My Other Hat
Update: You can read the story here, on the blog. Last week I received the proofs from The Literary Review for a short story they’ll be publishing in Spring, 2010, in their Machismo(!) issue. Look for it on the newsstands … Continued
NARRATIVE Films that Have Influenced My Documentary
[cross posted at extracriticum.com] Rolando Teco, fearless leader of the blog Extra Criticum, threw down a challenge. Here is his comment to my post “Five Films that Influenced My Film.” David. I’m surprised that your list consists entirely of docs. … Continued
“Will You Finish It in Your Lifetime?”
Sometime during the fourth year of production of A Life’s Work I recognized how long this film was going to take to complete and a joke was born: I’m making a film about people who may not complete their work … Continued
Prepare for Re-entry
I leave VCCA Sunday morning (weather permitting), hitching a ride back to NYC with my friend, the insanely talented writer, Jen V. Here’s what I had hoped to get done: “I plan on cutting the Robert Darden footage Wolfgang shot … Continued
Stay of Execution
If you read the “It’s Artist Residency Time” post, you’ll know what I hoped to get done during my stint here at VCCA. “So,” I can hear you ask, “how’s it going?” Slowly. My residency was scheduled for November 15 … Continued
It’s Artist Residency Time!
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
Brooklyn, Take Pride!
Brooklyn, your very fine botanical garden, so revered for its cherry blossoms in springtime, is also home to two champion trees. Brooklyn, perhaps you read this blog and saw this term, “champion tree” and scratched your giant head and wondered, … Continued
The Inspiration for Exploration
I recently read a post on Gizmodo, An Astronaut Explains How We’ll Fall In Love With Space Again by Leroy Chiao, their official astronaut blogger. In it he lists six bullet points. I think all of his points are valid, … Continued
Does age matter?
Here’s a story in yesterday’s New York Times about a 600-year-old oak tree in Queens that’s being cut down. It has been in the same place since before Christopher Columbus was born. How do you feel about that? Does its … Continued
The Right Image
I’ve been revamping the A Life’s Work web site recently and that has me thinking about still images that represent the moving image that is my film. If I had to choose one image for a poster,* what would it … Continued