Finding Fellini

La Strada of an Indypedantic Storyteller

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Pictures of the Floating World

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This is a nineteenth century Japanese woodcut of the green grocer's arsonist daughter, Oshichi, by Utugawa.  Oshichi is character from ...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Sawdust Mountain - Eirik Johnson

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I came across Eirik Johnson on 20x200 .  I think I've said it before, but for so much of my life I wanted nothing to do with the Paci...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Scratchings

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I just did this on my phone.  Not sure if it's the name of my new blog.  Or if I'll use it in any way, but it's very cool to ha...

iDig

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This blog is cool.  I've been using the same drawing app on my iPhone for a couple of days.  It's a lot of fun.  Not quite ready t...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Geronimo - What You Think You Know

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When I hear this man's name it sounds so familiar that I am certain I must know a lot about him.  But the truth is I do not.
Monday, October 18, 2010

Sore Fingertips

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I read in the past few days that ninety-some percent of the sewing in couture garments is done by hand.  That knowledge combined with my app...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Sashiko

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A Japanese hand-stitching technique traditionally used by fisherman and farmers to repair holes in fabric.  Also used decoratively as embr...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The White House

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For the past couple of months I've been in communication with my Member of Congress trying to arrange for a tour of the White House for...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Charm City

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We're in Baltimore this weekend and it's incredibly difficult not to be on the lookout for characters from The Wire. Then I reca...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010

MCM - Mid-Century Maniac

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Neal Cassady

From the Toil of the Hand - Bleeding Madras

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 The following is something I found buried on Land's End's website. This essay appeared in the January 1989 issue of our ca...

Ranch Truck - Southeastern Oregon

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Bandanna Watchband

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I made this watchband out of a bandanna scrap this weekend.  It took about five minutes.  For now I just tie it on with a simple knot which...

Learning to Sew

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I made this drawstring bag out of scrap fabric in a sewing class last week.  It was good practice for creating seams, a hem and a buttonhol...

Signatures

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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Keeping Pace

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I mentioned starting a new blog and I continue to explore the possibilities.  One of the things I'm trying to do differently is to slow ...
Sunday, October 03, 2010

Orlando

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There's a little town in Cuba that will forever hold my attention.  For three days I was the Pied Piper of Matanzas.  I would have staye...
Saturday, October 02, 2010

Set at Liberty

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I moved offices a couple of months ago, emptying my latest studio of all my film gear.  I'd been there for over two years, almost three....
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Filmmaking Update

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Went and watched the almost finished Lumberjack Storytime short that I wrote and directed.  It's an outtake of sorts from our feature fi...

True Grit

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Love the movie.  For about fifteen years I've been contemplating getting TRUE GRIT tattooed on my knuckles.  Have yet to read the book....
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In my pursuit of mastery of the telling stories, I often encounter more of Fellini's fodder and folly than his methods and genius.
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