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 … Continued
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 … Continued
Most residencies provide a bed in the studio. In the past I’ve used the bed to sneak the occasional nap. I liked treating my studio like a place of work, a factory where I went and made stuff and when … Continued
This is my bedroom at the MacDowell Colony. Since I’ve been sleeping in my studio, I use the bedroom as a waystation and closet. When I first saw the room I assumed that behind the curtain was a place to … Continued
Ta-da! A clip of the fourth subject, the Black Gospel Music estoration Project’s Robert Darden. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5BN9iMrmQ[/youtube] Wolfgang Held and I followed Robert around the South Side of Chicago in August 09. Here he is looking for some rare gospel vinyl … Continued
Friday I leave for my residency at the MacDowell Colony. (Click and scroll down; I’ll be in the New Hampshire studio.) You may be saying to yourself, “Dude! You don’t have any new footage, what the heck are you going … Continued
Timing has never been my strong suit. But I must admit these last few months the timing gods have been very kind to me. November-December Edited like a lunatic. Worked intensely on the sample at VCCA, incorporating the Black Gospel … Continued
A friend asked this question: “You credit yourself as the writer and director of A Life’s Work.” Are you going to have a voice over narrator reading text you wrote? Good question. You won’t hear Liev Schreiber or Morgan Freeman … Continued
Update: You can read the story here, on the blog. Last week I received the proofs from The Literary Review for a short story they’ll be publishing in Spring, 2010, in their Machismo(!) issue. Look for it on the newsstands … Continued