Ucross – Slideshow
I’m leaving Ucross today and preparing for a bumpy re-entry. They always are. Here are some photos taken during my residency. Hope you like them. [portfolio_slideshow timeout=7000]
Photographer Barbara Bosworth – Interview
When I was at the MacDowell Colony in 2010, I met a fine photographer, Matthew Connors. When I told him about the people in A Life’s Work, he asked if I knew the work one of his colleagues at the … Continued
Name My Bike and Win an Origami Crane!
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
Born This Way. Or Not. Classical Guitar and Obsessiveness
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
Mike Disfarmer and A Life’s Work
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
You! Complete Me.
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
The Obvious Choice
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
March in Wyoming – Thank You, Ucross!
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
How to Shoot an Interview, Father Roderick Style
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
Tis Not So Sweet Now As It Was Before
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