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John Waters, Baltimore's "Pope of Trash" and the filmmaker behind cult classics like Hairspray and Pink Flamingos, makes more than movies. His contemporary art, a collection of montage photography, sculpture, and self-portraiture, is as bizarrely humorous and intelligent as his films. Rear Projection, his latest exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery, is a bawdy feast of good-natured parody. In what follows, Waters explains how bad film stills make great art, why contemporary art hates people, and what it's like to pose as the Provincetown Town Crier.
Clayton Maxwell: On the Gagosian website, you are quoted as saying, "There is no such thing as a bad movie frame. It can be a terrible movie but in the art world it can be seen in a totally different way." Could you explain this?
John Waters: When you go to see a movie in the theatre you are thinking of the whole movie, the plot, and the performances throughout. If you are seeing it in the art world, as I am especially, and it doesn't work in the movie world, you can take a still, which is basically 1/24th of a second, and think of it as a still to be printed. So you can look at whatever your want—the lamps or the rugs. Or take that image and edit it in with one from another movie and that turns the whole narrative around. And sometimes it's the opposite of what it was saying in the original movie. I am really writing with these images what I notice in a movie. With two of the pieces in this series, The Penmark Collection and The Rope Collection, basically I am sneaking into a movie like an art thief, when none of the characters, the writer, the directors, the crew, when no one is looking, and taking the art off of the wall and taking it back to my home and then putting it into a gallery. That art has nothing to do with the plot. You are not supposed to notice it. No one talks about it. It is never featured for long on the screen. Therefore, to me it is the most important thing when I am watching the movie with an artistic eye.
CM: So it can be a pretty bad movie, but because you are free to do whatever you want with the stills, you can transform it.
JW: I love bad movies sometimes. Bad, what does that mean? Sometimes I think movies that win the Oscars are bad. Bad is an opinion. What I'm saying is, you can take any movie, one you love or hate, and subvert the original meaning of that movie by putting it up with another movie or putting it in a different order or editing out the details. Like a failed publicist for a movie who would be fired the first day—because the stills that I take are ones that would get no one to see the movie. They might get them to buy it and take it home from an art gallery. But that's not what a publicist is supposed to do. And I am always convinced that nobody remembers movies, they remember the stills that made the movies famous.
So in that way I am trying to subvert all the insider knowledge about show business, but in a joyous way. Because I always make fun of things I love. I never parody the things I hate.
CM: Yes, and that's what makes it more appealing to me as a viewer because it doesn't come off as mean-spirited.
JW: No, it isn't mean spirited, not at all. Even the Smile Train people called me. (Smile Train is the world's largest cleft surgery charity.) I explained to them I parodied them because I love them. To me they are stars, too. Edith Massey could have been in the Smile Train. I could have switched stars.
CM: How did you come up with the Smile Train idea?
JW: Well, I get the ad in the mail everyday almost. And there are billboards of those children. They are as big as Jerry's Kids ever were.
In the charity world there are stars, also. If I saw one of those children on the street I would recognise them I think because I've seen them so often. They are promoted. And I am not saying that's wrong, I'm sure that charity does a great job. But at the same time, there are stars in every world and when I put them together I hope I am commenting that they are the same in a weird way.
CM: Yes, those Smile Train images really stick in your head.
JW: Yes, they do. Like did you see the new woman today who got a new face and they showed this great improvement? It was staggering to me. They showed the before-and-after. Have you seen those pictures?
CM: No, I haven't.
JW: Oh, look on-line. The woman who got a face-plant. You can never top what comes in the next day's news.
CM: And I love how you do highlight that they, the Smile Train kids, are celebrities, too. It helps to rethink my ideas of celebrity.
JW: Every business has their celebrity. Every movement has to have a star, has to have somebody that sells it, that makes people be interested in it.
CM: One of my personal favourites in this series is the Town Crier. I read that it was an embarrassing experience for you.
