One Wind Song; One Eclipse; and One Election Tune

Sometimes, you need to take a few hours break from fretting about the fate of your nation. And whether by this time next year, you'll be in a Official Trump Retribution and MAGA Re-education Prison Camp. Well, then, about an 'Art/Music/Video/Poem' to refresh one's spirits?

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Categories Essays

A FEW VIDEOS BEFORE YOU VOTE

The very idea of America could unravel starting Nov. 6, 2024, if things go south the day before. We all must do our part to sway the outcome, get out the vote, and try to divert even a handful of hearts and minds from the politics of hatefulness and division. My small effort is a short election video series. Here…

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Categories Essays

ARTHOUSE VIDEO: Climbing a ‘Ladder to the Sky’

In my woodland wanderings, I encounter the tall tapestries of slim communications towers. These elongated lattices of metalwork are striking up close. From their brawny ground level struts, the eye tracks the tower to the heavens, like an arrow shot at a cloud. How to capture their odd grandeur?

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Categories Art Video

Saying goodbye to Earl one last time

Earl Goodall, my neighbor, friend, and an amiable human being, passed on at age 93 on July 5, 2024. Earl was the subject of my 2021 16-minute documentary, "When Earl Went to War", about his Korean War service, while also portraying the man's sweet, down-home character. Here's a look back at the kind of guy who never gets lifted up…

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Categories Photography