A Life’s Work blog has, at last count, 587 comments (since I reply to all comments, about half of them are mine). But many people are shy about leaving a comment on the blog but not so shy about leaving … Continued
On the administration page for the A Life’s Work blog there are all sorts of boxes full of stats. Like everyone else, I’m obsessed with the numbers, so the first thing I check are how many views the blog received. … Continued
It was unseasonably warm for the end of October, so I took my guitar and digital recorder into the field at VCCA. I sat on the bench part of Craig Pleasants‘ sculpture, Heliotrope, and played a minuet by Henry Purcell … Continued
I met Karen Ramos, a most excellent singer-songwriter, at Blue Mountain Center in 2010. We played music for each other. I happen to know two songs, Girl from Ipanema and Moon River, and they worked for her so I played … Continued
I did my stint as guest artist at Sweet Briar College and I’m happy to report that it went very well. After consulting with the teacher, Paige Critcher, we decided it might be more beneficial if I showed my earlier, … Continued
Before I shot a second of A Life’s Work, I grappled with the documentary dilemma. How do you end a film that doesn’t have an ending? (How do the Maysles end Grey Gardens? They show us a looming change of season.) I … Continued
On Wednesday I’ll be a wearing my visiting artist’s hat and showing A Life’s Work to a group of BFA students at Sweet Briar College. It’s something arranged through VCCA as a way to expose students to work and artists … Continued
I’m off to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. I’ve been there twice before and it’s always been good to me. Why am I going this time? To write. I’ve been working on the film all summer and need … Continued
For your reading pleasure, here’s some non-A Life’s Work work. Here’s a link to a short interview I conducted with Ross McElwee for Filmmaker Magazine. And my review of McElwee’s most recent film, Photographic Memory for Extra Criticum. The short version: … Continued