Around Here

“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” Genesis 3:20. I’ve always skimmed over that passage without much thought besides noting that those skins were probably unlined, and a bit itchy. But the animal (whom the young humans probably knew and had named) had to be captured, killed, and skinned to provide that first ever garment. Witnessing that (as my friend Rick noted) must have been quite the experience for the young couple. The first animal sacrifice. Which by all appearances kicked off the whole predatory order, life for life, in which we now find ourselves. Our ancestors had enough consciousness at least to worship the plants and animals whose sacrifice sustained them. Our Chicken McNuggets, and the millions of creatures from which they’re derived, earn mostly ridicule, if we notice them at all. In a spiritual and anthropological leap, the gratitude expressed by our ancestors was transferred from the sensate to the inferred. From the creature to t...

"Wag more. Bark less."

I’ve been preoccupied with making a living. I think I’m retired, but I rarely turn  down the occasional project, shoot, or assignment that still comes my way. After having completed a couple of new television spots (one must eat), and still in video mode, I  felt a yen to do something with the creative momentum. I thought of my "Long  time passing" post, a piece that I always thought had a video lurking  in its  bittersweet light and shadows. You can see it here.