Read More

Children of an Idle Brain

It’s sad that in the past five years of blogging, despite my roller coaster love life, I’ve only posted once on Valentine’s Day.  In 2009, I wrote about saving your old emails and how it paid off in a pointless argument in CYA Email Bitch Slap.  Bad form on a day dedicated to Love, or lack thereof.  My sister Anne calls today, “Single’s Awareness Day,” which I think is pretty funny.  And as I am single today, I feel an obligation to write... Read More

Et maintenant au Congo

Amy Ernst Often when I am photographing wealthy socialites partying or buying art on the north shore of Chicago, I think of a friend of mine, Amy Ernst, who is in the Congo right now taking amazing photos of interesting people.  But she’s not there to take photos, she’s doing her part to help out in that war-torn part of the world.  I asked her to write up a paragraph about what she is doing abroad: “I’m living in a monastery with about 50 Catholic priests... Read More