Stories

2024 Projects and Plans

2024 Projects and Plans

During a recent visit to Las Vegas, I visited a museum that invites you to question what you perceive as reality. This museum provides a refreshing look at what we think is real and what might just be an illusion. It raises the question that…perhaps we can’t always...

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The 16,000 Pixel Postcard

The 16,000 Pixel Postcard

Immersiveness seems to be up in the air, like AI. In a moment when we’re trying to understand where we humans fit into a future with robots infused with artificial intelligence, it can be challenging to sense the boundary between our analog and digital worlds. I was...

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The Fog

The Fog

My fascination with fog horns - yes, fog horns - emerged from other hidden artifacts and people that fill our landscape. Fog horns and other industrial sounds create ambiance - they send messages of alarm or comfort along the water. While spending a few months this...

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A Backstory is Often the Real Story (Part 2)

A Backstory is Often the Real Story (Part 2)

This month on Substack, I am sharing a fascinating story from my island camp in Maine… “Part 2” continued from last month’s essay on the “real” Green (and I’m not talking about the color). Bob and I arrived on this island during the 1980s, not to escape the mainland...

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Are islands just small continents?

Are islands just small continents?

Islands are both magical and mythical. Maine has almost 5,000 islands, if you include some that lean inland. (The rocky granite coastline was the subject of a documentary film I recently produced, The Long Coast.) While the film didn’t dig deep into island life, it...

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Illusionary Evolutionary

Illusionary Evolutionary

When was the last time you had permission to play, tossing out rules for a night? I attended a magic show earlier this month, an intriguing dance of entertainment and storytelling. I hadn’t thought much about magic until that night when the connection between magic...

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