“I hope Gloria doesn’t die from a broken heart.” I said this to a girlfriend last Spring. I knew Gloria Steinem wouldn’t live forever. By September 2nd she was gone. This loss felt personal to half the world. I felt the sear again yesterday leafing through the August 31st copy of The New Yorker. On p. […]
Celebrity Body Parts
Originally published in May 2018 in Blog, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Bill Cunningham left us a memoir — oh joy!
Originally published in April 2018 in Blog, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Let’s help more
Originally published in April 2018 in Blog, Illustration
Bill Cunningham, you are missed
Originally published in November 2017 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators
Kara Walker
Originally published in May 2017 in Blog
Kara Walker is one of seven artists profiled in the April 17-30 edition of New York Magazine (still on many newsstands). Doreen St. Felix describes a black female artist who is acutely aware that her work and persona are a lightning rod for the pathologies that are everywhere in the U.S. “She knows that putting […]
Insights with Nargis
Originally published in May 2017 in Blog
While Yann Yap and I finish editing our first batch of Willful videos and gear up for the next spate of interviews, it was so gratifying to participate in Nargiz Mammadova’s thoughtful interview series, Insights with Nargiz. We talked about creativity, work, life, and constant adaptation. Thank you, Nargiz! Photo: Gary Chen, White Clover.
I was never a journalist
Originally published in February 2016 in Blog
I’ve never defined myself as a journalist, not with every fibre of my being. I’m no Christie Blatchford. Robyn Doolittle, I’ll never be. Christie Blatchfords For a while, I called myself a “journalist” when I typed it in the headline of my LinkedIn profile. But it was always a bit of a stretch, so I […]
