What a D.P. Sees
I am always awed by how cinematographers see so much more than I do. We can be looking at exactly the same thing, the same angle, the same frame, and they’ll register all sorts of details, big and small, on … Continued
The Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts (from Artsblog.org)
This is a subject near and dear to that organ that pumps the blood throughout my body. Thanks, Randy Cohen, vice president of research and policy at Americans for the Arts, for summing up this subject so well. 10. True … Continued
A Report from SXSW
Robert Darden, journalism professor at Baylor University, author of People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music, founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, subject of A Life’s Work, was recently on a panel at SXSW. Below … Continued
Sunset and Sunrise in Arcosanti, AZ: 24 Hours Amidst a Sea of Arcology
My Google alerts for “Arcosanti” brought to my attention a stunning photograph by Niall David. I left a comment on his site and a correspondence began. Eventually I asked him if he would like to contribute some photos to this … Continued
And Now a Quiet Moment
After the hustle and bustle and hustle of IFP, I am back at BMC, where I’m continuing to edit the BGMRP material for ALW. But first, I need to press the reset button and get into creative, artist residency mode. … Continued
Why Would a 21 Year Old Be Interested in A Life’s Work?
Haroon Butt is a frequent commenter on the A Life’s Work blog, so I asked him to write something about why he keeps coming back to this blog. Here was his response. Why do I keep coming back here? David … Continued
“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act.”
Today’s guest blogger is Robert Darden, journalism professor at Baylor University, author of Nothing but Love in God’s Water: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement and People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel … Continued
Mr. Pete’s Tree – The Contest Winner!
Laura Bittman Ward submitted this e-mail written by her father. Laura explains: My dad sends out an email every Thursday to a group of his old high school friends who he reconnected with at their 50th reunion a few years … Continued
Arcosanti – City on the Edge of Forever by Nathan Koren
Nathan Koren, a resident at Arcosanti in the mid 90s, happened upon the blog and sent me a wonderful e-mail. “I’ve written a lot about the experience, but kept most of it unpublished… there’s a passage from a longer piece … Continued
Hardest/Easiest Work Environments So Far in 2010 – by Andy Bowley
Today’s post was written by cinematographer Andy Bowley. Hardest? That’s easy. I was in Monrovia’s largest cemetery, documenting “Decoration Day,” a Liberian national celebration devoted to cleaning up gravesites and (it must be said) drinking. It was unbearably hot, a … Continued