A New Economic – Saving the World in Three Easy Steps
Everyone becomes a debt-free homeowner, and the rich stay rich. There is no need to incarcerate anyone, no class warfare, no fighting in the streets. This plan, quite literally, makes the “American Dream” happen for everyone, all at once.
“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
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.
“Swimming in Fire”
Life drawing, 2′ x 3′ pencil 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.
Electro-Gyro, version 1.0
Turn on the switch and the gyro spins in a set position. Pick it up and twist it to feel the resistance of the angular momentum.
Lady in Waiting No. 1
12″ x 12″ x 20″, Kansas Limestone.
Recent Variations
The Maverick Radio Hour: “A Hill I Will Live On” [Episode 3]
The latest episode in our saga! Highlights from this week’s extemporaneous verbal essay…
Read MoreThe Maverick Radio Hour: “That Hypothesis!” [Episode 2]
Condensed from the cacophonetic black-and-white noise
into a byte-size stream of consciously-rational gray,
distilling a song of the purple martin,
and singing it back to the red and blue sirens.
This is the Maverick Radio Hour…
Read MoreThe Maverick Radio Hour: “Method vs. Subject Matter” [Episode 1]
We have ourselves a new show!
You might hear me opine on philosophical issues, the current state of the world, and economic and political theory. I may speculate on the past and future, tell an old story, recite some poetry, and maybe even play a song or two on the keys. Anything goes when I got a mic in front of me and an hour to speak.
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