I opened early cuts of the film with this quote. Do your work and I shall know you. Do your work and you shall reinforce yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson I ditched the idea of opening with a quote, not because … Continued
Here are the first few images shot for A Life’s Work (fall 2006). It’s a distillation of the first twenty minutes of footage. It’s only after twenty minutes of tape that the fifth shot, the one of Arcosanti, appears, … Continued
October 30, 2006, cinematographer Wolfgang Held and I landed in Phoenix and drove north to Cordes Junction, where we’d spend the next three days shooting Arcosanti, Cosanti, Dome House, and interview Paolo Soleri. November 3, 2006 we left Cordes Junction … Continued
My Google alerts for “Arcosanti” brought to my attention a stunning photograph by Niall David. I left a comment on his site and a correspondence began. Eventually I asked him if he would like to contribute some photos to this … Continued
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
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 “I’ve written a lot about the experience, but kept most of it unpublished… there’s a passage from a longer piece … Continued
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Nathan Koren, a one-time resident of Arcosanti and a subscriber to this blog, read the recent post on how I became aware of Paolo Soleri and e-mailed the following: “I’m sure you’ve come across this by now, but just in … Continued
It had to be early 2005. I was catching up with a friend, Carol T., and telling her about a couple of film ideas I had, including the idea for A Life’s Work. It was my great fortune that Carol … Continued
Here’s an exchange that occurred on the A Life’s Work Facebook page between SD, someone who “likes” A Life’s Work, and me. SD: I was at Arcosanti…about, (gulp), ten years ago… Me: Have you been back to Arcosanti? SD: Yes, … Continued