A Quote About Exploration from T.S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. from Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot About the photo: Earthrise Apollo 8, the … Continued
I Said, Jane Doe Tripod Said
In the last post (Filmmaker Clams) I introduced you to my sentient and very sensitive tripod — the Jane Doe Tripod. You may recall that Tripod had a voice and could, despite not having digits, send emails. I hadn’t heard … Continued
Filmmaker Clams
Years ago, a friend and I referred to running, inside jokes, phrases, or expressions as “clams.” I’m not sure where this came from, but I use it to this day. The process of filmmaking results in many clams. When I … Continued
Interview with the Filmmaker About A Life’s Work by Paper Tape’s Kristy Harding
I’m honored to be interviewed about A Life’s Work for the fine online magazine Paper Tape. If you read this blog regularly, you may recall that Paper Tape published one of my short stories at the start of this year. When … Continued
Interview with Adam Lore of the 50 Miles of Elbow Room Record Label
When A Life’s Work secret weapon Christine Lofgren asked if I’d be interested in an interview with Adam Lore of the record label 50 Miles of Elbow Room, her I’d love it, but asked if she’d conduct the interview, since … Continued
Listen Up! A Clip featuring the SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter
Last week’s post, Please Forget Me, inspired a comment from friend and A Life’s Work subject Robert Darden: I teach my Journalism students that they need to be invisible when they do interviews. I don’t want them to speak much … Continued
Please Forget Me
I attended a holiday party at my day job not that long ago and one of the people attending was someone we interviewed. I say we, but I actually didn’t do the interviewing, my colleague did. I operated the camera. … Continued
Ask the Filmmaker a Weird Question
Longtime friend and supporter of A Life’s Work, blog contributor, and all-around awesome guy Haroon Butt recently sent me an email. “Weird question. How did you decide the colors of your website? They really fit.” Not a weird question at all. In … Continued