Carolina Montejo is a San Diego-based photographer and writer whose work looks very futuristic, but don't be fooled: it's all about the contemporary. Carolina and I had a fascinating talk about the inspiration behind her in-progress series "Era: Fragments of an Evolving Landscape," covering everything from her visual technique, her combination of text and image, and the influence of Jorge Luis Borges.

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• Carolina Montejo
• Carolina Montejo - Era: Fragments of an Evolving Landscape
• Carolina Montejo - Technical Recreations
• Medium Festival of Photography
• Omens
• Drew Nikonowicz
• William J. Mitchell - The Reconfigured Eye
• Todd Walker - Digital Images 1982-98
• John Pfahl - Permutations on the Picturesque
• Caspar David Friedrich
• Robert Rauschenberg
• Jackson Pollack
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Julio Cortázar
• Jorge Luis Borges - Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
• Luigi Serafini - Codex Seraphinianus

Carolina Montejo is a San Diego-based photographer and writer whose work looks very futuristic, but don't be fooled: it's all about the contemporary. Carolina and I had a fascinating talk about the inspiration behind her in-progress series "Era: Fragments of an Evolving Landscape," covering everything from her visual technique, her combination of text and image, and the influence of Jorge Luis Borges.

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Show Notes:

• Carolina Montejo
• Carolina Montejo - Era: Fragments of an Evolving Landscape
• Carolina Montejo - Technical Recreations
• Medium Festival of Photography
• Omens
• Drew Nikonowicz
• William J. Mitchell - The Reconfigured Eye
• Todd Walker - Digital Images 1982-98
• John Pfahl - Permutations on the Picturesque
• Caspar David Friedrich
• Robert Rauschenberg
• Jackson Pollack
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Julio Cortázar
• Jorge Luis Borges - Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
• Luigi Serafini - Codex Seraphinianus

Photographer Andi Schreiber was one of the first people whose work inspired me to try to make meaningful photographs, myself. Andi's bold, vibrant work is a reflection of her life, looking at family and raising her two sons, and more recently looking at herself and how things are changing for her as she enters middle age. In our wide-ranging conversation we discussed parenting, growing and aging, the ways that each of us came to our work, the importance of connecting with both audiences and other artists, as well as sexual identity and how it's informed by both our stage of life and the way other people interact with us. For the second segment, Andi and I dug into a bunch of artists who inspire our practice.

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• Andi Schreiber
• NPR: When Is It OK To Profit From Cooking Other Cultures' Food?
• LPV Show - Episode 3.13: Shannon Taggart
• Pretty, Please
• Drift
• WonderLust
• Elizabeth Fleming
• Jessica Backhaus
• Elinor Carucci
• Internet love not colorblind, study says
• Race and Attraction, 2009-2014
• Phil Toledano
• Martine Fougeron
• Diane Arbus
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Alex Cretey Systermans
• Larry Fink
• Kathy Shorr: SHOT (Lenscratch)
• Mark Cohen
• American Suburb X
• Nancy Borowick
• Melanie Walker
• Celeste Ng
• Hamilton
• Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter
• Jo Ann Callis
• Samantha Geballe
• Pictures from Home (Larry Sultan)
• Andi's Twitter

Photographer Andi Schreiber was one of the first people whose work inspired me to try to make meaningful photographs, myself. Andi's bold, vibrant work is a reflection of her life, looking at family and raising her two sons, and more recently looking at herself and how things are changing for her as she enters middle age. In our wide-ranging conversation we discussed parenting, growing and aging, the ways that each of us came to our work, the importance of connecting with both audiences and other artists, as well as sexual identity and how it's informed by both our stage of life and the way other people interact with us. For the second segment, Andi and I dug into a bunch of artists who inspire our practice.

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• Andi Schreiber
• NPR: When Is It OK To Profit From Cooking Other Cultures' Food?
• LPV Show - Episode 3.13: Shannon Taggart
• Pretty, Please
• Drift
• WonderLust
• Elizabeth Fleming
• Jessica Backhaus
• Elinor Carucci
• Internet love not colorblind, study says
• Race and Attraction, 2009-2014
• Phil Toledano
• Martine Fougeron
• Diane Arbus
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Alex Cretey Systermans
• Larry Fink
• Kathy Shorr: SHOT (Lenscratch)
• Mark Cohen
• American Suburb X
• Nancy Borowick
• Melanie Walker
• Celeste Ng
• Hamilton
• Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter
• Jo Ann Callis
• Samantha Geballe
• Pictures from Home (Larry Sultan)
• Andi's Twitter

Daniel Abraham has written or co-written over twenty novels, among them some of my favorite recent science fiction and fantasy series. You may know him as one of the creators of the popular SyFy show The Expanse, but most recently he's just finished up his excellent series The Dagger and the Coin, the last installment of which—The Spider's War—came out in March. In our conversation, Daniel and I talked about many of the ideas and characters from his books, as well as what it's like to collaborate with another writer, and the process of adapting a story for television. In the second segment, Daniel started us off with a discussion of Johan Huizinga's book Homo Ludens, and its central concept of play behavior being the root of all human culture. From there we branched out to everything from the idea of money as a form of ritual magic to the competing narratives playing out in contemporary American society. It's heady stuff, but I had a blast talking to him.

