Day After Rally

Last Updated on Friday, 21 March 2003 08:07 Written by Steve Friday, 21 March 2003 08:07

So we couldn’t help but go to war with a country that has no military, has no ties to 9/11, and in a way that ticks off 90% of the population of the world. So thw question is: Are the actions of the United States the grasping beginings of a new world empire or the rigor mortis of a dying state? I personally don’t know, but I’m starting to get worried about the second scenario. Either way, I have to say something about it, so I went to a rally in downtown Seattle to show my opposition to the war. A few thousand people were there–all was peaceful. The daytime picture is from the student walk-out that happened earlier in the day.

Milton Bowens

Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2003 01:02 Written by Steve Friday, 14 March 2003 01:02

While I was in Oakland, we stumbled into an art show. We weren’t looking for an art show, but happened upon one put on by Milton Bowens, an African-American painter from Oakland. It was the most amazing art show I have been to in a long time. He leans toward direct communication with his art–much of his canvases are covered with written words. His communication is about the history of the black man in America, a history he was inspired to paint about after 9/11. It was refreshing to see a insightful journey through America’s less than proud history was inspired by the same events that have brought us jingoistic short sightedness. I would have loved to walk away with many of his works, but they were priced outside my art budget. One of his most powerful works, Strange Fruit, reminds us that America is hurtling into the future without fully resolving it’s past. No wonder we are doomed to make the same mistakes all over again.

Malcolm’s Second Pictures

Last Updated on Saturday, 8 March 2003 12:22 Written by Steve Saturday, 8 March 2003 12:22

Here is Malcolm’s second set of ultrasounds. He’s 6 months old.

Ultrasound is amazing stuff. You can see the features of the face, bones of the spine, and fingers. All via sound through the abdomen. Amazing.