Beautiful People
My pal Shayla and her sparkling daughter, Ruby are in the new Explosions in the Sky video. The production team got genuine photos from 1952 and then recreated the scenes to play out the moments just before and after the picture was snapped. Great concept and artfully executed; their careful attention to detail really pays [...]
Take A Good Look
March:
Fallen Walking
This afternoon, I walked into the beautiful light and made a wee video:
Pavlov’s Theme Tune
I had forgotten that it is a rarity with a new baby to get time with both hands. Most of my emails these days don’t feature the two-handed feat of capitilisation. With all of this chair-bound, one-handed time, I have watched lots of re-runs of The Office (U.S), so much so that Quinn now stops [...]
Lately…
Reading: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Gratefully reading it, I should say. That and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe – sigh, bit hard to get into but yes, I am relieved that my moral character won’t be tainted by reading it. Drawing: These are the (very) raw beginnings of a couple of bits [...]
Epiphanies not comedies
I watched Up In The Air last night. Something is happening with narratives of late. Something good. I’ve noticed it in a lot of films that have been made in the last couple of years (i.e. 500 Days of Summer, Adam, Punch-Drunk Love, The Wrestler, Lars & The Real Girl). They all leave things in [...]
Hannah Stoney is a British artist and writer.