I first attended Review Santa Fe as a photographer back in 2007, or maybe it was 2005, or 2006. Doesn’t really matter, but what I remember was how analog everything was. Standing in line, early morning, turning a corner to …
Read: We All Looked Up
The first time I watched the movie “Don’t Look Up,” I didn’t like it at all. But it just kept hanging around my mind. There was something about it. It could have been Jennifer Lawrence who could sit mute while …
Read: Burn Book
DISCLAIMER: If you gave me a billion dollars I might become a monster. Sociopathic tendencies are a range of behaviors and attitudes that are associated with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Some common traits of sociopathy include: Apathy: 1: lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness …
Read: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
For you short attention span folks, this is a beautiful book. Get it, read it. For the rest of you, think Pakistan. Think fiction, but the kind of fiction that immediately makes you feel like you are standing in the …
Read: The Unexpected Spy
I wanted to join the CIA. Right after high school graduation. I had big plans. Deep cover. Pakistan maybe. Or Indonesia. I owned a “Rambo knife.” Complete with compass in the handle, fishing line and matches inside the grip. I …
Create: Create With Me Event
This is a fun time at Blurb. We have several new team members, including two living on an island in the Philippines, and we are doing events we’ve never done before, including next week’s Create With Me event. Imagine you …
Read: Birding to Change The World
If you are attempting to live a life right by animals, you are in for a long and arduous road. Trish O’Kane is a living example of this reality. Her warmup years were spent as a human rights lawyer in …
Creative: And…
“Are you a photographer?” “Yes.” “And I do motion, content creation, and social media for the brand I work for.” “Who does the editing and producing?” “I do that too.” “What about the sound?” “Me.” “What about the asset management?” …
Read: Triple Agent
I tend to enjoy writers who also work as journalists. Their books often have little fluff or flowery prose because there simply isn’t space for that in the news world. Joby Warrick writes for The Post. I first encountered him …
Creative: Deep Blue
Deep blue blast furnace. A distraction as the RAV points south to the grounds. Head and lungs congested, still, but the thrum of heartbeat knowing I will be left alone, even if for a moment. Left alone to look. It …
Creative: Adobe Max, Day Two
Okay, mental note. Any event that has a dedicated app typically brings something solid to the table. At least in theory, and Max does not disappoint in this regard. The app not only works, it’s helpful and keeps me in …