Did you know that best-selling author Oliver Burkeman is a friend of A Life’ Work? Well he is. He mentioned the film in his New York Times‘ bestseller, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. It’s true! He has just … Continued
I was watching Touch of Evil the other day and had forgotten that it contains one of my favorite lines. First a little context. Touch of Evil is a film noir that was released in 1958. It stars Orson Welles, … Continued
I found out about David Harth’s Every Person Project via Facebook from a friend who participated in it. I decided I, too, needed to be a part of it, so I contact him and of course Harth was on board with … Continued
I think often of something Jill Tarter, ex-Director, Center for SETI Research, said when I asked her about working on a project she might not see “completed” in her lifetime: I’m not going to be bitter and disappointed in my … Continued
While I was at VCCA, I had an inkling that I might take A Life’s Work in a new direction. While at Ucross, I had a radical rethink of the film. Here’s where I’m going with it. I hope you … Continued
When I was at the MacDowell Colony in 2010, I met a fine photographer, Matthew Connors. When I told him about the people in A Life’s Work, he asked if I knew the work one of his colleagues at the … Continued
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
When I was at VCCA I made a couple of recordings of me playing some classical guitar music, one in the field on a beautiful summer-like day (listen to it here) and another in the silo. Its circular shape and … Continued
When I was at VCCA in October, I screened the A Life’s Work sample for my fellow residents. I introduce the sample as I always do, with a few caveats, including the big one: the ending is not the real … Continued
It was unseasonably warm for the end of October, so I took my guitar and digital recorder into the field at VCCA. I sat on the bench part of Craig Pleasants‘ sculpture, Heliotrope, and played a minuet by Henry Purcell … Continued