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
November was a good month for the A Life’s Work blog; it had substantially more views than in any previous month, and November has 30 days! Why? Because of you! Yeah, you. You read it. And some of you shared … Continued
Recently, a person who wishes to remain anonymous made a generous contribution to A Life’s Work, and to show my gratitude I sent Anonymous a DVD of my short films and some other things. The cycle of thanks continued when … Continued
I recently went to my doctor and we got to talking about A Life’s Work. He asked me if I knew Cicero’s treatise, On Old Age. I didn’t. He paraphrased a passage about trees. “Oh, that’s good,” I said. “I’m … Continued
Here are two photos. I’m holding the same Cine-Kodak Magazine 8 Camera in both. Here are some images this camera captured. That makes me happy. What makes you happy? Top photo: George Licata, Prince, David Licata, photographer unknown. Bottom photo: … Continued
Yesterday I took a break from transcribing the latest interview with Robert Darden of the the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project and went to MoMA with my friend Danica N., a graphic novelist. I was eager to see the William … Continued