Thanks to Land8: Landscape Architects Network and American Society of Landscape Architects for recognizing MonumentBlog as one of the best social media projects representing Landscape Architecture. (3rd year in a row!) I really do appreciate all of the follows, likes, comments, and messages that I receive as feedback from this work.

This last year was so heavy. Politically, emotionally, everything. So, I brought that with me into this space. Thanks for your kind words and thoughts. In the next year, I hope to shift a bit: from mourning and resistance - toward unity and reconciliation. If I can find the space for it, maybe MonumentBlog will even jump out into the real world with a built project. Or a fellowship or something. Who knows?
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Thanks also and always to MVLA ltd. for the encouragement and support.

The podcast series “Stealing, Reclaiming, Protecting, and the Redefining of Spaces” was inspired by a Fall 2020 studio from Cal Poly’s Dept. of Landscape Architecture. The course examined the positive and negative roles that Landscape Architects have played and continue to play within public spaces. 
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After my quick(ish) guest-lecture, the students engaged me in a memorable discussion about the role that Landscape Architects play in shaping the monumental landscape.  In the wake of 2020’s protests and isolation, it was really good to think out loud together.  Honored to be a part of the process. Check it out:  https://www.thebravelycuriouspodcast.com/