Author: CDVL

  • Judge a Book by its Cover

    Judge a Book by its Cover

    I’ve spent most of my life being told not to pass judgment based on aesthetics. Theoretically, the ability to look beyond visual impression is considered morally upstanding in American culture. Pick up the old book with the plain linen cover, go to the dive bar, divest from swipe-based dating culture: you never know what you…

  • What’s Underneath?

    What’s Underneath?

    On Denotative and Connotative Layers: Take a picture to document your home. Pay no particular attention to the composition of the photograph or the use of line or value.  Maybe you end up with an image like this one. The home has off-white siding. The door is a dark green. Grain is visible in the…

  • Site Visioning

  • Identity and Image

    Identity and Image

    When I search “my gender” in my text message history, a deluge of metaphor rains down from my queer friends. A small sampling includes:  “My gender is a tiny frog on a lily pad!!!” “This dress IS my gender.”  “My gender is a fruit bat wearing a little bow on its head.”  Once, I described…

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