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Archive for February, 2007

Postmodernism, or What I Didn’t Learn in Design School

( On Being an Artist and Faith and American Culture )

In 1979, when I entered Parsons School of Design, I began the study of Environmental Design. This was trendy at the time — a discipline covering industrial design, interior design, and architectural design. Of the three, I gravitated towards the third of these, mostly because it seemed the most definitive, macho (read: powerful), and least […]

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Empty Tummy

( Women's Issues and Adoption )

Blake asked me this morning how you get a baby in your tummy. That’s tough to tell a 4-year old. I said that if you have someone in your life you love a whole lot, a baby sometimes grows like a seed in your tummy. He then said, “You did that with me a long […]

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It Will Never Be Enough

( Personal Courage and Women's Issues and American Culture and Adoption )

We are adopting from Ethiopia, if all goes well, later this year. Yes, we are white, and I’m sure there are many folks who would consider our doing this as some sort of race-blind, liberal, do-gooder, Brangelina-wanna-be gesture. But, it’s really not that simple, or maybe it’s just simpler still.
We want a daughter. We […]

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