Friday I leave for another residency, Blue Mountain Center. I’m very much looking forward to this one, and I’m a little bummed out that I will have to interrupt this month-long stint to return to NYC for A Life’s Work’s … Continued
I became interested in including the Milarchs and Champion Tree Project in A Life’s Work after I read that they had cloned the Methuselah tree, a Bristle Cone Pine that is the oldest known living thing on the planet. In … Continued
August 17, 2010 – Schulman Grove, Inyo National Forest, CA I did not die on the mountain. Too busy working to be wowed by the trees. Or maybe I was in a constant state of wow? Don’t think I worked … Continued
Last call for the contest. Honest. This is it friends.
So there you have it. I can finally tell the world that A Life’s Work will be screening at the Independent Film Project’s “Spotlight on Documentaries” showcase on September 21. IFP is kind of like a film festival, but not … Continued
The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree to wait: and both without impatience — they give no thought to the little people beneath them devoured by their impatience and their curiosity. Friedrich Nietzsche This quote seems especially fitting … Continued
First the reminder. The win free art contest ends August 14. Click here for the details. Now the quote, specifically chosen to inspire you to literary greatness: The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a … Continued
I watched Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker the other night and afterward I decided to do a little research. According to Wikipedia, “The film contains not more than 142 shots in 163 minutes with an average shot length of almost one minute … Continued
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Dear Filmmaker, Have you considered using Kickstarter for A Life’s Work? DP Dear DP, I have, and I’m supporting a Kickstarter project, Planet X, right now. (I interviewed Planet X director Jacob Hensberry about why he chose Kickstarter to fund … Continued