Mr. Pete’s Tree – The Contest Winner!
Laura Bittman Ward submitted this e-mail written by her father. Laura explains: My dad sends out an email every Thursday to a group of his old high school friends who he reconnected with at their 50th reunion a few years … Continued
What Does This Filmmaker Read Before Shooting a Bunch of Old Trees
Last call for the contest. Honest. This is it friends.
What the Heck Am I Doing in This Photo?
That’s me behind the camera at Arcosanti, shooting … the windshield of the rental car? Yes, I’m shooting the transformation of sunray, the win-free-art-created-by-me prize in this summer’s contest. You have until tomorrow night to enter the contest. Click here … Continued
A Life’s Work Will Be Screening at IFP’s Spotlight on Documentaries
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
It’s Not Just about Trees
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Chinese Proverb I’ve received some good essays for the contest (all to my e-mail account, are you really that shy?), but I’m greedy … Continued
What’s with All the Posts about Trees?
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
“7000 Oaks”
It’s Tree Week here at blog central. “I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.” Joseph Beuys Here are a couple of photos I took of part of Beuys’ piece, 7000 … Continued
A Quote, a Photo and a Reminder
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
Who Am I Making This For?
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
Arcosanti – City on the Edge of Forever by Nathan Koren
Nathan Koren, a resident at Arcosanti in the mid 90s, happened upon the blog and sent me a wonderful e-mail. “I’ve written a lot about the experience, but kept most of it unpublished… there’s a passage from a longer piece … Continued