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Homicidal toys, dot matrix printers, and the 3D printing vanguard
Man with dot matrix printer and computer, circa 1985Sometime in the late 1980s, I started taking writing seriously. Given my age (I was ten or eleven years old) and the content of my stories, I...
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Commonplace Book Time Machine #1: Novus Ordo Seclorum
One of the two chapbooks I initially proposed creating in conjunction with my Aggregate Space&Featherboard Writing Serieswriting residency will not be produced. Because the residency is only five...
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Featherboard Writing Series Reading
George ReigerHeron Hill cemetery, Locustville, VirginiaCirca 1975This coming Saturday, August 3, I will read selections from the chapbook I've produced in conjunction with the Aggregate Space and...
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Interview with Jaime Lakatos
I had the pleasure of meeting artist Jaime Lakatos in Aggregate Space last week to chat with her about "Cinderscape," her solo show there. I encourage readers to visit Aggregate Space while...
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A Tonto Inventory
During the summer of 2003, I spent a week rafting on the Colorado River. Our flotilla bounced, rolled, and cheered its way down the river's major rapids, but there was also ample time for floating on...
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Bad Ideas For "America's Best Idea"
"In a soul-searching, head-scratching journey of its own, the agency that manages some of the most awe-inspiring public places is scrambling to rethink and redefine itself to the growing number of...
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The Sin of Being Realistic
In conjunction with the Jewish new year, I read a litany of "sins" we Jews must repent for on Yom Kippur. One of them had special resonance, both personally and universally."For the sin of being...
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Snapshots From Home Ground Chapbook
Snapshots From Home Ground Chapbook, 2013Snapshots From Home Ground, the limited edition chapbook I produced in conjunction with the Aggregate Space Writer-in-Residence and Featherboard Writing Series,...
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Navigating the Flood (Of Images)
I recently visited "A Sense of Place," Pier 24's current exhibition. It's a strong show with a broad purview that, typical of Pier 24 productions, is elegantly and thoughtfully installed. Long after I...
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Stop That Train, I Wanna Get Off
On the heels of yesterday's post about the staggering number of images we wade through...this.Civic Center Muni Station advertisingSeptember 2013Photography credit: Christopher Reiger, 2013
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Photographs From Tonto National Forest, AZ
As promised, I'm posting a sampling of the many photographs I took during my August trip to Tonto National Forest. If you'd like to read more about the various animal species encountered on the trip,...
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Antennae #26 Feature
I'm pleased to announce that several of my paintings and drawings are featured in Issue #26 (Autumn 2013) of Antennae: The Journal of Nature In Visual Culture. Accompanying the images, the editors...
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Knowing the Way To Your Heart
Elizabeth Alexander"Song Sparrow"2012I was curiously heartened when I read the below blurb in the "Field Notes" section of the September/October 2013 issue of Audubon Magazine.Silly Love Songs: Singing...
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Grounded Golden
Christopher Reiger"Golden Eagle mount; Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center; Palo Alto, CA; September 2013"Photo credit: © Christopher Reiger, 2013
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Sign Fail
During my August trip to Arizona's Tonto National Forest, I encountered the sign pictured below near a trailhead. I found it notable for two reasons.First, while Tonto visitors should certainly be...
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A Different Kind Of Tree
Christopher Reiger"Telephone Pole; 'Presidio Sites' Quadrat Project Site #1; Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; August 2013"A photo from my ongoing "Presidio Sites" project, about which I'll...
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Rock Dove On A Rock
Christopher Reiger"Pigeon (Rock dove); Mountain Lake; Presidio, San Francisco, CA; August 2013"Because so many people think of pigeons as "sky rats," I like to emphasis their more "proper" common name,...
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"Touch Me"
Last night, BAASICS had the pleasure of supporting our friends at The Berkeley Science Review with "Touch Me," their terrific Bay Area Science Festival program at the David Brower Center. I posted a...
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"Project George"
Christopher Reiger"Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii (memento mori)"Archival inkjet print on bamboo paper8" x 10"2013I've been swamped with various projects these last few months, and I'm very belatedly...
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"Presidio Sites"
Laurie Halsey Brown (senseofplaceLAB)"Christopher Reiger at Quadrat Site #1; Presidio, San Francisco, CA; October 2013"In December 2013, I led a walking tour to three of the four sites in the Presidio...
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