Here at Ucross they provide bikes for the residents. Early on I adopted a bike I dubbed Black Beauty. But the Black Beauty had a broken seat, so I traded it in for another bike, Black Beauty II. But BBII’s … Continued
Back in December, I decided I wanted to learn how to play a piece on the old classical guitar composed by Domenico Scarlatti (Sonata in A Major (K. 322, L 483)), originally composed for keyboard. This is the longest and … Continued
I recently had a conversation with one of my fellow artists here at Ucross about studio portrait photography and this led to Mike Disfarmer. It reminded me of this post and the great comment left by one of his subjects’ … Continued
I’ve been at Ucross for more than a week. Time is flying, and as usual I’m not satisfied with my productivity, but I know that I have been working — revising a couple of stories and playing around with the … Continued
I’m fond of transforming hard rocking tunes into finger picking acoustic numbers. One such song is the Mr. Brightside by The Killers. There’s a clever verse in the song that always makes me smile. Now I’m falling asleep and she’s … Continued
For the month of March, my home computer monitor will look like this — — that is, off, because I’ll be at the Ucross Foundation artist residency in Wyoming. “What Is It with You and Artist Residencies, Licata?” I’ll be … Continued
As I was writing the How to Conduct an Interview posts (pt. 1 & pt. 2), someone posted a link on a documentary listserv I belong to, a link with tips on how to shoot an interview. The tips are … Continued
A million years ago I was in a community theater production of 12th Night. Enter DUKE ORSINO, CURIO, and other Lords; Musicians attending. I was one of the attending musicians — the only one, really. Duke Orsino delivered the famous … Continued
So, You Want to Conduct an On-Camera Interview… I don’t usually do how-tos, but a few times in the past year I’ve been approached by people who want to make a documentary and they always ask me, among other things, how … Continued
A long, long time ago, about a thousand years ago, I had the idea for this film and the first person I reached out to was Paolo Soleri. As I wrote in a very early post, we spoke on the … Continued