A conversation today brought up a subject I wrote about in college, a paper that I entitled, The Coyote Syndrome. The image is getting a bit old now, and would more properly be replaced with the ending scene of Finding Nemo, in which the fish entourage floating in little baggies proposes the question, “What now?”
David Mark Brown
The Soul and Muse
All of us are chased by something from our past. Most are driven by something unseen. For some, those two things are one in the same. All of us are chased by something from our past, and most are driven by something unseen. For some, those two things are one in the same. This is … Read more The Soul and Muse
Big Box Agriculture: Can Stores Become Farms?
America’s farmland has long been under siege by suburban development. This is nothing new. What is new is that a cease-fire has been called in most parts of the nation. And a conversation is developing about how to move into this new window of opportunity in a manner that not only restores the balance between urban demand and farm supply, but also helps to reenergize our failing economy heavily dependent on the construction industry.
This summer, Reburbia, a suburban design competition, was held by Inhabitat and Dwell Magazine. The competition set out to gather creative and imaginative ideas on how to go about re-visioning the American suburban sprawl that will almost certainly become our suburban wasteland without intervention. Several of the ideas were great, but one in particular caught my eye.