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Author Archives: Katherine Wikoff
Tenacity
I don’t know what kind of tree this is, but I have to admire the tenacity with which it continually regrows branches/suckers that have been cut off. You can see scarred burls from years of pruning all along the length … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life, Nature
Tagged creativity, inspiration, motivation, nature, perspective
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An Ironing man at work in his mobile cart by the street side, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
An Ironing man at work in his mobile cart by the street side, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India An Ironing man at work in his mobile cart by the street side, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India I love—absolutely LOVE!—the colors in this … Continue reading
Posted in Art, “Reblogged” posts from other writers, Creativity, Photography
Tagged photography
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A podcast series worth listening to
I stumbled across a page I’d bookmarked months ago and gave a listen. Really enjoyed it and thought I’d share here. The podcast series is by “Team Deakins,” aka legendary Academy Award winning cinematographer Roger Deakins and his wife, James … Continue reading
Geode cake tutorial
Okay, I’ll probably never make this, but I love rocks, took a year of geology in college, and think this geode cake looks like a lot of fun. How inventive!
Why this year’s Best Picture award dooms the Oscars to irrelevance
The last film that students watch in my film and media studies course is whatever has won the Best Picture Oscar that year. I was a little nervous to see what won this year because some of the nominees were … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Higher education, Media studies, Movies and film, News, Popular culture, Television
Tagged Academy Awards, Apple TV+, Best Picture, cinema, CODA, DVDs, film, film industry, movies, oscars, streaming
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Fifty Years of the Corleone Family Onscreen
Tonight is the Academy Awards broadcast. I saw somewhere that there’s going to be a reunion of The Godfather cast tonight, as this year is the 50th anniversary of that film’s release. Fifty years! What a masterpiece. And this movie … Continue reading
Posted in Media studies, Movies and film, Popular culture
Tagged Academy Awards, film, no vies, oscars, The Godfather
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Oh dear, more Tosa Turkey drama!
Here in my old-school Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa the turkey drama continues. Now the flocks are dogging delivery trucks and pestering/threatening delivery drivers. I remember watching aggressive peacocks at the zoo about this time of year when my kids were … Continue reading
Happy Accident
An accidental photo I took of a carpet. Not really sure how it happened, and it’s blurry because my hand was moving. (I intended to take a picture of a faraway sign so I could then enlarge the photo and … Continue reading
I can change my life!
I woke up before my alarm today. With faint morning light warmly hinted at through closed eyelids and still in that drowsy, relaxed process of awakening, I slowly became aware of a thought running through my consciousness. A thought fully … Continue reading
A chance encounter with “Tubular Bells”
Heard this old song on the radio driving home today. It has literally been YEARS since I’ve heard it or even thought about it. The song, “Tubular Bells,” was released in 1973 and went on to be used as the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, History, Media studies, Movies and film, Music, Popular culture
Tagged creativity, Media studies, movies, music
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