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Show Notes:

• Daniel Abraham
• The Long Price Quartet
• MLN Hanover
• The Expanse (books)
• The Dagger and the Coin
• Daniel Abraham: The Two Tolkiens
• Medici Money (Tim Parks)
• Kushiel's Dart (Jacqueline Carey)
• Babylon 5
• The Diary of a Man in Despair (Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen)
• The Queen's Gambit (Walter Tevis)
• The Expanse (show)
• Le Ton Beau de Marot (Douglas Hofstadter)
• Homo Ludens (Johan Huizinga)

Daniel Abraham has written or co-written over twenty novels, among them some of my favorite recent science fiction and fantasy series. You may know him as one of the creators of the popular SyFy show The Expanse, but most recently he's just finished up his excellent series The Dagger and the Coin, the last installment of which—The Spider's War—came out in March. In our conversation, Daniel and I talked about many of the ideas and characters from his books, as well as what it's like to collaborate with another writer, and the process of adapting a story for television. In the second segment, Daniel started us off with a discussion of Johan Huizinga's book Homo Ludens, and its central concept of play behavior being the root of all human culture. From there we branched out to everything from the idea of money as a form of ritual magic to the competing narratives playing out in contemporary American society. It's heady stuff, but I had a blast talking to him.

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Show Notes:

• Daniel Abraham
• The Long Price Quartet
• MLN Hanover
• The Expanse (books)
• The Dagger and the Coin
• Daniel Abraham: The Two Tolkiens
• Medici Money (Tim Parks)
• Kushiel's Dart (Jacqueline Carey)
• Babylon 5
• The Diary of a Man in Despair (Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen)
• The Queen's Gambit (Walter Tevis)
• The Expanse (show)
• Le Ton Beau de Marot (Douglas Hofstadter)
• Homo Ludens (Johan Huizinga)

The images from Claire A. Warden's series Mimesis are visually striking and delightfully inscrutable. Like most viewers, I was immediately grabbed by them when I first saw them, but it wasn't until I talked with Claire and read her artist's statement that I really understood what she was trying to say with these pictures. Having that experience, though, really deepened my appreciation for the work. This week, Claire and I talked about her unique process and the reason why it's so important that this series exist in the context of photography. In the second segment, we discussed race and being and immigrant, and how that affects the way one's identity forms.

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• Claire A. Warden
• Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You
• Salt: Studies in Preservation and Manipulation
• Mimesis
• Lenscratch
• Art of Photography Show 2012
• Fresh Air: Trevor Noah
• NPR Code Switch: A Graphic Shows How Much the 'Race' Question On the American Census Has Changed

The images from Claire A. Warden's series Mimesis are visually striking and delightfully inscrutable. Like most viewers, I was immediately grabbed by them when I first saw them, but it wasn't until I talked with Claire and read her artist's statement that I really understood what she was trying to say with these pictures. Having that experience, though, really deepened my appreciation for the work. This week, Claire and I talked about her unique process and the reason why it's so important that this series exist in the context of photography. In the second segment, we discussed race and being and immigrant, and how that affects the way one's identity forms.

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• Claire A. Warden
• Celeste Ng - Everything I Never Told You
• Salt: Studies in Preservation and Manipulation
• Mimesis
• Lenscratch
• Art of Photography Show 2012
• Fresh Air: Trevor Noah
• NPR Code Switch: A Graphic Shows How Much the 'Race' Question On the American Census Has Changed

I first saw TML Dunn's work last month at the opening of the "Energy: Made in Form" exhibition at the SDSU Downtown Gallery, and his work stopped me dead in my tracks. Visiting his studio later and getting to see the breadth of his work was great fun, and we sat down and had a conversation about his work and process. For the second segment, Matt was interested in talking about art education and why it's such an important (but sadly neglected) part of school curricula.

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• TML Dunn
• Mira Mesa
• Chris Arnade
• Stacy Kranitz
• SDSU Downtown Gallery
• Energy: Made in Form
• Selfs - TML Dunn
• Pains - TML Dunn
• untitled (JT) - TML Dunn
• untitled (anti-analogy) - TML Dunn
• The Treachery of Images
• Matt Black

I first saw TML Dunn's work last month at the opening of the "Energy: Made in Form" exhibition at the SDSU Downtown Gallery, and his work stopped me dead in my tracks. Visiting his studio later and getting to see the breadth of his work was great fun, and we sat down and had a conversation about his work and process. For the second segment, Matt was interested in talking about art education and why it's such an important (but sadly neglected) part of school curricula.

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• TML Dunn
• Mira Mesa
• Chris Arnade
• Stacy Kranitz
• SDSU Downtown Gallery
• Energy: Made in Form
• Selfs - TML Dunn
• Pains - TML Dunn
• untitled (JT) - TML Dunn
• untitled (anti-analogy) - TML Dunn
• The Treachery of Images
• Matt Black