Sketch from American Primitive - Paradise

It's about a quiet moment in the picture. It's about a nascent friendship.

Cloister Revisited

Barscapes

Most of these were sketched at 301 Lark Street, while waiting for my drinking, nursing my drink, waiting for company (expected or otherwise) but never being anti-social. They are interior shots for the bar that would likely be called, "The Black Vulcan" in the American Primitive movies.

New Posting on "Notes of an American Primitive"

I have a new posting on my blog about screenwriting and movie making, called "Reading."

You will have to write me to get me to invite you to this blog.

Honoring a Master

After reading Vincent LoBrutto's wonderful biography of Stanley Kubrick (1997), I have come to a conclusion: the Vanilla Vampire will wait, as will The Philogynist (for now), as perhaps will the remaining three parts of American Primitive. Time to attempt an adaptation. And what an epic I have chosen (see picture above).

Pride!

Yesterday was Pride Day in Albany, complete with a parade and a party and politics. Thirty or forty years ago, you would not see a police escort at a gay pride parade, which makes me proud of the photo just below mine. We are starting to progress...a bit.

History

Last night, based on the numbers, Senator Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination and will face Sen. John McCain in the fall.

This is the first non-white politician to be the presumed nominee of either party.

This is history.

And whether you agree or not with his ideology, the historical significance of this moment cannot be lost on any American.