A little context: I’m working on a Soleri clip wherein he is critical of hyperconsumption and suburban sprawl — and how sprawl creates a reliance on cars. I’m using interview footage of Soleri and Jeff Stein, AIA, as well as … Continued
There are a bunch of original clips using footage shot for A Life’s Work on this blog. You can see a list of posts that contain clips by clicking here. If you visit the A Life’s Work Youtube Channel you can watch them without reading … Continued
[This post originally appeared on October 16, 2009. The clip in this post is one of my favorite sections of the work in progress. The post is also a fave because of the comments it generated. I love the virtual … Continued
Timing has never been my strong suit. But I must admit these last few months the timing gods have been very kind to me. November-December Edited like a lunatic. Worked intensely on the sample at VCCA, incorporating the Black Gospel … Continued
Back in August of ’09 I linked to editor (and new dad!) Cabot Philbrick’s website. He had included a portion of the redwoods section on his reel. That clip was truncated and sized for Cabot’s web site. Here’s the whole … Continued
Soon I will be taking advantage of a most generous gift of time and space. On November 15 I’ll be driving down to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts where I will be among 25 or so other writers … Continued
In October 2006, Wolfgang Held and I flew to Arizona to interview Paolo Soleri. While we were there Soleri visited his first commission, Dome House, in Cave Creek, AZ. I was told that his trip there was something of a … Continued
In the spring I worked with editor Cabot Philbrick and constructed a 27-minute work-in-progress sample of A Life’s Work. I’m delighted that Cabot is including a portion of that work on his editor’s reel and you can view it online. … Continued