Nine Lives by Dan Baum

One of the BEST books I've read in a good while. I highly recommend it. It's 9 life stories of people living in New Orleans, beginning with some of them during hurricane Betsy & others later, carrying on into the bleak, hard times of K@trina. I haven't ever sat down & read 61 pages in one sitting, but I did with this excellent collection. Go get yourself a copy NOW!

The Window (La Ventana), 2008

Really enjoyed this picture by Argentinean filmmaker, Carlos Sorin. I was often reminded of Ingmar Bergman's 'Wild Strawberries.' Where Bergman gets lost in sentimental memory, Sorin's main character, an aged, dying man waiting for a visit from his long gone son, keeps a firm footing in reality. But not the swift, lackadaisical reality we all march through, but one where a bee in the window is significant, where the sun across a golden field is contrasted by the old man's softly blue pjs as he goes on his last stroll (reminding me of van Gogh's vibrant fields), & one where light & color overwhelm our technical addictions, leaving me glad to have made the cinematic journey.

Quick Bitmap Sketch before I lost Power from Isaac

Hurricane Isaac really beat up the Migraineur I am... Ugh.

(Art © 2012 by j. m. Scoville)