Last week, the A Life’s Work blog turned two years old. That sounds pretty insignificant, and in the scheme of things, it is, but to me it’s kind of staggering. I track, list, and calculate many things, as you’ll see … Continued
As mentioned in last week’s post, here’s the bag Robert Darden sent me, full of groceries. It was part of his SXSW swag and, generous soul that he is, he gave it to me. In my thank-you e-mail I wrote: … Continued
Recently, a person who wishes to remain anonymous made a generous contribution to A Life’s Work, and to show my gratitude I sent Anonymous a DVD of my short films and some other things. The cycle of thanks continued when … Continued
I came across this excellent blog post, Developing Your Creative Practice: Tips from Brian Eno by Scott McDowell. There’s a nice paragraph about a tool Mr. Eno uses: Oblique Strategies cards, a series of prompts modeled after the I Ching … Continued
I met Josephine Crawford, artist, one time Arcosanti resident, and A Life’s Work supporter, via the wonderful world of Facebook. We’ve had interesting exchanges over the course of our friendship, mostly via the FB comments. She left the first comment … Continued
Dear Filmmaker, Do you know what your next project will be? Curious in Caldwell. Dear Curious, Yes, I do. Thanks for asking. David in New York City. … Okay, I don’t usually reveal future projects but I consulted my Magic … Continued
When I first had the idea for A Life’s Work, I was considering a number of subjects/projects. Here are some of them. 10,000 Year Clock – “A monument scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical clock as an icon to long-term thinking” to … Continued
Here’s a piece of amber. I keep it in a little, clear plastic ziploc bag and that bag is tacked to my corkboard. Why is it there? I’m not sure, exactly. It reminds me of time, I suppose. And it … Continued
Dear Filmmaker, What do you enjoy most about making this documentary? What do you enjoy the least? D.C. Hi D.C. Thanks for the question. I’m a bad news first kind of guy, so let’s start with what I enjoy the … Continued
This is the blog’s 200th post. That may not seem like much in 18 months (there are bloggers out there who do that in a month), but if you told me when I first started that I was going to … Continued