For Bazin . . . film is actually like a record of God, or of the face of God, or of the ever-changing face of God . . . it shouldn’t be based on the script. It should be based on the person or the thing. And in that sense, [Hollywood is] almost right to have this whole star system, because then it’s about that person instead of the story.
The general characteristics of some professions never seem to change much, but the specifics can mutate as dramatically as a werewolf under a full moon. Take the music industry. A recent study by BearShare shows that for every $1,000 earned, a musician takes home a paltry $23.40 in pocket change. All sorts of people take a cut of a musician’s performance in this choreographed rip-off. Record labels take a staggering 63% of the profits, for instance. In fact, musicians earn
Sharon Carvell’s quest for connection through art has been a lifelong endeavor. As her experiences have multiplied, so has her knowledge, her artistic expertise, and her love for trees. She calls trees “an expression of love.” They are, indeed, ancient almost beyond belief—on this planet for 370 million years while modern humans have existed for only 200,000. While Sharon works in many art mediums, her thought-provoking tree drawings deserve special attention.
Song of Songs, #1, Spring The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. . . . My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the
Randal Huiskens thinks “artists should do the best they can to take the raw materials they work with and transform them into something more valuable. The value is imparted by how much someone else is attracted to, inspired by, or otherwise affected by the art. Anybody who constructs something does the same, a machinist, a factory worker, or a baker. But art has to reach people in some other way.”
Video: Biography: Smith House is Barrett Muth and Zach Brown, two Colorado artists who for the past three years have been allowing their love of music to foster community and conversation in and around Colorado Springs. Their folk style is the natural conjunction of classical training and a love of all things organic, influenced by the tenets of authentic community spurred and cultivated by the downtown CS scene. Smith House
