Cambridge Resident Freedom Baird’s open-source participatory project, the Human Nature Dictionary, is part of an exhibit running through August 8th at the Massachusetts College of Art. Shocked that the Oxford Junior Dictionary had removed basic vocabulary words related to nature, the artist devised the Human Nature Dictionary as a form of protest. She saw theContinue reading “Cambridge’s Baird Creates “Human Nature Dictionary””
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The Host-Parasite Thing, with Many Digressions
Ideas and facts aren’t bad just because we acquire them via social media. As a parent and self-teaching nature club guide* I’ll take what I can get from the Internet. Here’s an example. So am I a host or a parasite in the digital food chain? *I’ve been calling myself a “leader” of the clubContinue reading “The Host-Parasite Thing, with Many Digressions”
perpendicular sand
“All the extra sand here is called perpendicular.” “The sand clumps are called parallels.” “All that water is called deception.” Children not only make meaning, but at a certain age they play with meaning. And by the way, “what would happen if you froze sand and water?” What I have here are land and waterContinue reading “perpendicular sand”
