Making Sense
"Learn to enjoy a liminal, confused state…"
Q&A
Deep dives with interesting people.
Making Sense
"You already have so much knowledge to draw on from your observations — things you’ve noticed, trends you’ve spotted, cultural knowledge unknowingly assimilated, years of training on method."
Making Sense
"Look out for signs, symbols, and patterns in everyday life — and tease out of them the ideas that they communicate."
Making Sense
"Being able to connect, or map ideas — across regions, eras, or cultural objects — requires a comparative way of looking."
Making Sense
"I regularly refer to myself as 'relentlessly curious.' The practice of semiotics is a marathon of mental focus."
Making Sense
"I like naming and describing what’s usually left unsaid, diving into the darker side of things, and uncovering how they show up (or do not) in communications."
Making Sense
"There’s so much more to learn about semiotics — that’s what frustrates and excites me!"
Media Diet
"This is what fascinates me about reading the classics: the same questions arise again and again."
Making Sense
"My best insights come from sitting with questions rather than seeking instant answers."
Media Diet
"Good-natured comedy is what my brain is craving, at least for now."
Making Sense
"Be passionate. Go crazy. This is the only way to do semiotics."
Media Diet
"To be a successful semiotician, you just have to know as much as possible about the world…"
Media Diet
"The Financial Times supplements HTSI and Life & Arts consistently feed my curious mind — with just the right touch of hedonism."
Making Sense
"Place is storied, and stories are placed."
Media Diet
"A character that's not given or explained but deconstructed — that is a semiotician’s dream."