Jan
20
I attended a gathering in Seattle this week to hear David Lynch speak about his creative process, filmmaking, and how his creative successes stem--according to him--in large part from his 33-year, twice-a-day commitment to transcendental meditation.Wow.What a trip this talk was! I adore many of Lynch's films: Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, etc. Some classics, for sure. But I must say that I was deeply intrigued by how his meditation gets him to [paraphrase]...
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Jan
16
As as investment, I own a small commercial building not far from our studio in Seattle's historic Greenlake neighborhood. It's a quaint brick building from the 1920's with tons of character and charm and I've intentionally filled it with tenants with creative businesses: architects, 3-D designers, filmmakers, etc. You get the picture.It got vandalized today. Tagged. Basically spray paint for the sake of spray paint on bricks and metalwork. I admit, when my friend Marc...
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Jan
15
UPDATE: If you have to wait till June, you might as well download this foldable paper template of the iPhone. It's cool - you can pass some time and you fool your friends too! ...next best thing to the real thing.Download the .pdf template here.(Thanks to iphonecountdown.com for the great fun and to my pals at creativetechs.com for pointing me in the right direction!)
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Jan
14
I'm suggesting that you take 17 minutes to watch this historic speech. If you're observing the holiday at home or at the office, turn up the speakers and gather a few family members, friends, or collegues together.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk
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Jan
13
So while I was on assignment last week, my Seattle office got a call from some passionate Republican. He left a message about a "business award" I'd won. My office staff, knowing that I vehemently oppose the current administration and thinking this was a joke by one of my clever friends (I have several with whom I engage in such behavior), played along. The caller backed up his message by sending our office a fax...
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Jan
12
An early Master of Photoraphy, Cartier-Bresson, shares some insightful thoughts with Charlie Rose in this interview below. I confess to be a fan of Cartier-Bresson and not of Charlie Rose (nothing personal Chuck, just a style thing). Regardless, here 'tis: Spotted this on originally on Alec's blog a short spell ago.
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Jan
10
I'll keep it short. Instead of watching a movie tonight, watch Steve Jobs keynote address here. iPhone, AppleTV, more. Bring it on!
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Jan
04
Hi Friends. Thinking about blogging? Today Miki Johnson, an outstanding editor at American Photo Magazine, posted to the editors blog called State of the Art, a story containing excerpts from an interview I gave two weeks ago about blogging. The story is entitled Shoot It, Blog It, Share It. The story also appears on another well-known print title's website at Popular Photography. FWIW, aside from my comments, there's some wonderful, interesting commentary from Alec Soth...
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Jan
03
A couple of really talented architect/designers friends of mine at Build LLC have, in their spare time, put together a cool list of must do/see/eat for those folks who frequent Manhattan, Seattle, San Francisco, and Portland. This simple, elegantly designed site is one to check out in advance of travel to these spots, OR in a pinch from your hotel room when you're looking for some good advice from smart people with good taste. A...
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Jan
01
*Disclaimer: If you're reading my blog just for popular culture, art, or photography commentary, stop here. Seriously. If you are, however, prone to sympathizing with the occasional human interest story, you may read this short entry below.Now then, in consideration of the above: I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions. It’s more my personality that you should just do the things you need to do and/or want to do NOW, without the need or want...
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