Michael, an amazing amazing staff person here at Playa has informed me that pitchers and catchers have already reported to spring training. This brought to my mind my hapless Mets. And that brought to my mind Johan Santana. Have you … Continued
Dear Filmmaker, I’ve been reading your artist colony posts. What’s your average day like at an artist residency? KG Dear KG, Thanks for the question. My life is really quite boring when I’m at an artist residency. The days are all … Continued
The Filmmaker looked at the lake through the kitchen window and said, “Jesus, how many photographs can I take of this lake?” The Poet stopped making his lunch and gazed out the window. “Look at it though,” he said, “it … Continued
I’m an artist residency whore. My friends know this and I am not ashamed. I hope to continue my whoring ways until the day I die, that’s how fond of the residency experience I am. Residencies come in all shapes … Continued
I thought of this post the other day. It seems as relevant now as it was then, so I thought I’d repost it. I had spent the previous days working on a grant proposal, and now that that was done … Continued
I’m one of eight artists here—four poets, a playwright-poet, a composer, a visual artist, and me. They are all fine, smart, talented and kind people. I like them all. We each have our own cabin with a studio, kitchen (you … Continued
It’s been extremely windy here at Playa Summer Lake. Apparently, not uncommonly windy for the area, but definitely uncommonly windy for me. I’ve experienced high wind before. In fact, I think I live on one of the windiest blocks in … Continued
On Christmas Eve, a friend posted a Facebook status about her home’s plumbing catastrophe. We had a little exchange about it, including what she had to pay the plumber to take care of the problem. I don’t know how long … Continued
There I was, sitting on the downtown D train, completely transfixed by Steve Reich’s “Electric Guitar Phase,” when a man walked toward me handing out fliers. I caught a glimpse of one and had to take one. This may look … Continued