James W. Cushing

Nov 14, 2024 | artillerymag.com | Emma Christ |James W. Cushing |John Tottenham

FameThere are some peoplewho can barely be toleratedin person but are belovedas fictional characters. One reads about themin a book or watches themon a screen, and one feels specialbecause one recognizes their beauty. But when one meets themin person, one dismisses them,unless they are already famous. —John TottenhamIn Our ShadowInnocent as infants,we curl up in our beliefs. We dream that our milk watches usfrom the sofa in the dark. Under the sofa rests a ballwe thought would never stop rolling.

Sep 24, 2024 | law.com | James W. Cushing

Although there has been much attention paid to how the law has been evolving on the cutting edges of marriage and divorce law, as it happens, there are still some ambiguities on more essential and mundane aspects of marriage and divorce that the courts are still clarifying. We have all seen versions of perfect wedding couples and beautiful wedding venues with all the accoutrements.

Sep 10, 2024 | artillerymag.com | James W. Cushing

If you’ve read any of Bernard Cooper’s books, you know about the care with which he constructs his sentences, how he gives each detail its own breathing room. (If not, Maps to Anywhere [1990] and his 2006 memoir The Bill from My Father are especially recommended.) Cooper has also been painting for 10 years now, and his debut exhibition, “An Insomniac’s Guide to the Night,” at Gattopardo suggests the public entrée of a doubly gifted rarity, along the lines of William Blake or Louise Brooks.

Jun 21, 2024 | law.com | James W. Cushing

The presumption that a child born of a married couple is the child of that couple is one of the oldest and strongest presumptions in the American common law tradition. Due to various and substantial societal changes in recent decades, the presumption has slowly been modified to reflect those changes the same. In the recent matter of Sitler v. Jones, 2024 Pa.Super. 38 (2024), the Pennsylvania Superior Court had another opportunity to test the limits of the presumption.

Jun 20, 2024 | artillerymag.com | Emma Christ |James W. Cushing

When I stepped into Jim Isermann’s spectacular show “Wrapture” presented by the Miles McEnery Gallery and the Pacific Design Center, my first thought was, “It’s 1967 again,” — and I don’t mean in a self-conscious, retro-chic way. Isermann’s super-saturated bright colors and pulsating geometric shapes took me right back to those glorious posters Victor Moscoso designed in San Francisco for the Matrix club that year.