JW: Let me tell you something. I live in Provincetown. Every summer there is a town crier. I remember they had one town crier who children ran from he was so scary. They've had a drunk, one who was a pervert…they've had a gay one. And the one they have now is lovely, and he's good at it—he's involved in the Broadway world, he's an actor. And I see his joy every day in doing it. A long time ago I saw the scary town crier in the cleaner picking up his outfit and his regular clothes with the plastic over it and something made me crazy about that. So I was really thinking about what it would be like to be the town crier. So I just went over to the town crier's house and asked him if I could borrow the outfit. It was so humiliating, but he was very lovely and very kind. The outfit is one size fits all, you'd be surprised, except for the tights I had to buy and I think the buckles on the shoes. And then for me, to do this in Provincetown, where generally I'm really well known because I've been there for so many years, but I'm always on my bicycle so no one can really stop me. By the time they say, "Hey, that's John Waters" I'm already down the street… Well, to actually walk downtown at the height of the season and be dressed as the town crier was something really frightening for me to do. I got dressed in my apartment and looked in the mirror and said, "Am I actually going to walk out of the house like this?"
The real town crier wears the outfit with great authority and I wear it with great mortification. Because every day I'm dressed as John Waters and he's dressed as the town crier, and in a weird way we have the same job because a lot of people know who I am and a lot of people know who he is. But maybe it would have been better if he had dressed as me at the same time. That's what we should have done.
But I thought, "Well, I have to do it." I have my art gallery in Provincetown, the Merola, and Jim, the part owner, picked me up in his van across the street. But I still had to walk across my yard and then I saw my landlady gardening, and she just looked up and the expression on her face— it said, "What in the hell could you possibly be doing?" It was a great moment because she was totally bewildered. That was the only person I made eye contact with when I had it on. So we went downtown. We had it all set up for the shoot. I jumped out of the van, took the shot then jumped back in. I couldn't make eye contact with anyone in that outfit. It was a new exercise in humiliation for me; it was an S and M experience.
CM: That's crazy that you should be so embarrassed. You are John Waters—aren't you used to dressing up?
JW: But not as the town crier, though, not in a pilgrim outfit. I can dress like me everyday. But I can't get dressed like the town crier. It's just a different kind of drag. And I love the town crier. And he loves doing it. And he doesn't look silly in it. But that's a whole different thing. He wears it with confidence. I wore it like bondage.
CM: And is that a good experience?
JW: I did it once. I don't think I'd ever have the urge to do it again. Although now the town-crier is my friend, and whenever I have parties he's there and people ask, "Why is the town crier at your parties?" Because I didn't really know him before.
CM: Tell me about two of my other favourites pieces, the sculptures of the bottle of Rush and the La Mer face cream.
JW: I can tell you about some of the great reactions I've gotten. I was giving my lecture at the 92nd street Y with Rob Storr, showing slides of my work. And just coincidentally in the audience were three of the women who run the La Mer company. They were stupefied when they saw it. So they came to the opening and brought me a $1000 bottle of La Mer. And the foundation bought the piece, which I loved.
And then I got a letter from the man who runs the company who owns Rush—and I always get paranoid at first that someone's going to be mad—but he told me that he loved it and that he was sending me a lifetime supply of Rush. It looks great in the box. So many bottles. It's so Warholian. Now every time I do Rush I need more La Mer, so I'm really set for life. The Smile Train called but they didn't send me a facelift.
CM: It's funny because I heard you once say that companies would not want any of their products in your movies.
JW: No, they'd threaten to sue.
CM: But now it's reverse.
JW: It is a little reverse in the art world. I always said that the art world and the movie world are opposite in a way. In the movie world we have to pretend that every person in the world has to love the movie. And in the art world if everyone loved it, it would really be terrible. You just need one person to love it. Mostly it's completely the opposite. But I'm still dealing with humour and still dealing with the movie business in some way.
I use La Mer crème. It's one of the few luxuries I really do give myself and used to feel guilty about, but not anymore. And I do use poppers, but not as much as I pretend. Am I making fun of them? I'm making fun of myself for loving buying them. But yes, I like those products.
CM: Are they as great as they claim to be?
JW: La Mer is. You put it on a burn, and it completely heals it. I must admit every time I buy it I think, "Now does this really work?" And then I think, "Well, how ugly would you be if you didn't use it?" And Rush is the poor man's Viagra. And on Viagra labels it says to never use poppers at the same time, but I have friends who say, sure you can. It's a low rent high. But if it's a high that only lasts three minutes, how bad can it be? I've never heard of anyone having a bad popper trip.
CM: Moving on. In the montage Hetero Flower Shop, are you saying that no gay man would make arrangements that awful?
