Days of Art #55: Anais Nin – Why I write
Truth? Prententious bollocks? Possibly.
Ira Glass on Getting Past Disappointing Yourself
Here’s a five-minute video from Ira Glass on getting through the phase that he describes as a gap between your inherent Good Taste (that drew you to creative work) and the disappointment you feel in discovering much of your early work is crap. It’s not just perseverance, it’s recognizing that everyone goes through it, and…
Days of Art – #51: Favorite Poet
I think all poets have favorite poets, and I’m no exception. What is different, perhaps, is that as my writing style changed, so did my poets. Gone are the Nikki Giovannis and Langston Hugheses from my favorite list, to be replaced by poets I’ve actually known. I’m fortunate to be in love with my favorite…
How to Shoot, Part 4: You Are a Shooter When You Decide to Shoot
Sometimes you’re lucky in your life, and you get a benediction from somebody who actually speaks your language and cherishes that you’ve joined the tribe … you’re no longer lost.
How to Shoot: Part 3: What Are You Trying to Capture?
In order to photograph in a meaningful way, you have to be photographing your world. — Nicholas Vreeland Before you can make a photograph, you first have to see something. As Joel Meyerowitz mentions in the first video, some photographers go out with an idea in mind. The problem with that is that if you…
How to Shoot: Part 1- Don’t Plan It, Shoot It.
“It’s the closest I come to not existing, I think. Which is the best … which to me is attractive.” – Garry Winogrand “I invade their space and try to make something happen with the camera. You do trespass on their space with the camera.” – Mark Cohen “Basically I’m photographing my own curiosity. What…
Days of Art – #48: B.B. King
Riley “Blues Boy” King (1925 – 1915). Rest in peace. We know Heaven knows how to sing the Blues. B.B. King performs at Sing Sing Prison in the video above. He later said he thought this was one of his best performances. The entire performance is available on YouTube if you’re interested. Below, he performs…
Days of Art – #47: Stand By Me
Today, 1 May 2015, R&B great Ben E. King, born Benjamin Earl Nelson in North Carolina, died of natural causes in New Jersey. King initially found success as a member of the doo-wop group The Drifters, whose biggest hits were “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “There Goes My Baby,” which he co-wrote. The…
Days of Art #46: Playing for Change
Playing for Change, according to their website “is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music.” It began in 2002 when its co-founders, Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke toured the street of America with a mobile recording studio and cameras looking for “inspiration and the heartbeat of the people.” They found it,…
Days of Art – #44: Tap
1. Savion Glover: Rhythm (Did you make it all the way through?) 2. Gregory Hines: Flair (Crappy picture quality – just listen to the riddim.) 3. Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr.: Homage 4. Sammy & the Will Maston Trio: Freedom (There was no one better than Sammy, except …) 5. Savion “Mr. Bojangles: Good stories…
The Artists' Sanctum 