FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
Citizen Artist – Tom Zetterstrom
Meeting photographer Tom Zetterstrom in his Canaan, CT, home is instantly reminiscent of encountering Henry David Thoreau’s explanation for why he established a cabin in the woods overlooking Walden Pond and spent over a year of his life among the maples, pines, and elm. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach.”
What Zetterstrom has learned from his lengthy sojourns in the woods […]
Lights, Camera, Ambition
The Adrenaline Rush.
We’ve all experienced it, for many different reasons, some wonderful and some simply frightening. For skiers, it’s the push off at the top of the mountain and the anticipation of the careening journey to the bottom. For parents, it’s the moment when a daughter or son takes a first attempt at riding a horse, riding a bicycle without training wheels, or stepping on to the stage to recite lines in the third grade play.
For Keith Boynton, the young filmmaker raised in the Northwest […]
BOOK REVIEW – The Alchemy of Us
The Hardware of Our lives Transformed the Software of Generations. The Alchemy of Us reveals tech’s Transformative Impact
As she stepped off the Main Stage in Los Angeles, Ainissa Ramirez, blowtorch in hand, must have been aware on some level just how prognostic her metallurgic display, combining science and education during her 2012 TED Talk, would be when it came to her new book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. In her latest offering, Ramirez examines eight inventions -clocks, steel rails, copper […]
ELEGANCE ON CANVAS – ALLEN BLAGDEN
Allen Blagden’s career as an internationally celebrated artist is embodied in a story arc that begins, lifts and soars, then settles into a comfortable sense of accomplishment and enduring promise. His talent has been widely celebrated, recognized with awards and – perhaps most importantly – included in private and public collections of great note. And, all of this has led him to create in a place that is no more than a brisk walk from where it all began.
Born into a family of artists, Allen’s […]
