Inspiration : Garrett McNamara Does It Again !
All reason to smile, Garrett during a recent portrait session I had with him. The height still has to be confirmed, but the word is around 100 feet. It would break his current world record of 78ft from last year November, see the video. Here’s a photo by surf photographer, Tó Mané, of Garrett on […]
Inspiration : Bliss
Have you ever been excited, full of joy and laughed so hard that you had to scream ? Norwegian adventurer Aleksander Gamme hungry, having lost 55 pounds, after an 86 day solo trek to the South Pole in Antarctica is checking one of his last supply caches buried in the snow. Radiolab on WNYC, one […]
Inspiration : Chasing Ice
James Balog set out to record something very close to my heart. Nature’s progress. Please go and see this movie and get an idea on the acceleration our human culture has put on Earth’s history and the amazing grace and beauty it beholds in the process. For show times during the New Year Celebration in […]
Inspiration : In Search Of Sugar Man
Food : Westwind Orchard Harvest Feast
Out of the friendship between two famiies, the Chizzola’s, owners of the Westwind Orchard, an organic apple orchard and farm in Accord, NY and the Nanni’s, owners of Celestino a seafood restaurant in Bedstuy, Brooklyn, NY, with their love for organic produce, the care for the earth and their creativity in the kitchen this years […]
Inspiration: Project Happiness
I was so fortunate to see this film last night and I walked away with a smile on my face, there was a warm sense, somewhat uplifting, but I was also thoughtful. Considering the deteriorating state of the human psyche, the stats are frightening, stress levels in children and adults are rising constantly, teenager suicide […]
Food: Inspired Simple Diet
Dr. Terry L. Walsh’s story and speech (see post Food: Modern Hunter/Gather) made a serious impression on me. I decided to test my version of the Walsh diet to see where it would take me and my health. For the last three months, except when traveling or the occasional ‘having no other choice’ or ‘ […]
Inspiration: Atacama Cloud
I encourage the use of my work by other artists for inspiration, as in this case where Erika Harrsch used an image for reference to create a similar cloud in her painterly sky. She had seen the image on my website a while back and incorporated the cloud into a commissioned piece called ‘Paisaje 1’. […]
Happy New Year!
I Wish you all a Healthy and Happy, Prosperous and Generous 2012
Inspiration: Michael Muller TV Series
Fellow photographer and animal lover Michael Muller is releasing his new TV show Shark Shoot: Fiji this coming Sunday, Dec. 18 on the Travel Channel. His photographic style promises an unseen visual of nature. In the meantime, check out amazing behind the scenes videos here, and be sure to tune in this Sunday!