Finding Fellini

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

Neal Cassady

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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....

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

Love the movie.  For about fifteen years I've been contemplating getting TRUE GRIT tattooed on my knuckles.  Have yet to read the book....