Posts Tagged ‘Sam Phillips’
Three Kinds of Elevation: New Concert Films from Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé, and Sam Phillips
June 5, 2019
Ascent I’m under headphones above 10,000 feet, and Aretha Franklin is flying the plane. At least it feels that way. Anne and I are headed to what we call “a homecoming,” an annual gathering of authors at the edge of the Frio River in the Texas hill country — inspirations, influences, kindred spirits. I’m feeling…
Read MoreFrames of Mind: Nine Reflections on the Passing of Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami
March 11, 2019
1. We’ve been watching the bird feeder. As the day comes into focus with the bedroom window’s frame, the light catches steam rising from our morning mugs like smoke rising from sacrifices on altars. Anne and I attend, blank journals propped like tents in our laps. We are not alone. Our cats, Mardukas and Zooey,…
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