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Category Archives: Visual Arts
‘The Feral Rich’
The Feral Rich, by Kirk Anderson Weirdly, owing I suppose to some sort of WordPress oddity, the link above takes you to another link. Go there, and click on the one with the word “attachment” in it. That is the … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Visual Arts
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Election Night 2012, A Visual Record
I went to the DFL election party in St. Paul, Minn., not really as a working journalist, but just to take it all in and snap a few photos. I ended up shooting more than 400. I learned something important. … Continue reading
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Two Photos, Two Angles, A Single Instant
Kirk Anderson snapped this photo of me playing a song at Caribou coffee yesterday. And my girlfriend Tammy snapped this one with her phone. The two images seems to have been snapped at precisely the same moment. It’s not as … Continue reading
Posted in Folk Music, Rock and Roll, Uncategorized, Visual Arts
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Is Character Fate?
Heraclitus of Ephesus (535 BC – 475 BC) taught that character is destiny. As we’ve come to understand genetic science, we have learned he may have had a point. In this video (which I edited and helped to shoot) the … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Video, Visual Arts
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Sanity (Insanity?) Break
These are some of the most remarkable images I have ever seen, but still fun and fascinating. My man Nate pointed me toward them. Tobias Stretch Reel ll from Tobias Stretch on Vimeo.
Posted in Jazz, Popular Culture, Video, Visual Arts
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Wildflowers
This music video is the product of a September 2010 reunion after 18 years between Kevin Featherly and his old friend Vince Kern. It’s also my first run at editing with Final Cut Pro X. In the background, the great … Continue reading
Posted in Folk Music, Popular Culture, Video, Visual Arts
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Scenes from a Government Shutdown
Around 750 state workers gathered on the Capitol steps last night in a vigil aimed at keeping the state government operating. The rally began at 9 p.m., by which time talks between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders had … Continue reading
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Shining White House on a Hill
I was struck by the juxtaposition of a glorious, bright day and the decayed state of this old building, which I believe must have once been a one-room school house. Update: 10:31 a.m., May 10, 2011: A bit of Web … Continue reading
Posted in Visual Arts
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