PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “Breaking the Binary Literary System” (1/6)
Mike Albo is my humor spirit guide. To see Mike […]
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PILGRIMAGES: Julia Douglass, “How a Minnesotan Thinks” (3/6)
Yes. Going back home is an old story. And it was not easy. My east coast, razzle dazzle, highly voluble husband was completely freaking out about the quirks…
DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (5/6)
In January 2015, the Brooklyn Cottage hosted an event to talk about race.
DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (4/6)
I thought back to the “instructions” Malidoma Patrice Some had given me…
DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (3/6)
In April 2012, we picked Dirt as the theme for the Brooklyn Cottage’s second month…
DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (2/6)
Yazmany and I decided that the Brooklyn Cottage would have monthly themes…
DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (1/6)
That the The Brooklyn Cottage exists is itself a mini-marvel of the 21st century. This…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “On Successful Interviews” (6/6)
I have finally figured out what drives me to make films: I want to connect! Connect with my subjects and connect with my audience. I like intimate, hand-made, personal films.
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “On Film Festivals and Dealing with Rejection” (5/6)
One of the conundrums about making the films that I do is that I am making the films that I want to make—I’m not making them…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “Elizabeth King” (4/6)
This is an artist whose absolutely uncanny work I also grew up with in my family house, but I had never met her. When I was working on “Curious Worlds,” David Beck…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “Curious Worlds: The Art & Imagination of David Beck” (3/6)
The biggest change for me in approaching this film and subject was that I knew I could not film it myself—the limits of my skills as…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “The Collector” (1/6)
Olympia Stone grew up in a house where the artworks […]
CREATRICKS: Tackling Overwhelm (Stress-Busting Summer Series #2)
Hey, are your shoulders tensed up to your ears? […]
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on Painting His Old Dog Ruby (6/6)
People were always asking me: “When are you going to paint Ruby?” Ruby was a bearded collie, and my soulful companion since she was a puppy.
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on the Importance of Eyes (5/6)
People often tell me they feel I’ve captured the soul of their animal in my paintings. It’s true that I feel a great connection to animals—and one of the great joys of my work is that…
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on Painting People with Pets (4/6)
I’ve been making paintings my entire adult life and have made all kinds of work: Still Lifes, Landscapes, Portraits, Fantastic Fantasies and more.