Tag: purpose

• BATHROOM CONFESSIONS (but make it art) — Entry No. 3

  July 23, 2025

  Consciousness, Mixed media, PhD

  art, bathroom-walls, communication, creativity, identity, life, Media ecology, mental-health, mindfulness, painting, PhD, public-art, purpose, rhetoric, writing

  If you’re just tuning in: I’ve been turning a downtown bathroom into a mural — part confession booth, part existential doodle, part “is the person that painted this okay?”  If you pay attention, life is strange a lot of the time. Today, while bouncing between mural layers and mild delusion, I saw a coffee shop…

• THE SCROLL TOLL

  July 12, 2025

  Art.tif, Consciousness, Media ecology, PhD, Reading

  health, identity, internet, life, Media ecology, mental-health, mindfulness, philosophy, presence, purpose, scroll, social-media, wellness, writing

  There’s a value to everything. A cost to consume. Scrolling screens doesn’t ask for your money upfront, but it does take your time, distract your focus, and reconstitute your sense of self. It’s like a toll booth you barely notice, charging you second by second, swipe by swipe. There’s always noise, always ads. Always reminders…