May Day 2019, Translations
A newer, better, healthier, natural, symbiotic, active, ecologically plausible world awaits our powerful souls, our responsibility in “knowing”.
“The Fire Enlightening”
“The Fire Enlightening” is comprised of nine poems that narrate a journey of philosophic self-discovery, populated with logical and chaotic conceptual metaphor, to bridge a synthesis between the world of nature and the artifice of man.
Surveyor’s Golden Disk No. 1 – Astronomic Latitude Sketch
A useful primer for those interested in how latitude has been determined, over land and sea, from prehistory to the Ancient Egyptians and Chinese, to Viking explorers, and all the way to present navigators.
“April Ain’t No Joke” – A Pastel Venus
Happy Easter, happy spring! 2′ x 3′ pencil drawing on paper, digitally colorized.
“Swimming in Fire”
Life drawing, 2′ x 3′ pencil on paper, digitally colorized.
“A Queen Questions Answers”
A piece dedicated to brilliant and chaotic women. 24″ x 36″ pencil drawing on paper, digitally colorized.
Kansas City Star Maker Faire 2017 Spotlight
“Garret Tufte, 32, works as a civil engineer and land surveyor in Lawrence, Kan. But he is also a writer and — as the limestone carving taking shape with his hands showed — a sculptor.”
“Roots Unbound” – In Progress
18″ x 18″ x 50″, 350 lbs., Italian marble.
Recent Variations
Three Economic Propositions to “Save the World”
And that’s it. The rich stay rich, and everyone else becomes debt-free home owners. No one goes to jail (as much as some may ought to). It’s all paperwork, basically. Also, everyone homeless will be given a house or apartment in Step 1. The rest of it all is details.
Read MoreAppendix to Recent Words and Deeds, June 2019
A new paradigm is possible. Trust the instincts that lead to empathetic awareness, that branch understanding. Why not trust our neighbors, our friends, our family? We’re gonna need it, now and when shifting gears.
Read MoreAmerican Update: A Record (in progress)
The insects are dying something fierce. You don’t need pesticides anymore; they are already dead. It’s not going to “maybe happen tomorrow”, it’s happening now. Can confirm personally, as a guy who hikes...
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