I spent the entire morning and afternoon interviewing students and faculty at Columbia College. My goal was to interview working professionals in the areas of photography and writing and journalism. It seems that most writers and artist don’t really make a living at their craft. According to Paula Payton, Coordinator of Services at Columbia, only […]

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Over the last two weeks, my art teacher at Harold Washington College has introduced a new media to our class to draw with… Charcoal. I must say, it’s an interesting media. This is my second drawing using charcoal. I believe I’m hooked now.

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There is nothing like an old-style Baptist church service. The sounds coming from a Hammond organ, the harmony of a trio choir with a twenty-five member congregation leading their voices to 20th-century hymns, and an old-school pastor who knows how to use his voice in a way that seems like he’s singing his own hymn while […]

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Last week, a good friend asked me to read Mark Victor Hansen’s book, “A Miracle in Tithing.” I must admit, my recent lesson in gratitude has shown me the blessings that GOD bestows upon his faithful children.
Hansen, in his book on page 25 offers a three-month trial period to non-tithers. After reading his entire book, I decided to accept Mark’s […]

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Today I turn forty-four years old. As I laid in my bed this morning musing on the four decades of birthdays that have already past, I realized that each birthday, like New Year’s day, I create a personal resolution for myself; some sort of change that will improve my life. Last year, I vowed to improve some part of my health, so I began […]

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The Student Government Association at Harold Washington College sponsored a Stop The Violence forum today for students to participate in due to the escalation of shootings in the Chicago area. According Latonya Vargas,  Vice President of the S.G.A., 247 people were wounded or shot in Chicago between May 26th, and September 1st (Memorial Day and Labor […]

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Today I wanted to start expressing my gratitude, thanks and give praise to HIM which all blessings come from. I thought it would be a good idea to return to the church organization that I was baptized with fourteen years ago; The Chicago Church of Christ (I was actually baptized with the L.A. Church of Christ.) 
Upon entering the I.I.T. campus auditorium where service was being held, […]

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Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude. Having received one gift from God, they cut the wires which connect them with Him by failing to make acknowledgment.
It is easy to understand that the nearer we live to the source of wealth, the […]

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Ok, I admit it. Maybe it was a bit extreme. But how else could I get the attention of the thousands of people who walk to work like robots and carry such gloomy faces on Monday morning? I did make a few people laugh with my Jason mask during the Chicago downtown morning rush hour.
I […]

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Chicago attracts some amazing talented people to the city. Attending the smARTshow on a warm but rainy Saturday night helped validate my theory. On the corner of North , Milwaukee an Damen Avenue houses over three dozen working Chicago artist from around the world. And that night, I became officially anointed by the artist spirit.
The first artist’s work that […]

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