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Tag Archives: Milwaukee School of Engineering
Snowy branches outside my office window
Just a momentary distraction while pausing during my workday to make a cup of coffee. The snowy contrasts, including the slushy street, were striking enough to prompt a photo. Now back to my slideshow on elections and the Electoral College, … Continue reading
Posted in Milwaukee, Photography, Teaching
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography, snow, teaching, winter
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Blue sky, Grohmann Museum, and Juneau Village Towers
Took this photo yesterday as I walked back up the hill to my office in the Grohmann Museum (the building with the statues) from the Red Arrow Starbucks. The Juneau Village Towers (the tall building and the shorter, shadowed one … Continue reading
Posted in Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography
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Market Street, evening
Taken after work tonight on Market Street, the one-block street that runs along behind the Campus Center at Milwaukee School of Engineering. The bright early evening sun was low in the sky, casting shadows down into the canyon created by … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged autumn, daylight saving time, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography, sunlight
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Through a screen
I just finished teaching a class in the southeast corner, second floor of Diercks Hall on Milwaukee School of Engineering’s campus in downtown Milwaukee. I had the window screens lowered because it’s a sunny (although blustery) day, and I was … Continue reading
Posted in Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography
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October, gray and yellow
Who would ever have thought I’d love this combination of colors? I took this photo of the municipal building and the BMO Tower in Milwaukee yesterday afternoon walking back to my office from Discourse, the new coffee shop in the … Continue reading
Posted in Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, October, photography
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When life imitates art (or, the imperfection of perfection)
I walked into my office in the Grohmann Museum on MSOE’s campus the other day and really liked the golden autumn glow of light reflecting from the locust tree outside my window. Especially appealing was the correspondence between the dead … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Life, Photography
Tagged art, beauty, creativity, Grohmann Museum, imperfections, Leonard Cohen, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography
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Go!
Just a couple of photos from a gray day in Milwaukee. I actually took these pictures over a month ago (October 22), but as today is another gray day, I decided to share them. Sometimes, like today, I’m feeling “gray,” … Continue reading
Friday afternoon (leaving work) photos
The Grohmann Museum was quiet on the second floor when I left work at MSOE this afternoon. I pressed the button to call the elevator but then, immediately after, decided to step away and take a picture of the stair … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged art, Frederick Remington, Grohmann Museum, iPhoneography, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, MSOE, photography
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Two spires
I was walking back from the Library and Science Buildings shortly after noon today and saw City Hall reflected in the BMO Harris building—a reflection I realized was new to me from this vantage point, since I guess I haven’t … Continue reading
Chasing Light II – MSOE’s Campus Center “Bridge”
Leaving work last night after teaching my summer class, I noticed how striking the sunlight was on the pillar and doorway of the “bridge” over the “tree lounge” to the backstage area of the Todd Wehr Theater in Milwaukee School … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life, Photography
Tagged carpe diem, kairos, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, MSOE Campus Center, recognizing opportunity
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