PIONEER VILLAGE

an american treasure

PRETTY

this is one of my most favorite photographs ever. i took this picture of the picture in the museum of modern art a few years ago, i've had it ever since and i've never known who the artist is. i have two questions, well maybe three. one: do you know who took this photograph? two: would you want to join me in a re-staging of this photograph? three: would you want to be in plaid or in the box?

CLEARLY

this is not a door, i repeat, not a door

WAFFLE HOUSE

if i could be anywhere in the world right now i would be sitting in a waffle house watching the sunrise

MY (NEW) FAVORITE

found in ithaca, new york: yesterday

ON LONGING

"Our delight in flying comes from the revelation of countryside as sky and sea, from the transcendence we experience over vast spaces. Yet to see the thin and disappearing signature of the jet is to see the poverty of this flight to omniscience; in each photo appears the grim machinery of the wing. In the notion of return, of cycle, of the reclamation of landscape, lies the futility and productive possibility of human making." - Susan Stewart

BROKEN SCISSORS

well loved.

LOBSTER DINNER

for everyone to love.

LOVE

an example

THE WORLD'S BEST LICENSE PLATE

bacon fans unite

HELP PLEASE!

very important

NORMA'S SPOON COLLECTION

in falls village, connecticut

ANITA WARP'S CONTACT LENS FROM 1949

if i ever wear contact lenses, i hope that they become immortalized in a museum just like anita's

CHICKEN LEG FIRE

the faux-wood in this fire looks like chicken legs.

MEET CAT STEVENS

warning: do not pet him re: likes to bite (for fun)

TAXIDERMY

at harold warp's pioneer village in minden nebraska. reputed to be the only museum of american progress in the modern world. (expect more to come)

CONEY ISLAND IN GARY, INDIANA

on a cold december night. we went there to collect dirt from michael jackson's childhood home during the american artifacts tour and stumbled upon this.