David Licata | March 14, 2012
Not too long ago I discovered that one of my Facebook friends, Christine Lofgren, had planted a bristlecone pine tree. I asked her if she’d grant me an email interview and she humored me, so here it is. Thanks, Christine. I understand you had the privilege of planting a bristlecone pine tree. Can you tell [...]
David Licata | November 2, 2011
Recently I posted on Facebook an email rejection I received for a work of nonfiction — Thank you for sending us “[title withheld by me].” The editors had a lengthy discussion about your work. Unfortunately, we are not able to publish it in our forthcoming issue; however, we certainly encourage you to submit other work [...]
David Licata | September 6, 2011
Facebook told me Werner Herzog is someone I might know so naturally I clicked on Herr Herzog’s link. It brought me to his page. Click on the image to read the text. Herzog’s Rogue Film School has me thinking about the David Licata Film School and the kind of student body I’d like to see [...]
David Licata | May 31, 2011
I met Josephine Crawford, artist, one time Arcosanti resident, and A Life’s Work supporter, via the wonderful world of Facebook. We’ve had interesting exchanges over the course of our friendship, mostly via the FB comments. She left the first comment in this post in response to my Is Production Really Over? piece, wherein I asked [...]
David Licata | November 19, 2010
I wrote this post for Extra Criticum about a year ago and miracle of miracles, it’s still valid. It’s slightly different from the original post: my E.C. persona and my documentary filmmaker persona are slightly different so I made a couple of changes so the post fits here, and a couple of sentences needed updating, [...]
David Licata | July 6, 2010
One of the great things about a blog is it can be a testing ground for new ideas or work. My indignation over the razing of the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater inspired me to put together the video of the amphitheater and write a post about it, The Unquantifiablity of a Place, Part 1. Participating in [...]
David Licata | July 1, 2010
Here’s an exchange that occurred on the A Life’s Work Facebook page between SD, someone who “likes” A Life’s Work, and me. SD: I was at Arcosanti…about, (gulp), ten years ago… Me: Have you been back to Arcosanti? SD: Yes, we took our three kids to the celebration for Paolo’s 90th in June (2009). Great [...]
David Licata | June 10, 2010
I was saddened by the news that the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater in Santa Fe, NM, is scheduled to be razed. Soleri received the commission in 1966 and it was built by him, his apprentices, and students from the Institute of American Indian Arts. New Mexicans considered it to be their state’s premiere venue to hear [...]
David Licata | August 31, 2009
I originally posted this on Extra Criticum, a blog about the performing arts written by performing artists. I write about film mostly. This post is dated April 1, 2009. Two things you may not know about me. One, I’m making a documentary and two, I’m addicted to Facebook. I imagined when I finished the documentary, [...]
