A Non-Rival Good

In Parallel

Emma — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:04:05 +0000

I want to talk about states of movement: convergence, divergence, and vergence. We move when the time is right. We ride thermals, invisible forces pushing us sometimes to difficult elevations but always forward. Even when the body does not move, one’s ideas will. Modes of thought can migrate. They can overlay and blend; they can …

GEVA 4th-year Studio Proposal

Emma — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:53:03 +0000

GEVA 411 Project Proposal 1 This semester I will explore making functional ceramic objects that foster sharing and shared action. I am setting these themes functional; sharing as a framework to experiment with both process and form, but within that I also intend to learn how handmade, in my case ceramic, objects connect to building …

Days 29-36: Regina, SK to Winnipeg, MB to Detroit, MI

Emma — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:56:00 +0000

Yep, you read right. We’re here! But the travels are far from over. Last you heard, we had a relaxing rest day in Regina, Saskatchewan. The next morning we hit the freeway bright and early to weave our way out of the urban sprawl of strip-malls and onto the open road. Just as we joined …

Days 24-28: Lethbridge to Regina, SK

Emma — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:29:29 +0000

If someone tells you that Saskatchewan is flat, they are lying. We unfortunately discovered this the second we crossed the AB/SK border. One minute we were happy as clams, soaring in the tailwinds of the Alberta plains, the next minute we were chugging up and down over these rolling hills. It didn’t make any sense. …

Day 18-23: Nelson to Lethbridge, AB

Emma — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:17:35 +0000

Greetings friends, family, and onlookers! WE’RE IN ALBERTA. When I last wrote, Benn and I were taking a very relaxing rest day in Nelson, where we cruised the town, lounged about, and ate some good food. I find Nelson interesting in that it seems to be a strangely preserved slice of city amidst a long winding road …

Days 1-17: Vancouver to Nelson, BC

Emma — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:47:44 +0000

Hello and welcome to the sporadic chronicle of Emma and Benn’s summer adventure! We are bicycling across the true North, strong and free from Vancouver, BC, Canada, to end up in Benn’s hometown of Rochester Hills, Michigan (just north of Detroit). Updates will be whenever we can find internet, so apologies for a very late …

FINNale Part IV: On Montreal Time

Emma — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:00:59 +0000

Welcome to the last installment of FINNale! Thanks for following my journey over the last few months- I couldn’t have kept blogging were it not for all y’all reading. Enjoy! 3:07 pm Montreal time; YUL airport (18?? hours sort of blogging) Well here I am, back on Canadian soil. I had wanted to write during …

FINNale Part III: Hallo Deustchland!

Emma — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:00:33 +0000

Here at you is Part 3 of “Emma leaves Finland and Blogs for the duration of her Travels home.” The following posts were written during my 28+ hour journey from Helsinki to Vancouver and are both a real-time chronicle of my jet-lagged mind, and a recap on the last few weeks in Helsinki. I’ve broken …

FINNale Part II: Operation Obligatory-Crying-Baby, Finland explodes in Green, and Paul Simon

Emma — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:00:56 +0000

Well Hello and Welcome to Part 2 of the special edition series finale “Emma leaves Finland and Blogs for the duration of her Travels home.” The following posts were written during my 28+ hour journey from Helsinki to Vancouver and are both a real-time chronicle of my jet-lagged mind, and a recap on the last …

FINNale Part I: Getting up at 2am isn’t so hard when it’s already dawn.

Emma — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:03:32 +0000

Welcome back, after an unprecedented hiatus, to the special edition series finale “Emma leaves Finland and Blogs for the duration of her Travels home.” The following posts were written during my 28+ hour journey from Helsinki to Vancouver and are both a real-time chronicle of my jet-lagged mind, and a recap on the last few …