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I’d forgotten that a huge case of 70 DVDs was arriving for the indie film I’m a producer on, WITH CHILD. I had a second surprise when I opened the box to see that although I had one DVD in my possession already as a gift from the leading lady/producer Leslie Lewis, that I’d never looked a...

Real Artists Ship It truly is that simple. In other words, having all the creative ideas in the world may be great but how much value do they have if you never get them down on paper? Or if those pages stay hidden in your sock drawer? I’m a huge fan of Emily Dickinson, and “I dwell in Possibili...

I love this year’s birthday dropback photo taken by my great friend Sarah Herrington. Other than changing the background and/or my outfit, it’s hard to find a new spin on this series but in 2016 we found one: just add my Mom! She did confess that it was easier to give birth to me than to watch ...

On the edge of my NYC terrace there’s about a foot-wide stretch of gravel with maybe 1/4 of an inch of soil mixed in with the rocks and pebbles. I think it’s for drainage (although maybe it’s just aesthetically pleasing). I’ve long had an admiration for the weeds that simply sprout ...

I’d just graduated from college and was sharing a NYC cab ride with two parents and their elementary school child. Somehow the topic became “What would you do if you were rich?” The nine year-old could literally only focus on candy. How much candy she would buy for herself. What kind of c...

For some unknown reason, I kept putting down Neil Gaiman’s OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE after 10 pages. And then I brought it with me on a flight to San Francisco and couldn’t put it down. It’s AMAZING. As the New York Times said, “His mind is a dark fathomless ocean, and every time...

“Go to the ugliest or most forlorn place you know — a drugstore parking lot, the front porch of a crack house, a toxic waste dump, or the place that symbolizes your secret shame — and build a shrine devoted to beauty, truth, and love. Here are some suggestions about what to put in your sh...

Loved this documentary about Andrew Salgado so much I watched it twice on Sunday. Thoroughly recommended as a way into one artist’s creative life. To my horror though, in articles last year his work was selling for $2-3,000…but when I see close-ups of the sale we’re in the $15-20,000 rang...