The Italian street painters are back in San Luis Obispo. Pros, amateurs, hobbyists and students fill the Mission Plaza with energy and art under the brilliant, if not hot, California sun. This year we take a peek at works in progress.
We arrived in San Luis Obispo late one Sunday evening, flying back from a trip, but made a midnight swing through the Plaza to behold the art that disappears rapidly.
YOUR TICKET TO THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
During a particular six year period I went to Cannes France twice a year to attend the Television and Documentary Market and festival. As you might expect I loved the time in Provence and this little video prompted memories. It's a unique look at Cannes. Enjoy.
Perhaps you've read recently that the system you are reading this on, and the technology base of all of our computing may be rapidly out of date.
Apparently designers are close to building processing technology, chip high rises if you will, that will accelerate computing time to near warp speed. We are told the glue that is required to hold chip circuit boards in a vertical stack has been improved and there could be exciting news in the near future. Of course that would mean all of our current technology will become slow, glacially so, by comparison. But in that cloud is the silver lining of potential business opportunities.
In the meantime I am fascinated by how creative minds are putting current technology to use. Here's an example.
It is a presentation made at MIP, a production and media trade show held in Cannes France. When I was ceo of a television and media production company I made twice annual trips to this event. It is a place where you see cutting edge uses of technology. Enjoy this wonderment with IPads.
Thanks to my friend Will Murphy for spotting this
and sending it along.
THE CAMBRIA LOCAL
An apology upfront. This is just plain silly season stuff.
It was in the mid to upper 70's under brilliant blue skies
and the Friday Lunch Flash Mob was out in force enjoying a perfect day.
"Oh, look at all the crows", someone said. "I wonder if
they'd like some of this extra food", someone else offered.
Well, before long it was show time.
I hope wherever in the world you are, you can
find some reason to smile this weekend.
BTW, the same Will who tipped me on the IPAD display has requested a longer Pacific Moment. That's coming
Terrence Malick's new film THE TREE OF LIFE is a large presence at the Cannes Film Festival. A few people booed, more applauded at the first screening and there is a buzz about the long awaited film.
Full disclosure here, I'm a fan of Malick's work and think he is one of the great artists of cinema, much more than merely a great film maker. He won me as fan with his film BADLANDS, which also featured incredible performances by Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Malick's use of setting, nature, light and the mood they evoke in combination is an essential of his art.
His other films are DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and THE NEW WORLD.
Here's the trailer for TREE OF LIFE that opens May 27.
Malick studied philosophy at Harvard and Oxford and later taught it at MIT. He has has worked as journalist and writer.
A FIND THAT ENCOURAGES EVEN IF FANTASY
A common thought must run through the minds of most creative sorts, writers, painters, musicians and poets. What may, someday, become of an uncelebrated, unpublished, unpurchased piece of work? What might become of that rejected book, screenplay, unsold painting or unrecorded song? Maybe there have been successes and that old piece becomes an orphan, shoved away in a desk draw or hidden in a garage or lost in a box or storage. It may have companions as well. What happens, eventually? When you are gone and your possessions become the ward of others, do you ever wonder what might happen to that piece or those works?
Friends,
We have more benchmarks on our time line towards the BMT. I will undergo
pre-transplant evaluation June 16-24 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. It
is an extremely thorough combination of medical exams, testing and
consultations. Once I pass that milestone, the insurance company will be
in position to rule on final approval of coverage. An insurance approval
is anticipated, but always something to pray for. After insurance
approval, the donor will then begin pre-transplant evaluation and
injections to boost her production of stem cells. The Mayo transplant
coordinator advised me to be prepared to enter Rochester Methodist
Hospital on July 1st.
In the meantime, Diane and I are getting logistics covered. We are on
the list for accommodations at the Gift of Life Transplant House in
Rochester. Diane will say there while I am hospitalized. I will join her
there upon my discharge. We will live in Rochester for approximately 3
months. Since I cannot be left alone at the transplant house, we will
need help from friends and her family living in NE Iowa to give her a
bit of respite. I'll be pretty weak. Adult visitors are allowed at the
Transplant House, with some minor rules. Children 17 and under are not
allowed as visitors.
As Dr. Laura used to say about commitment, "You're not engaged unless
you have a ring and a date." We are getting close to total commitment.
Foster
This is the most recent of a continuing series of reports and observations from a long time friend and former colleague as he continues to live with Leukemia.
MORE THAN MAY GRAY
Those heavy skies of evening produced another round of May rain.
An extraordinary season continues as the morning tally reveals.
One at a half an inch and the other at .7. I'll log in .6. That is 36.2 for the season.
See you down the trail.
