Author Archives: Stephen Futterer

I’ve been a neuroradiologist for longer than I’ve been most anything else, as I took up guitar later in life and haven’t played golf seriously or proficiently for many years. One thing that’s at once both alluring and frustrating about the job is that there’s still so much to be learned (a return to ourContinue reading ““An Uncommon Common””

Why do we take selfies? That is what I was pondering yesterday after posting this one. My theory is that it’s not vanity, per se. But rather it’s a desire to see ourselves in the real world as other people might see us. It’s somehow a different visage from the one in our bathroom mirrorContinue reading ““Grafitti’d Mirror in the Bathroom (Self Portrait #10)””

This scene brought to mind the American artist Charles Sheeler (1883-1965), whose works I’ve gradually come to enjoy. His scenes are clean and uncluttered, being of the Precisionist school of modern art that depicted an idealized form of industrialism. Known for painting so-called “immaculates,” this group of artists (also George Ault, Ralston Crawford, Charles DemuthContinue reading ““Sheeler’s Wheel””