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Mike Disfarmer

What Makes Me Happy? Positive Interaction 3
17 Sep 2015

What Makes Me Happy? Positive Interaction 3

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 0

What makes me happy? When something I wrote or made motivates a complete stranger to send me a note. I recently received this via the blog’s Contact  page. Subject Lincoln CLEP commercial Message: David, I have the commercial on a … Continued

CLEP, commercials, Help Wanted, Interview, Lincoln, Mike Disfarmer, What Makes Me Happy?
Mike Disfarmer and A Life’s Work
15 Mar 2013

Mike Disfarmer and A Life’s Work

by David Licata | posted in: Other Work, Quotes, The Film | 6

I recently had a conversation with one of my fellow artists here at Ucross about studio portrait photography and this led to Mike Disfarmer. It reminded me of this post and the great comment left by one of his subjects’ … Continued

Mike Disfarmer, other obsessions, photography
Top Posts of 2009
6 Jan 2010

Top Posts of 2009

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 2

What’s the point of having a blog if you don’t post lists? And what’s the point of early January if you don’t compile a “best” or “most popular” list? So, in keeping with the insular nature of this blog, here … Continued

A Life's Work, Dome House, Ed Wood, Jill Tarter, Jr., Mike Disfarmer, Paolo Soleri, Quotes, VCCA
Los Angeles Times summary of A Life's Work.

Filmed over 15 years in locations throughout the US, A LIFE'S WORK is a documentary about long-term thinking, a meditation on Deep Time, a film essay about legacy.

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