The Recovering Politician
Steps 4-6That’s why it is so important to connect on some relatable level. You have something in common with your audience, but it can’t be your wrecked car and their toothache.
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The Recovering Politician
steps 1-3I was disappointed with myself. Like most successful politicians–like most successful leaders in any profession, I imagine–I’m a registered Type A control-freak.
The Recovering Politician
IntroductionOur first Featured Creative for our July theme of Interdependence is Jonathan Miller, former Kentucky State Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate…
GORDIAN KNOTS: “One Day at the Change Machine” by Flash Rosenberg (6/6)
This is a comical, yet very sad portrait of the tragic CHANGE that happens when the most innovative, creative people are forced to…
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Moment Preserved” by Flash Rosenberg (5/6)
Flash didn’t want a PICTURE to remember a breakfast at her kitchen table with her dear friend Renee. She wanted to preserve Renee sitting there, fresh in tin foil–forever!
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Emotional Involvement Protection Garb” by Flash Rosenberg (4/6)
Finding a stack of adhesive, reflective Mylar at a flea market immediately inspired the creation of this cubistically fortified…
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Express Yourself Lane” by Flash Rosenberg (3/6)
Supermarkets have always struck Flash as a paradise for surrealism.
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Assheels” by Flash Rosenberg (2/6)
Flash was concerned that the person who looked at a woman’s foot and decided that high heels might be a good idea…might be thinking of something even worse.
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Big Boots” by Flash Rosenberg (1/6)
This week, we’re featuring the ever-imaginative cartoonist, photographer, performer and (among many, many other things) writer Flash Rosenberg, whose…
GORDIAN KNOTS: Stephen Kosloff on Hausfrau’s Future (7/7)
In an ideal world, the magazine would be profitable enough that I could publish it for a living. But let’s look at the facts. Hausfrau has a number of things going for it as…
GORDIAN KNOTS: Stephen Kosloff on Hausfrau as Print Magazine (6/7)
Why do print when it’s so expensive? There are a number of reasons. First, I’m a bit of a Luddite and a sentimentalist. Second, as a reading experience, turning…
GORDIAN KNOTS: Stephen Kosloff on Hausfrau Shooting Challenges (5/7)
Having no budget to speak of makes shooting a bit harder, because I can’t really ask people who are volunteering to show up at 7 a.m. when the light is good. I do try…
GORDIAN KNOTS: Stephen Kosloff on Hausfrau Casting (4/7)
What criteria do you use when casting? First, I have to enjoy being around the people I’m working with. It’s easier using people I know, but it’s also important…
GORDIAN KNOTS: Stephen Kosloff on Directing Hausfrau Photoshoots (3/7)
Being in the magazine myself is weird. I don’t really like it, but I have to make sure there is continuity if one or two of my pals who play main characters move or…
GORDIAN KNOTS: Stephen Kosloff on Hausfrau Scripts and Costumes (2/7)
The photos come first. It’s much easier and more effective to shape the dialog in response to the photos on the page than vice versa. That way my “actors” don’t have to act.
GORDIAN KNOTS: Stephen Kosloff on Hausfrau’s Creation (1/7)
This week, we’re featuring the brilliantly wacky Stephen Kosloff, founder of Hausfrau Magazine, purported as the first U.S. magazine that doubles as…