Category Archives: New Post

A symphony for the people

Posted on July 30, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

I’ve boasted more than once about the state of the arts in my beloved hometown. We’re at the resilient epicenter of a rust-belt renaissance, and we take our public arts very seriously. Not to put too fine a point on … Continue reading →

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A pox on all our houses

Posted on July 18, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

I won’t go so far as to say this country has become ungovernable, but it surely isn’t being governed. That’s become evident as we wrap up a jaw-dropping couple of weeks. The madness coincided with Trump’s foray off-shore; he started … Continue reading →

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On this date…he threw away his shot

Posted on July 11, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

On July 11 1804, founding wunderkind Alexander Hamilton committed history’s most misguided act of chivalry by deliberately firing over Aaron Burr’s head during America’s most famous duel. Burr, who was only the first U.S. vice president to shoot someone will … Continue reading →

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The art of the Fourth

Posted on July 4, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

Happy birthday, America. Enjoy this retrospective of Independence Day in the arts…

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The way of no attachments

Posted on June 26, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

It’s been a quiet few weeks here at Deconstruction Central; perhaps you’ve noticed. There may or may not be a reasonable explanation for this…I guess it all depends on your definition of reasonable. I might partially blame it on a … Continue reading →

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RIP Anthony Bourdain (June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018)

Posted on June 8, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

This one stings. Today and in coming days we’ll be hearing a lot of descriptions for Anthony Bourdain: celebrity chef, TV host, travel guide…but to me he’ll always be remembered as an extraordinarily gifted writer. Not sure how Bourdain preferred to … Continue reading →

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Weekend craftiness

Posted on June 3, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

So here is a purposeless little project I wrapped up this weekend—because sometimes I feel the call to make something, even if that something has no practical value whatsoever. Sometimes the making is simply for the making’s sake. It started … Continue reading →

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Remembering Belleau Wood – a century of sacrifice

Posted on May 28, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

On Memorial Day we honor those service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. It’s fitting and fortuitous then that Memorial Day 2018 falls so closely to the centenary of the pivotal First World War Battle of Belleau … Continue reading →

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Innovation to the rescue

Posted on May 24, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

Here are a couple inconvenient truths for you: anthropogenic (i.e., human-caused) climate change is a fact, and we’re now way past the tipping point where behavior changes can avert disaster. So what is left to us? Glad you asked. Though the … Continue reading →

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Donald Glover’s American philosophy

Posted on May 14, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

Definitions fail us when we attempt to classify Donald Glover’s four-minute manifesto, This Is America. It’s a music video only in the most limiting sense. More accurately, it’s an experience, and not necessarily a pleasant one. DBA “Childish Gambino” (legend … Continue reading →

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Txt like an Egyptian

Posted on May 8, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

. . In a move sure to be cheered by classicists everywhere, the Unicode Consortium group, they who  guard the emoji gates, have proposed adding more than 2,000 Egyptian hieroglyphs to the approved character sets encoded on new smart phones, … Continue reading →

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Another “new” Da Vinci

Posted on May 4, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

Every few years, it seems, the world is treated to a new Da Vinci attribution—that is, some Renaissance painting that held low-key status in a minor collection suddenly goes stratospheric as it is newly credited to the maestro himself, Leonardo … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 2018

Posted on April 22, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider
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A museum’s merry mea culpa

Posted on April 21, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

Owning up to one’s mistakes is considered one of the hallmarks of maturity. But the inclination to cover up or gloss over the most egregious boners? That’s how most of us roll. Still, due respect is owed to the insufferably … Continue reading →

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A death in Trump Tower

Posted on April 10, 2018 by editor, facilitator, decider

Todd Brassner died on Saturday, a victim of the 50th-floor fire at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. Brassner, 67, was an art dealer and collector, with a particular interest in Pop art, and a long association with Andy Warhol (Warhol … Continue reading →

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