JW: No. I am asking the question, "Can a hetero man be a good florist?" And the results speak for themselves. I was trying to imagine, if there were a florist that was sexist and only hired straight men, what would the flowers look like? And then I recreated those flower arrangements, inspired from real advertisements. But those are the kind of flowers that most people want to get in Middle America. If I got them I'd be furious. I'd call the person who sent them and say, "Look, I really thank you for sending me flowers, but I've got to tell you to change florists." I got the idea because of a friend who was trying to get a new florist. She called the florist and said to the guy on the phone, "Is there a gay man there?" And he said, "Yeah, I've got a couple in the back. And she said, "Well, let me talk to them." She told me, "You know, I don't want a straight man doing my flowers." Is that acceptable sexism? Is it a hate crime to ask if your florist is heterosexual? I'm trying to really analyse the situation for its sexual politics.
CM: Can you tell me about the process of putting together a montage like Rear Projection? ["Rear projection" is a movie term for the process in which a studio-filmed foreground action is combined with a previously shot background scene to give the impression the actors are on location.]
JW: I found each rear projection shot. Matt, my assistant, looked at hundreds of ass pornos, and then we took the pictures of them and isolated them and zoomed in and took them out of different frames. Then Brian Gossman, who does all my photo retouching, he put them in. I conceptualised it. I'm directing and editing it. It's all about editing. It's hardly about photography. I use photography. But it's not about photography. That's the least of what it's about.
CM: Are you ever surprised with what you discover through the process? Does it ever turn out to be very different from what you've expected?
JW: Oh yes, completely. It's impossible to get the right picture sometimes. You are running the video and just snapping in the dark with a hand held camera. Many times I leave in mistakes, which all contemporary artists do. Yes, you are always surprised when you get the film back, when something that you thought would really work didn't. You might have an idea and you shoot all the photos and then when you put them together it just doesn't work. But you just have to do it. But it is all thought up in the very beginning and what ends up is a variation of that original idea.
CM: How is it satisfying to you in a way that filmmaking isn't?
JW: They are both satisfying in that they are both creative work. I don't compare them; I don't do them in the same place. I keep them very separate. Even though they both have humour. If you mean "satisfying" in terms of success, well, in the movie business I guess it would be how much the movie grosses, and in the art world it would be a sold out show. But the real thing you hope for in the movie business is a rave review from a critic you respect and the same thing in the art world. But both never really happen the way you want, in the same way they don't make anything better. I learned a long time ago, with reviews you read the good ones twice and the bad ones once and then you put them away and never look at them again. But I do read them. I don't believe anybody who says they don't read them. But a lot of times in the artwork you do, the failure is better. Where in filmmaking, that doesn't work. Well I guess you can have the failure of technique, but I just didn't know any better. And the people who liked it would call it "raw" or "primitive" but that just meant "bad." The same way in the art world when people use the word "rigorous." It just means that other people can't understand it.
I always thought movies are for the people and art is not for the people. Whenever they try to make art for the people it is a terrible idea.
CM: And that's the inspiration for the piece Contemporary Art Hates You.
JW: It does hate some people. It hates the people who have contempt without investigation. People who say, "Aw, my kid could do that, that's the most ridiculous thing." It does hate them and it should hate them. And yes, those who do follow contemporary art and must learn the secret way to look at things, well, they're happy it hates those people. Because those people are too stupid to look.
CM: So contemporary art is not meant for widespread audiences.
JW: It could be if everyone would open up their mind enough and study enough and see enough so that they learn to see. Or learn to understand it. Or learn to be outraged by it. Which is what contemporary art is supposed to do in the first place—it's suppose to wreck things, it's suppose to destroy what came before. It's suppose to alter what you think is good, I think. But unless you accept that and look for that or find delight or some kind of intellectual stimulation, it does hate you because you are stupid. And I don't hate all stupid people, but I hate militantly stupid people.
©picture John Waters
Detail from Hollywood Smile Train 2009, courtesy Gagosian Gallery


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Archive for "May 2015"
The Shipwreck
'Where are all these cigarettes from?' 'From the 'Panayiotis', the smugglers ship that got wrecked in the Bay of Spirili'. 'Show me.' It's 1980-something. Stavros Marmatakis is a photographer visiting a friend in the area. […]read more »
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I am showered in sea spray as the chariot surges over the waves. The horses are made of fire, four formidable mounds of energy. The sun God, Helios, pushes them on as we observe the […]read more »


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Monday, March 17, 2008
It's Alive
By the way I'm glad to know I was missed. Nice to know so many of you would notice if I disappeared tomorrow.
Take Care, and I'll be back into the fray in a few days.
11 comments:
- Ello said...
