by markfasciano | Sep 17, 2020 | Art, Ava Fasciano, Mark Fasciano
“To the things themselves!” (“Zu den sachen selbst!” in German) was the pragmatic rallying cry of an early 20th century philosophical movement called phenomenology. Though I don’t claim to grasp all of its complexities, I appreciated the movement’s’ general premise...
by markfasciano | Jun 24, 2020 | Art, Ava Fasciano, Mark Fasciano
When my daughter Ava was 6, she started creating her own fashion designs for a fictional company she named SmartieSkirts. Wanting to encourage this entrepreneurial instinct, I helped her set up a web site to market her ideas to friends and family. Even though her...
by markfasciano | Jun 4, 2020 | Art, Ava Fasciano, Mark Fasciano
This is a guest post from my daughter, Ava. ___ “She admires your work.” The French woman struggled to communicate these words to me, but conveyed a sincerity that transcended the language barrier. Her young daughter had been eyeing my sketch of La Toilette de...
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