“Tikkun” is a Hebrew word usually translated as “repair.” In the phrase “Tikkun Olam,” it has a traditional spiritual meaning associated with Jewish mysticism’s creation story in which the Source of Life shaped the vessels of this world, breathing divine energy into them. The container shattered, unable to hold the…

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 20th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 19 August 2022. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net’s other…

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 19th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 15 July 2022. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net’s other…

If I hear one more person (however grudgingly) admire the Republicans’ “long game” and compliment them on masterminding a fifty-year strategy to overturn a longstanding consensus on rights, bodily autonomy, guns and more, I’ll scream. In fact, I’ve screamed already. It’s not that the U.S. Right doesn’t long for a…

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 18th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 17 June 2022. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net’s other…

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 17th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 20 May 2022. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net’s other…

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 16th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 15 April 2022. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net’s other…

This is the text of a talk I gave on 8 April 2022 at the Community Built Association conference held at the Kaneko Foundation in Omaha, NE. I began by telling the assembled community-based artists and designers that I’d found it easier to react than to think during the last…

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 15th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 18 March 2022. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net’s other…