Month: February 2006

  • Movie: Hilary & Jackie (1998)

    I recall enjoying this the first time I saw it, and I enjoyed it again, but differently. It’s a true story about musicians, so it hits two of my soft spots. The strange thing is that I’ve been watching so many episodes of Six Feet Under that I’ve completely identified actress Rachel Griffiths with her…

  • Morning Clouds

    Clouds today provide the illusion of a sunrise well after dawn. It has an almost violent look, though I didn’t feel a breath of wind. The ducks didn’t mind at all, they seemed to be chasing each other through the reflections on the water.

  • Mother & Child

    Well, the sunrises may be gone, but the bike commute continues to offer new spectacles. This morning I passed this white cow with a big slimy mass hanging out of her mouth. The calf was hidden in the grass, so it took me a moment to realize she had just given birth, and was eating…

  • Live Music: CSO and YuMi Hwang-Williams

    This is just a bookmark for myself, rather than a full review, because I have some projects afoot that are demanding my time. I will record my strongest impression. Listening to a 230-year-old Mozart symphony that I’ve heard many times on the radio somehow made me realize that this music was composed not so long…

  • Artdobber

    I finally meet Artdobber, Bob Gamage, in person at his great little corner studio on West 44th Avenue in Denver. Bob found my review of an Olga Kern concert we both attended, and stayed in touch. His work explores his intuition about shape and color, and draws inspiration from the music of Rachmaninov to the…