Category: Entertainment
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So you want to make money writing…
More and more these days, I get emails from people asking me how they can make money writing. I’ve given different responses over the years, but they all sound similar to this most recent one :: [name redacted], That’s quite the story, my friend. Thanks for sharing. Off the top of my head: Forget about…
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My Commentary on the Slice of Life Ballad
The following comes from the original email in which I delivered my manuscript to Ellie for the Slice of Life ballad. I knew that my work can be kind of dense at times, so I used the postscript of the document to write her an explanation. It explains the major thrust of the poem :: Hey sister, Though…
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Slice of Life has hit Bookstores!
Remember that transmedia project from 2013? Well the Slice of Life book is now available in print! I worked on the Slice of Life book in between projects the summer of 2013, turning a ballad into a polyform poem that would represent the whole of the project. The book, as you’ll see below, is something like…
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Quotes that Made Me Cry
“If you could expect nothing better, why did you come to America?” “For the sake of my children whom I wished to be born in a free land.” “Your children haven’t done so well, Mother.” Katie smiled bitterly. “There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard unfamiliar things, there…
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Don’t Kill Your Darlings. Exile Them.
I don’t believe in writer’s block, but man was I stuck on this novel. I say that in passing, but I’m forgetting that some of you don’t know I finished the third draft my fourth novel (my first publishable novel). See the update bars < if you’re looking at this on a laptop. Mobile will have them below /. So that…
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Joplin Photonovel • Behind the Scenes 002
For your mid-week viewing pleasure, here are some more outtakes our shoot for… THE Joplin photonovel :: (click on the photos to get the full story) :: I can’t tell you much more right now, but as always, more to come…
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The Alex Seton Life Jackets
Empathy. It may well be the driving force behind all art – that we learn by making decisions along with another. This is the crux of story, but it also works in terms of seeing life through the eyes of a sculptor or a painter. The story behind Alex Seton’s Life Jackets :: In May…
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Leon Ransmeier’s Interplay between Objects and The Human Body
Leon Ransmeier showed up at Governor’s Island in 2012 with pieces like this :: Leon Ransmeier’s objects guide interaction – they seem to say that there’s a right way and a wrong way to use them. The piggy bank above, for instance, has a single hole and no plug. The only way to access your money once this…
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Joplin Photonovel • Behind the Scenes 001
For your weekend viewing pleasure, here are some outtakes from our shoot for… THE Joplin photonovel :: Click on the pictures to open the gallery and see the stories behind them, but I need to highlight one in particular… Of course, the day we were shooting a long, progressive walk downtown would turn out to become the coldest day – complete…
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Building of the Year
As a would-have-been fourth generation carpenter, I gleaned my father’s and my grandfather’s appreciation for architecture early on in life. If you don’t have a magazine like The Architect’s Newspaper in your arsenal, it’s a great way to cross-train regardless of your discipline. And if you’re not the artistic type, it’ll give you a deeper appreciation…
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The Creative Center at University Settlement
Based in Bowery, NY, The Creative Center believes that medicine may heal the body but art heals the soul. They started out with free art classes to ladies with cancer and grew to include artist-in-residence programs in over 20 healthcare centers. The Creative Center also hosts galleries… …that sell the paintings of these cancer and illness…
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The Makehouse :: Rest for Weary Artists
If you’re creating art of any kind in the New Jersey, Eastern Penn, or New York areas, you might check into a Makehouse residency. The Makehouse brings together a diverse community of artists, fostering an environment of generosity and non-judgement. Emphasis on the word “environment.” They make house like this by hosting retreats out in this Thoreauvian-style…