Dear Filmmaker, I like your Facebook page and I’ve noticed that sometimes the posts and statuses use the first person singular and sometimes the first person plural. So, what’s this “we” stuff? DR Dear DR, It’s so nice of you … Continued
It’s funny the things that stay with us. I used to watch a lot of baseball until my team (The New York Mets) broke my heart one time too many. One of my most vivid memories from all those hours … Continued
Here’s one of my favorite jokes. A cowboy and his horse are sitting around a campfire at the end of a long day of driving cattle. The cowboy takes a sip of strong coffee and says to the horse, “Well, … Continued
I’ve written about endings before. How do you end a never-ending story? But the word “ending” is so … so singular. The reality is, like any narrative, A Life’s Work has more than one ending. The film is broken into several … Continued
I think often of something Jill Tarter, ex-Director, Center for SETI Research, said when I asked her about working on a project she might not see “completed” in her lifetime: I’m not going to be bitter and disappointed in my … Continued
I remember reading the review of Terence Malick’s adaption of the James Jones WWII novel, The Thin Red Line. I think the review was favorable, I don’t recall, it was so long ago, but I do remember one word the film … Continued
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Did you read the Op Ed in last week’s New York Times about how our society has become “ambivalent, even skeptical, about the fruits of science”? (Read Welcome to the Age of Denial by Adam Frank, professor of physics and astronomy … Continued
Today is my birthday so you’ll excuse me if I’m feeling a little nostalgic. Here are some photos of things from my childhood that I still own. This may be the first photograph I took. It’s of my family on … Continued
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. ~ Georgia O’Keeffe Thanks to friend and poet Susan Elbe for bringing this quote to my attention. The Getty Museum … Continued