Built in the early 1600s, this was a place for everyday hanging outs, public events, and local farmers & merchants markets. It was built...

Grateful today that I am feeling healthy (temporarily), and sending love today to everyone who is not 🙏❤️

One of the most amazing joys of parenthood so far is to see how INCREDIBLY HAPPY Issa is in the mornings. Maybe I’m projecting, but...

Cool things I learned this week: Why do some fruits continue to ripen after they’re picked (bananas, avocados), but others don’t (grapes,...

This last week I articulated a lesson I’ve been learning from being a new father and spending time with my son Issa. Like the rest of us,...

A wonderful, must-read piece in this week's The Economist, titled "Why nations that fail women fail." Some incredible stats & points: -...

New home office, who dis? The photos are originals from my 2015 photography exhibit, “Time,” inspired by my processing of my brother’s...

I bought this piece at an elementary school art auction in New York. It was made by a 4th grader. Out of tree bark. Of all the art I’ve...

Issa turns 6 weeks tomorrow, and I’ve already learned my first big lesson as a father: That love, even of your child, is built, nurtured,...

Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” (1884) is one of the most striking pieces at the Art Institute of...

The day before my dad passed, he was unusually calm in the morning. We convinced my mom that, after a few exhausting days in the...

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of Tyson when we first met. You see, he was my then-girlfriend, now-wife's longtime cat. They had...

This week marks the 22nd anniversary of the brave 1999 student uprising in Iran. The iconic photo below is etched in the collective...

Past 96 hours have been nothing but HUMBLING. Humbled to watch the miracle of life. Humbled to be a dad on the eve of Father’s Day....

This is “Whaley,” my favorite sweatshirt ever. First accidentally, then intentionally, it became the sweatshirt I feel most comfortable...

We are capable of making magical things 🌟 Life is magic, every day. I shot this on a plane ride back home to SanFrancisco, from the...

Sunday vibes ⚡️

*Art weekends!* Joan Miro’s The Singing Fish, which I had turned into a shower curtain in my old studio, using Zazzle’s great platform to...

Happy Day to ALL the winners out there. ✊🏼❤️💪🏼

When I was a kid, in Tehran, most days, my dad would pick me up from school. And on the way home, on the highway, we would pass by this...