Hope you have a nice trip Travis! You are always missed! But don't you like how hard I tried to get my Monday post up because I completely forgot that you said you wouldn't be posting yours? I am such a dumbass.
- March 17, 2008 at 11:29 PM
- Dawn said...
I was catching up on some of your back posts, Travis, and read about your eye problems. Hope all goes well. I had a detached retina last year and had laser surgery on it. It was like someone playing pinball in your head!
- March 18, 2008 at 3:26 AM
- Terrie Farley Moran said...
Hi Travis,
Glad you are okay and I HAD to do MTM anyway because it was Saint Patrick's Day in New York.
Over at Women of Mystery, Clare has done a Two Sentence Tueday post today.
Have a great time and we'll see you when you get home.
- March 18, 2008 at 10:54 AM
- Charles Gramlich said...
Have fun
- March 18, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- lyzzydee said...
I hope you have had fun, we just carried on without you!!
- March 18, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- Bina said...
I LOVE Dallas! I lived there once, a LONG time ago but my odest sister has lived there... wow, since 79 or 80? Good Lord time flies! Have fun!
- March 18, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- Debbielou said...
I've put mine up too - forgetting you were away ( could have stayed in bed !)
- March 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- Clare2e said...
I didn't notice you'd be gone either. I mean, I read, but I don't READ!
- March 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Shauna Roberts said...
Travis, I posted a "My Town Wednesday" today at my blog: http://shaunaroberts.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-town-wednesday-riverside-ca.html
- March 19, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- Josephine Damian said...
Travis, I saw you were gone so I did not feel so guilty about not doing my own MTM post this week.
But looks like you've got some fire and floods in TX. Hope all is well with you guys.
I'll be back to MTM next week as well.
- March 19, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- AaroN said...
Now that's what I need. I need another mini-vacation after this cold.
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Many parents accept Montessori Method, and they also want to create a Montessori environment at home to help their children practice. That's a good idea! But how do we do it? What should we prepare? Is it difficult?
It's not difficult at all; the most important thing is safety. We could show our children how to do it and let them try to do it themselves. This work can help them be more independent and gain more confidence. Here are some examples that they could do at home, of course they can do more than this.
Before dinner or any meal, let your child help you set the table. Let him know who's coming for dinner with your family then he can count how many knives, forks, spoons, glasses etc. you need. And then set the table. You also could let your friends or family know that your child set the table today.
On this work he could practice counting, numbers and quantity, how to set the table and care for the family. Butter the bread It's good to invite your child to help you prepare the breakfast. Your child could help you spread the bread (materials: butter knife, butter, side-plate); pour juice in the glass (materials: a bottle of juice, some glasses); make a cup of tea (materials: cups, sugar, tea spoon, milk, hot water); cereal (materials: a box/ packet of cereal, milk, yogurt)
For this work he could practise: dry pouring, wet pouring, spooning etc. This helps his fine motor and gross motor development, co-ordination, independence, concentration and sense of order. He could offer grandmother a cup of tea and ask how many tea spoons of sugar she likes, and if she likes milk. That helps his social development, care of others, language development, listening and understanding.
Hanging up clothes
After the washing machine has finished washing, we need to hanging up clothes. It's a good time to involve your child to help you. He could help you carry the peg bag, pick up one piece of clothing or anything like socks, and peg it on the clothes horse.
Matching socks
It could be a game, let's start a socks matching game. When all the socks are dry, take them off the washing line, put all the pegs in the peg bag, bring the socks in and then game starts, the same colour and same pattern socks are put together. We put the same socks together and fold them and then put them away. When your child knows how to do it, you can also have a matching socks competition.
All this work helps them children up enormously. Children want to tell you: please help me to do it myself. Let's be more patient and give them chance to do the things themselves. It's really good for them.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Getting funding does not mean your business (idea) is successful
One reason for the financial and economic crisis is, that businesses were overfunded. Banks and VC are spending millions of dollars just to be the one who is in. That might be good for small startups and maybe the revenue comes, and if not, it was a minor risk.
But when it comes to 1.2 Million USD, or even more, like Twitter is getting again and again, it might be a good idea to just ask for the business plan. Its a miracle for me why twitter is getting VC money even if they say "we don't have any idea how to make money out of it."
Even if you have a create, grow and sell strategy, at the end ther must be some return on the investments. Fort a long time VC and banks were giving away money for everything. We know this already from the last internet bubble. It seems to happen again. Startups are not looking for a sustainable business plan but for funding. And investment companies looking for be the first to invest instead of making a long term investment.
