A collection of things I learned from interviews with Hanif Abdurraqib and Shabaka Hutchings about basketball, art, and writing in the year I turned 40.
Read MoreThe Wind and André 3000's Lungs
How Andre 3000's album New Blue Sun got me thinking about the human spirit, basketball, and the Wind.
Read MoreI'm calling this one: No Fear of Time
A week ago I was angry with myself. It was two days until the reset on my newsletter subscription. The service permits three emails every 30 days. I had one email left, but nothing prepared to send. My frustration felt purely about maximizing an investment. I’m paying for this and therefore I have to squeeze it dry. I have to write something.
But that’s not how creativity works.
Read MoreEdgar Heap of Birds reclaims a Long Island City park as native land
It rained on the ceremony to officially open the Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds courts at Murray Park in Long Island City. Nature challenged us to play and work within its system. But, there was a lesson about water hovering just beyond my awareness, and the more I spoke with Edgar Heap of Birds that day, the more I understood its significance.
Read MoreLessons on pick-up in New York: duende & human potential
I can feel my game changing since I’ve been here. Those are always important moments in a hooper’s life. We feel the level up. Since moving to New York in late March, I play different. I am a shooter by trade. But, I’m not trying to just be out there for open look knockdowns.
Read MoreLessons On Place: Arco Arena, et al.
There’s a planned obsolescence to arenas when it comes to professional sports. Capitalism has to erase history. We will never have a Colosseum in this country. History is an obstacle in America.
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