Save It For a Rainy Day

The garden is peaking, the weather has been fantastic, and visitors are making their way to our hill. The beauty of summer has finally settled in.

That said, inspiration for writing has been hard to come by this week. In the spirit of getting us all away from our computers and on to other things, let me offer five arty distractions that may pique your interest in the weeks ahead:

Podcast: “Unspooled” – Actor, comedian, writer, producer Paul Sheer and film critic Amy Nicholson make their way through the American Film Institute’s top 100 movies, dissecting iconic scenes, talking to artists and experts to find out how these films got made and what makes them so special.
Book: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon The story behind an entrepreneur of extraordiary courage, Kamila Sidiq, an Afghani woman who supported her family and many other women with her dressmaking business during the Taliban’s rule of Kabul.
Blog: The Jealous Curator – Curated contemporary art. Her tagline: “Turning jealousy into get-your-ass-back-in-the-studio inspiration”. She also has a podcast.
Movie / Documentary: The Art of Forgery A fascinating documentary about the forger Wolfgang Beltracchi, available through Netflix
Television: PBS series Civilizations

Elizabeth Fram

Eye of the Needle

Save It For a Rainy Day