NYC April 8, 2024 3:38 pm

April 8, 2024Nature, NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

It was Monday afternoon, and I had just left an appointment on the Upper East Side. I was struggling to use a folder with a pinhole to view the eclipse. A woman noticed this and offered me a pair of viewing glasses, which allowed me to take this photo looking south at the corner of Lexington and 70th.

Jonathan Richman

March 11, 2024Chicago, Music, NYC, TechnologyPaul Mason Fotsch

I first saw Jonathan Richman in 1985 at The University of Chicago’s Ida Noyes Hall. Last night, I saw him for the second time at The Bell House in Brooklyn. One big difference: I do not recall audience members in ’85 trying to make horrible recordings on Iphones in search of social media validation, ironic, since Richman famously does not have a cellphone.

Central Park North Woods

January 21, 2024Nature, NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

Central Park after January 19 snowfall was magical as always.

Whitney Museum

December 11, 2023Museums, NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

I went to the Whitney today for the first time in many years. I especially loved the ink drawings of Ruth Asawa.

Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom

November 21, 2023NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

Congratulations to the performers/creators from Tisch Drama for their adaption of Ted Chiang’s novella Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom. They did an incredible job of engaging us with deep themes from Kierkegaard to the multiverse.