Stained Glass Maps
I make stained glass maps.
My maps are chaotic abstracts.
I use the real world as my starting point.
When I try to make the pattern up,
it never comes out as beautiful.
The world has a hidden jazz.
It has a style.
My maps are webs
in which to catch that beauty.
They also show where the subway is.
My maps are customized for my patrons.
Maps can tell many kinds of stories.
Where is your home, your school,
the cafe where you met?
When I build one of these webs of glass,
these are the stories I try to catch.
When you look through one of my maps,
you see the place it maps.
It is what it shows.
My maps are portraits.
They show the world as it really is.
I think the world is beautiful.
