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I really don’t know what’s going on here, but I’ve been moved by two NPR Morning Edition stories in two days.

The one I wrote about yesterday, and then this one on 98-year-old L.A. residential architecture photographer Julian Shulman. His client’s quote pretty much sums it up:

“He makes you see what you take for granted. And we do that in our houses. We do that in our marriages. We do that with our children. He has ability to stop time and let you see it and to remember why you fell in love with it.”

Just heard the news on NPR of the death of folklorist, labor activist and storyteller, Archie Green. Here’s a quote from Torching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture:

“The peasant fiddler is as worthy as the symphony violinist; the village cobbler more precious than a pair of boots.”

Thanks for reminding us Archie.

“I have to single out Ed Catmull, John Lasseter and Steve Jobs for creating a cinematic safe haven where only a film like WALL-E could be made.”
-Andrew Stanton,
from his Oscar acceptance speech for Best Animated Feature

“Much of the days I spend in the studio, I am preparing, waiting, and working to get ready to paint. Being a full-time artist means spending more than half of my time earning the right to create.”
-Makoto Fujimura, refractions