Traci L. SlattonThe Illumination of Process: Sabin Howard’s A Soldier’s JourneyIt is bitter and sweet, this moment before the Illumination Ceremony inaugurating the National WWI Memorial in Washington, DC, on September…Sep 1Sep 1
Traci L. SlattonTHE SCULPTOR’S WIFE, And Concluding The Sculpting of A Soldier’s JourneyOn August 26, 2019, Sabin Howard and his elite band of sculptors set forth to sculpt A Soldier’s Journey, the sculptural heart of the…Aug 17, 2023Aug 17, 2023
Traci L. SlattonThe Paintings of John Morra: Full of Grace and UpliftNearly two decades ago, I attended a gallery opening with my then-boyfriend Sabin Howard.Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Traci L. SlattonBuckle up, Baby, the Battle Scene Begins!Eleven figures from Sabin Howard’s A Soldier’s Journey have set forth on their voyage to the foundry overseas. Everyone in the studio felt…Sep 24, 2020Sep 24, 2020
Traci L. SlattonThe End of the Beginning: Eight of Sabin Howard’s Doughboys Get Ready to Go Back to EuropeOver there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming The drums rum — tumming…Aug 27, 2020Aug 27, 2020
Traci L. SlattonDani Shapiro’s Inheritance: Full of Grace, Suspenseful, ResonantTwo years ago, 23andMe informed me that I was fully, shockingly, 26.1% Ashkenazim Jewish. One-quarter. I had a Jewish grandparent.Aug 20, 2020Aug 20, 2020
Traci L. SlattonReview of Dr. Steven Greer’s Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Fascinating and PoignantI had the happy fortune to meet Budd Hopkins before he died. We shared a mutual friend, an elderly journalist, a skeptic, who had read the…May 19, 20204May 19, 20204
Traci L. SlattonReview of Triggers: How we can stop reacting and start healing by David RichoIn 2015, I watched a YouTube video of an unhinged Yale mob confronting a professor. One young woman in particular screamed wildly and then…Mar 10, 2020Mar 10, 2020
Traci L. SlattonThe Many Faces of Sabin Howard’s National WWI MemorialFive months into principle sculpture on A Soldier’s Journey, the 58’ long figurative relief commemorating WWI, we have settled into a warm…Jan 8, 2020Jan 8, 2020
Traci L. Slatton1917 The Movie: Harrowing and MesmerizingThrough the good auspices of two young actor friends, Luke Slattery and Paul-Emile Cendron, I attended a screening of 1917 at the…Nov 24, 2019Nov 24, 2019