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Some chapters

Posted on: April 21st, 2013 by mar

Some pages on the Isolatoes (Moby Dick) project, re-sized and re-designed.
chapters
3:The Spouter Inn __ 6:The Street __ 13:Wheelbarrow __ 19:The Prophet __ 22:Merry Christmas __ 42:The Whiteness of the Whale

Chapter 13: Wheelbarrow

Posted on: February 23rd, 2013 by mar

wheelbarrow

Recent updates to some chapters in Isolatoes

Posted on: December 2nd, 2012 by mar

This is Chapter 93: The Castaway.

Passive/Agressive screening

Posted on: December 7th, 2009 by mar


This video was part of the Passive/Agressive screening I was in last night at Artists’ Television Access in San Francisco. It is a small piece of a larger work in progress. The whole show was strong. I was blown away by Miguel Arzabe‘s video John Muir Text Messages andWhale Hunting by Reece Camp Carter.

Rockwell Kent and Moby Dick

Posted on: November 24th, 2009 by mar

rockwell kent illustration: chapter 2, New Bedford HarborChapter 2: The Carpet Bag (New Bedford Harbor)
I saw the Moby Dick exhibit at at the CCA Wattis Institute today. Loved the Rockwell Kent illustrations.

Loomings

Posted on: July 6th, 2009 by mar


“Look, it’s loomin’,” said the boatman in a quiet voice. We turned to see the island that was our destination levitate and high white cliffs appear where only a shoreline had been visible before. Astonished, I shouted for the others to look. For several minutes we stared until the island descended, becoming once again a line on the horizon. I later learned that looming is something known to virtually all sailors…” (John R. Gillis, Islands of the Mind, p143)