Cameras: The Bad
As you might have read in a previous post, I am fond of cameras, but… Maybe I just don’t like change. Maybe I never did. Here’s a photo of me taken in my parent’s kitchen more than thirty years ago. … Continued
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Angus Young Rock You
Several months ago I was in a coffee shop catching up with one of A Life’s Work’s cinematographers, Wolfgang Held. I snapped this photo of this painting — I put it on my computer’s desktop. I looked at it everyday. I … Continued
Cameras: The Good
Not surprisingly, I like cameras. Here’s a photo of me from a time before I can remember. Maybe it has something to do this: That’s a charm bracelet that used to dangle from my mother’s wrist and one of my … Continued
Top 12 Classic Gospel Christmas Songs Selected by DJ and Writer Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich, writer, creator of The Black Gospel blog, host of “Gospel Memories” Radio Show on WLUW Chicago, and friend of A Life’s Work has graciously allowed me to poach a list of gospel Christmas songs he compiled for TBGB. Thanks, Bob. If … Continued
Thanks 2013
Thanks to everyone who had anything to do with A Life’s Work and my other cinematic and/or literary endeavors in 2013. If you’re not thanked here, it’s very possible you were thanked in 2012, or 2011, or 2010, or 2009. Barbara … Continued
Have You Noticed…
… that this time of year you get mail from all sorts of organizations asking you to make donations? It’s a tax thing. I think the reasoning is you, the recipient of that pleading email or letter, are flush with … Continued
My Pursuit of Science Took an Ugly Turn: Guest Post by William Swearson
Today’s guest post is by William Swearson. I met Will when cinematographer Tom Harting and I were following Jill Tarter around the Allen Telescope Array in the summer of 2008. I chose the dates we filmed because Jill would be … Continued
Meet Mountaineer W. H. Murray: A quote and then some
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help … Continued
Gimme Some Truth: Conversation with Essayist Randon Billings Noble
I met essayist Randon Billings Noble at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. As I remember it, all of our conversations were either about music (she studied classical violin and plays piano) or “nonfiction.” That’s how it is at … Continued
Tango Octogenario Lives
In a post last month (Nothing Lasts Forever) I reported that a film I made a million years, Tango Octogenario, was suddenly no longer online. I saw it as proof that even in the digital realm, despite all our efforts, … Continued