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NOTES: Small Towns

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by AlexNoble : Artist in Residence AlexNoble

We are losing our small towns, the same way we are losing family farms, topsoil, and a feeling for what Christopher Alexander calls "human scale."  I had almost forgotten how a small town works, until... More »

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NOTES: Being Nice

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by AlexNoble : Artist in Residence AlexNoble

Our culture places a premium on "being nice," and this leads to a lot of falsity, fakery and insincerity.  How often do I step aside from an honest response in order to be nice?  How... More »

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NOTES: Self Help Books

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by AlexNoble : Artist in Residence AlexNoble

I have an addiction, it seems, to self help books. With each new secret, solution, answer, method or system that comes available, I have to read it, or at least have it on my bookshelf... More »

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NOTES: Learning to Write

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by AlexNoble : Artist in Residence AlexNoble

In spite of all the writing I have done, I always feel as though I am still learning to write. Always the blank sheet of paper, like a vast open desert...  Always the haunting fear... More »

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