Faux Devanagari
"The US is country of immigrants, which means that we are awash in repurposed culture, little of which is seen as appropriation."
Decoding the world of culture, design, and marketing.
Session: Semiotic Tattoos
On April 24th! A session dedicated to semioticians' tattoos…
SEMIOVOX 1Q2026
Fascinating work and fun creative projects…
Making Sense
"Even when a project isn’t explicitly semiotic, the principles guide how I approach my ethnographic and cultural work."
Emberá Blackout
"The darkness was no longer a concealment; it was a deep connection."
Cat’s Cradle
“No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
Resistance & Surrender
"The tattoo has become a map of two existential modes — striving and surrender, pursuit and free-fall."
Making Sense
"The leading edge of culture emerges first in the sensorial and experiential before it can be articulated in more cerebral ways."
Part-Time People Person
"That's what I wanted to commemorate: the way our lives intersect with the people around us…"
She’s Not There
"Moscoso’s genius was to give sculptural form to the negative space between his letter forms…"
Falling Angel
"Though our actions may be predetermined by forces we cannot perceive, Paradise Lost teaches us, while plummeting towards our fate we can at the very least swerve."
Making Sense
"It’s an almost compulsive need to keep asking why, again and again, without settling too quickly on answers."
Liminal Roots
"A personal reminder that I carry rootedness with me wherever I go…"
California Braille
"Typefaces read with the hands can be just as complicated as those read with the eyes."
The Song of the Butterfly
"A declaration that my neurospiciness isn’t a flaw; it’s the power source of my unique perception, creativity and way of life."