The Arrow
The Arrow
Culture and your environment are associated with up to 80% of health outcomes. Photos and essays document the connection.
When I was a child at the edge of the Grand Canyon, my father and I hunted arrowheads along the rim. The Arrow is where I keep what I find now — photographs and essays from the places where culture and health are the same thing.
What Defines the Character of a City?
Its culture. Halloween 2026, the Village, from morning coffee to the parade on Sixth Avenue. Seventeen photographs, and what one night a year says about the health of a city.
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The Harbor at Two Hundred and Fifty
New York Harbor, July 4, 2026. Seventeen photographs from Little Island — tall ships, fireboats, the pier full to the railings — and why four of them became the faces of a campaign about your health.
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The School She Could Not See
Old Havana. The ballet school Alicia Alonso built and could barely see — cracked mirrors, perfect fifth positions, and what institutions keep.
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She Gave the Answer First
Varanasi, Dev Deepawali. Every photograph is a negotiation — the leaf, the pyre, and the consent on which every picture rests.
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Do You See Me, America?
A tumbleweed wedged in a slot canyon, and what it teaches about American healthcare. The water always comes back.
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The Light Between Worlds
Diwali on the Ganges — a meditation in light.
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The Weight of Faith
Semana Santa in Antigua — resilience, endurance, health.
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Origin Story
The Grand Canyon, my father, and the arrowheads that named this blog.
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