Scientist, Artist, Fulbright Scholar

Experimenting, Reflecting, Creating

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Mahamaankadawala tank discovery

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It had been several days in the field. My driver and guide, Mr. Amara, put everything he had into showing me, cajoling me, convincing me to ...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Secret places and close relationships

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Over the past few weeks I had an amazing experience. I spent two weeks in Sri Lanka, came home to Boston for a day, and then went to the Az...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

Making new learning traditions

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A year ago I was leaving the Ponta Delgada airport in the Azores with the motion that I probably wouldn't return. I had just participate...

How do people use their landscape?

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We live in our landscape and our landscape is an expression of our culture. So I think for most of us we don't pay attention to patterns...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Playing with Your Food

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In my last post I discussed "intelligence of the hands and feet," something I've known about intellectually but thought about ...

Knowledge of the Feet and Hands

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If you ever go to Sri Lanka you'll see that people have their shoes off a lot of the time. Not just shoes, but even when they have a cha...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

What about the unexpected?

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A  few years ago I was looking at Aztec sculpture and architecture in Mexico City when it struck me. I was looking at a world of curves, ang...
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I communicate science to non-scientists. My interest in the intersection between art and science, which I consider to be closely related practices, is the focus of two essay collections I am working on. As a Harvard PhD I realized that the work we do in the library and laboratory, while worthy in and of itself, does not necessarily translate to normal people. Bridging that gap is my goal in my teaching practice and in these posts. I teach college sophomores at Boston University and I teach in the sustainability program at the Boston Architectural College.
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