Even Facebook isn't making profit, but it seems to generate some revenue through advertising. But advertising isn't everything.
One of the simple questions I learned when I was studying economics was "What is your product and how you think you can sell it?"
The important oart is selling. Most social networks are failing after a while because they are not products. There is no real benefit people would like to pay for. Flickr is giving you storage and is focussed on pictures. No disturbing poking. You can buy Gmail storage - its a real product, even if its virtual. LinkedIn is offering you premium services and contacts - something special.
But Facebook and Twitter isn't offering a particular service. Its jut a platform, a playground. Ads on twitter would be pretty easy, but the main reason why they don't have ads is: Just a few geeks are using twitter. It's totally overrated and overhyped. I like the service and the concept, but I also like podcasting and just a minority is using what media called once the Radio Killer.
I predict that in 2009 there will be a clearance of social networks and services without a product sense. There is just not enaough cash anymore for investing, and once you are running out of money you take a closer look on what you buy and invest and what the return is. Market share and page impressions are not important anymore. Value ist more important, I think.
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- HongViet said...
I agree with the main idea of your opinion, which is about VC are wasting money to many unreal businesses which are not cleared in business models. And as the result, the second internet bubble has been happening.
But about facebook and twitter, I think they're different stories, the fact is that there's only 1 facebook, 1 twitter, 1 youtube ... their clones (which may befunded by other VC) actually almost can not catch up or make the same sucess. Their values may not be very clear now, but their power is real. The campaign of Barack Obama says it all.
Google does not sell their search service, it provides everything free to individuals for what? One of the reasons is to index everything about us, to know who we are, where are we living, what are we doing, what do we live, what types of movies we watch etc ... and their current ultimate goal is to display the right advertisement at the right time to us.
And facebook (almost) does not have to do everything to get our profiles since we provide all information to it, about our age, our gender, our friends, our co-workers... and no wonder that some day when we wake up, it advertises the right thing that we just want to buy the day before.
Am i wrong?
- January 30, 2009 at 3:03 PM


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Charles Lapworth
In 1873, geologist Charles Lapworth suggested a new period between the Cambrian and Silurian periods. He called it the Ordovician period after the Ordovices, an ancient tribe from North Wales.
Graptolite Fossils
Lapworth based his new period on graptolite fossils found in the fossil record between 488 and 443 million years ago. These tiny sea creatures existed during the Cambrian period, but they were more common during the Ordovician period.
High Carbon Dioxide Levels
There was a lot more carbon dioxide in the air during the Ordovician period. The carbon dioxide came from the many volcanic eruptions during the period. The carbon dioxide made the climate warm. A warmer temperature meant high sea levels. Sea levels were almost two thousand feet higher during the Ordovician period than they are today.
Ordovician Radiation
During the Ordovician period, life was mostly in the water. New species replaced the creatures that had died during the mass extinction that ended the Cambrian period. The increase in life during this period is called the Ordovician radiation.
First Fish
Fish first appeared during the Ordovician period. They didn't have jaws, fins, or brains, but they did have a notochord. A notochord is an early spinal cord.
Primitive Backbones
At the bottom of the sea, the first creatures with primitive backbones appeared.
Many Species
The Ordovician period had three times as many species as the Cambrian period. Corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, mollusks, echinoderms, sea urchins, starfish, sea lilies, sea snails, and sea cucumbers all lived in the oceans.
The main predators of the Ordovician seas were cephalopods. They were similar to today's octopi and squid.
First Plants
The first primitive plants appeared on land during the Ordovician period. Cryptospores lived in damp habitats across the globe. These were similar to nonvascular plants. Moss is an example of a nonvascular plant today.
Cryptospores and Trilete Spores
Trilete spores were similar to vascular plants. Vascular plants include flowers, trees, and most other plants. They have systems of xylem and phloem to transport water and nutrients throughout the plant. Both cryptospores and trilete spores evolved from red and green algae.
Scientists have found fossilized burrows in mud from the Ordovician period. The burrows most likely came from arthropods like millipedes. Scientists believe that as sea levels dropped, these animals were stranded on land and survived by digging burrows.
Coral Reefs
Other new habitats were also created during the Ordovician period. Corals built reefs in the shallow waters around the continents. These reefs provided homes for small sea creatures and became new ecosystems.
