Finding Fellini

La Strada of an Indypedantic Storyteller

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Flat Track Saturday Night

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I'm producing a photography show for Ray Gordon called Throttle that's going up at W+K in February.  We went down to the Stat...

Mugs & Mirrors

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The Tedious Genius

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The only Orson Welles film that I like is Touch of Evil.  I love the Third Man, but Carol Reed directed it.  Citizen Kane – oh, I see its p...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Darling, will you get me a glass of water?

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Oh Yeah, Happy Veteran's Day ...

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... to me!  I'm a veteran of the Cold War.  The longest war in American history, spanning seven US Presidents.  Ronnie Reagan was my com...
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Tasseled Loafers and a Flashback to 1993

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The Alden tasseled loafer.  A classic that's been around long before 1993.  Though that's when this NY Times article was written a...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Please Refrain

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These phrases make me cringe:  " Get 'er done ", " Just sayin' ", " Beyotch " and " Really? ...
Friday, November 05, 2010

K♥-10♣-9♦-4♣-3♣

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"Sometimes nuthin can be a real cool hand."

Rising Sun

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Oh so 80s ... oh so 40s ... oh so Meiji Restoration ... oh so Karate Kid ... The military flag of the Imperial Navy was banned at the en...
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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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...
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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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