David Licata | February 7, 2012
I’m an artist residency whore. My friends know this and I am not ashamed. I hope to continue my whoring ways until the day I die, that’s how fond of the residency experience I am. Residencies come in all shapes and sizes. Some limit whom they accept (Hedgebrook is for women writers, for example) but [...]
David Licata | December 31, 2010
What were the most viewed posts on the A Life’s Work blog? Glad you asked. The list is a little misleading, because some posts have been up for a lot longer than others, and so naturally will have more views. Still, a few posts are telling, like 2 and 13, which lit up the stats [...]
David Licata | December 28, 2010
I took the advice of my friend Jenn Chen and reflected on 2010. Here then, with a focus on A Life’s Work, the year’s accomplishments. February and March: Worked on the film at The MacDowell Colony. April: Shot follow-up interview with Robert Darden in Waco, Texas. June: Footage from A Life’s Work shown at World [...]
David Licata | June 20, 2010
On June 20, 2009, I uploaded the first post on this blog. Highlights since then? Interviewed the fourth subject twice. Incorporated him into the sample at VCCA, laid out the framework for the rest of the film at the MacDowell Colony. Highlights on the blog? Great comments from you, readers! Especially nice to read comments [...]
David Licata | March 22, 2010
My residency at the MacDowell Colony ended March 19. So did I accomplish what I had hoped to accomplish? Yes and no. I selected the sit down content for the remaining two-thirds of the film. I erred on the long side, including whatever I thought may be used even if it was redundant, and I [...]
David Licata | March 15, 2010
It’s easy to go batty when you spend day after day holed up in the studio. I’m not complaining, it’s a great problem to have, but I definitely need to make time in my day to do something other than work. When I’m stuck, or when I want to break up the monotony, or when [...]
David Licata | February 22, 2010
Congratulations to Haroon B. for correctly answering the four questions. He wins snowball, an original work of art and an accompanying film, both by me. Here are the answers. 1. “The impossible just takes longer.” David Milarch after the redwood expedition. 2. Frank Lloyd Wright liked the floor of Paolo Soleri’s Dome House. 3. Lawrence [...]
David Licata | February 19, 2010
The answers can be found in these four clips: Searching for Gospel Vinyl – A Clip The Redwoods – A Longer Clip SETI’s Jill Tarter on Gender Bias in the 1950s: A Clip Paolo Soleri at Dome House: A Clip Good luck.
David Licata | February 18, 2010
Answer these four questions and you win. Finish this quote from David Milarch: “The impossible ____ _____ ______.” According to Paolo Soleri, what did Frank Lloyd Wright like about Dome House? What company produced Why Study Home Economics? Robert Darden of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project says: “I’m not sure, but I think this [...]
