I write on Medium about the digital/analog intersection, creative practice, visual culture, and contemporary trends. Many essays originated as academic work from 2012-2014 and have been substantially revised, expanded, and republished with fresh perspectives informed by years of professional practice and cultural shifts.

Topics include:

• The psychology of creativity and sustainable creative practice
• Cultural analysis of craft movements and street activism
• Visual culture and contemporary photography
• The tension between digital convenience and analog experience
• Material culture and what our objects say about how we live

Featured Essays:

"Yarn Bombing: Knitted Street Activism" (Revised 2024)
Originally written 2012 | Republished and expanded for Medium

Examining yarn bombing through socio-cultural and historical lenses—how craft traditions intersect with public space, activism, and gendered perceptions of "serious" art.

"Google Street View as Street Photography" (Revised 2024)
Originally written 2012 | Republished and expanded for Medium

Exploring how Google Street View's accidental capture of everyday moments creates a new form of documentary photography—and what this means for questions of authorship, consent, and the aesthetics of the algorithm.

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The revision process for these pieces involved [what you actually did—updated cultural references? added new research? refined arguments? changed tone? incorporated decade of additional thinking?]. Publishing them now, rather than leaving them in academic archives, reflects my belief that good ideas deserve multiple lives and audiences.

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