November was a good month for the A Life’s Work blog; it had substantially more views than in any previous month, and November has 30 days! Why? Because of you! Yeah, you. You read it. And some of you shared … Continued
Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I’ve been listening to the University of California, Berkeley’s radio station, KALX. It’s a listener-sponsored, freeform station, which means it doesn’t have commercials or underwriting (what’s the difference?) and the DJs (who are … Continued
Anna Westhoff, Julia Elsas, Haroon Butt, Jamal Ahamad, Josephine Crawford, Stephanie Salmon, Chris Zdunek, Gotham Books, John Wildman, John Yearley, Karin Jaschke, Matthew Seig, Jessica Lipps, Lila Cecil, Graziano Carlon, Randy Haykin, D.W. Young, Jens Lekman, Karl Nussbaum, CM Burroughs, … Continued
You discover many fascinating things here on the A Life’s Work blog, like what’s the filmmaker’s favorite tree. And today? What’s the filmmaker’s second favorite tree. … ginkgo [or maidenhair tree], often seen in big-city streets, as it has a … Continued
In the last post, I offered up a clip featuring Bob Darden speaking about why so much gospel music is missing. The clip I posted runs almost four minutes. I had a longer cut, but I thought it was running … Continued
Here are three photos. Take a look at them, let them cycle through a couple of times before you read the text below the photos. What do you think of them as photos? [portfolio_slideshow autoplay=true timeout=9000 slidewidth=500 showtitles=false pagerpos=disabled] The small … Continued
The other night I went to see Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon at the Brooklyn Public Library. I’ve seen this film quite a few times, and a few years ago, while preparing for the Redwoods shoot, I watched the Woodsman’s trek sequence … Continued
“I don’t want a full house at the Winter Garden Theatre. I want 90 people who just came out of the worst rain storm in the city’s history. These are people who are alive, on the planet. Until they dry … Continued
Last week I asked you to help me choose five photos for a new press kit. The results are in! Here are the five images that garnered the most votes. #5 The model of Arcosanti #4 Bristlecone Pine trees #3 … Continued
Here’s a photo of “Hammerin’” Hank Aaron taking batting practice. I wonder how many times Aaron took practice swings in his life. Hundreds of thousands of times, I’m guessing. And he wasn’t practicing for some ultimate event, to one day … Continued