[You can play a short, 6 min, version of the FACES documentary here. Viva YouTube!] It feels good to be doing creative work again. I’m excited to spend my time brainstorming about sequences, soundtracks, what clips to take out of the 10 hours of raw footage I have to work with. The process is amazing …
[left: “Sony Store” of Kisumu, Kenya. Not exactly the Metreon.] Imagine this: plugging in your laptop at London Heathrow airport (i.e. the upscale mall that also has international flights) while facing HMV and Dixon’s electronics shops, and finding your keyboard filled with dead insect carcasses that you have to clear out before typing. After a …
What makes someone want to come to Kenya? Someone not from here, not black, with no family members nearby, with no connection to the people and community aside from work? For those of us who struggle with having meaning in life, global health work can feel like an answer. The US (and I imagine most …
[left: pus drained out of a client’s lungs by straight IV into the only drainage bag we could find on the island below: our backyard in Sena: straight up cornfields] Someone should tell the folks at San Francisco General Hospital that they’re wrong about something. San Francisco General Hospital is not “As Real as It …
