Things We Love to Hate

When singer Sinead O'Connor tore up a photo of the Pope on live TV, she angered a lot of people. However telling rumors, drunken driving, stealing, smoking, sexism, and stupidity are also things we love to hate.

The "Things We Love to Hate" collage was made just after Lady Diana died on August 31, 1997 in a car accident due. Her driver was drunk and travelling at a high speed. Prince Charles had been out of public favor at the time of her death, mostly due to his affair with his eventual wife, the former Mrs. Camilla Parker Bowles.

Things We Love to Hate

President Obama's Legacy series

Our first bi-racial president's legacy includes Obama recognizing in a 2016 speech that change takes time but "We are not as divided as we seem." We've watched racial profiling and even police officers targeted in hate crimes, but cameras are now capturing many unjustified shootings of black men.

Multiracial in America

Many minorities doubt that either presidential candidate is capable, let alone interested, in resolving the racial tensions simmering just below the surface. Reality is getting stranger and stranger. A black, male friend of mine is worried about driving across country because he might get stopped by the police and never make it home.

Politics 4: Clinton vs. Trump

President Obama originally ran on the message of change in 2008, saying "Yes We Can." That message of hope was needed more than ever in 2012 after the Japan nuclear disaster, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the rising death toll and violence in the Middle East.

Hope

Getting relected in 2012 was not a given. President Obama had to work for every vote he received.

Politics 3: Obama vs. Romney

Obama's first presidential race was strong and predictable. As a Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama gave the keynote address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He looked and sounded presidential, which introduced him to the national audience that voted for him in 2008.

Politics 2: Obama vs. McCain

Race in America

As President Obama leaves office for good in 2017, we see more hate crimes, racial profiling, police as targets, and unemployment hitting blacks harder than other races since the 2007 recession started. We’ve come a long way, but most everyone agrees we still have a long way to go.

"Multiracial in America"

Racism was unfortunately alive in Nashville back in 2001. Dating a Mexican revealed prejudice, literally in my own back yard. I learned that “Picking the right white is not as easy as it sounds" (as noted in this collage) when the best candidate is black, brown, or another color.

The Right White (Fear Less)

Originally this collage was about how magazines use subliminal messages to sell stuff. This final version looks at race, lust, seduction, secrets, and also strong families.

Subliminal Seduction