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Rusticating

Rusticate: rus-ti-cate Intransitive verb: to compel to reside in the country: follow a rustic life: to give up the urban life for the pleasures of the woods Rusticators: rusti·cator (noun) Those who willingly rip up urban roots in favor of those of pine, oak and fern. And then endeavor to make smart, insightful, funny films once there.


Sunday, January 3, 2010

Edith Knight Moulton circa 1900, whose mirthful smile while shoveling in Victorian garb dictates that we all lose our right to complain about snow.

On second thought, do we think maybe Edith is posing for comic effect? That her husband or livery stableman actually hitched up the team of horses to a plow and spent the better half of a week moving all that snow? Is she making a joke? Always good to remember that just because this moment was captured 110 years ago didn't mean that the lady didn't have a wicked sense of humor. Maybe even a wicked good one. Edith, I love your face either way. Look at your shoulder poofs! How can you not be smiling!?
Posted by Desi Van Til at 8:29 PM

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Desi Van Til
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The process of making an independent film inevitably involves periods of waiting, which expand before one like a deep chasm. One can either fall in, or do something productive in the interim, (blog anyone?) to build a bridges over these gaps of forward momentum.
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