"Lego Thom walls out the world."
Lego Thom was no doubt inspired by my old master teacher Greg Lum. I worked with him over the course of a semester while acquiring my single subject teaching credential in San Francisco the '90s. He was a great teacher, much loved by his students. He introduced me to the writing of Elias Cannetti and the music of Arvo Part and Henryck Gorecki. We used to talk a lot about Kafka. There was something very playful about him (hence the Legos) and also something very private (hence the wall of Legos). He'd gotten hit by a car while crossing the street and so was in a good deal of pain and walked with a cane. His pain was not only physical--he'd also watched his best friend die of kidney failure, and had never gotten over it. Eventually it all got too much for him and he opted out.