Mass Extinction
Like the Cambrian period, the Ordovician period ended with a mass extinction. Over 85% of the Earth's species went extinct over a period of two million years. It was the second largest extinction in Earth's history.
Freezing Gondwana
In the early phase of the extinction, graptolites, brachiopods, and trilobites started dying off, but scientists aren't sure why. Then, the supercontinent Gondwana settled into position at the South Pole. The freezing temperatures on the continent caused giant glaciers to form. These glaciers trapped seawater and sea levels dropped.
Less Carbon Dioxide
At the same time, global carbon dioxide levels decreased. Fewer volcanoes were erupting, and more organisms were using carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. Also, the white snow of the glaciers reflected sunlight back into space, so Earth's temperatures decreased.
End of the Period
Lower sea levels and cooler temperatures caused the second phase of the extinction. The Ordovician period ended with extinction, but life continued.


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The colourful producer revolutionising local TV
Samuel Ngwenya is an expert in his field.
The multi-talented 44-year-old Film Director is one of the country's top Producers.
As part of the original crew members to launch Btv, Ngwenya enjoyed a ten-year stint with the national broadcaster before leaving in 2009 to pursue a career in Film Production.
He is the proud Producer behind the exceedingly popular television drama, 'Colours', which first hit local screens last year.
Commissioned by Btv and aired every Wednesday, the 26-episode show is making waves across the country, with many Batswana impressed by the content, visual quality and the production.
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Q. You were one of the original crew members when Btv launched in 1999. What was it like starting from scratch?
A. It was hard because we were inexperienced, young and amateurs. Most of us were under the age of 19 and we were full of energy.
It was just a bunch of kids who wanted to explore and experiment in television.
I was employed as an engineer but when I went for training in Mafikeng, South Africa I just loved the art side of TV.
I decided to become a Camera Person and our trainers were impressed.
I became a Camera Person at Btv for eight years but at the same time I was a Producer and a Lighting Director.
I also presented Radio Jazz Music show on RB2.
Q. You left TV in 2009, what was the reason?
A. I joined RB2 after as the Production Manager for a year.
Growing up I had always been fascinated by radio and I love music.
Radio is not as hectic as TV! I left Radio after a year for personal growth.
I wanted to start something because I had my own ideas.
I have always wanted to produce a drama; Colours was a dream come true.
Q. When did you discover your talent for arts?
A. I believe I was good artistically and academically.
I pursued a BSc Degree majoring in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Botswana, yet I had this inkling for the arts from a very young age.
The problem is that I am an introvert so it took a while for me to indulge in my artistic nature!
Q. What are some of your most memorable moments at Btv?
A. I produced a show called 'Di A Cha' hosted by Martin Nkwe and Greg Losibe with Tshepo Maphanyane also involved as a field reporter.
It was a great achievement. Having three roles was also one of my highlights because it helped me to grow career-wise.
I came up with the concept of Morning Show, wrote it down and we produced it.
I travelled the world when I was a cameraman – I also travelled with the President.
One thing I appreciate is that the government trained me and I am perfect today in this industry because of that.
Q. Tell us about your exciting new TV drama, Colours?
A. Colours addresses social and personal issues that we face as people on a daily-basis.
It is set on a fictitious company Cereb44, where a young man undergoes a journey of self-discovery.
He must overcome and deal with his family problems, his love life at work and office politics.
Q. How long did it take to produce?
A. Colours was conceptualized in July 2016 when Btv put out a request to local producers for production of programs on their behalf.
We ended post-production around May 2018.
It's been a beautiful journey of self-discovery for all of us who have been involved with Colours.
Q. What challenges did you face in production?
A. Any producer will tell you that the biggest challenge in a production is people management.
People come in varied personalities and mind sets.
Your duty as a manager is to build a team, create an environment conducive for teamwork.
I must say the Colours team sacrificed a lot to make the programme the huge success that it is.
I will be forever grateful to them.
Q. What inspired Colours?
A. I have always wanted to have a drama produced with my name on it.
Besides, Botswana has not had many dramas produced before, so I knew that this shortage of dramas on our TV screens needed to be filled – I drew my inspiration from there.
Q. What do you look for in a script?
A. A good, unique story, strong plot, a bit of humour, good character development and turning points.
As a Director or Producer, you need to observe life, people's interactions and think.
Usually the first idea that comes to your mind is not the best, it can be something that has been done before.
Think harder so that you come up with something unique.
Everyone has a story to tell but you need a skill to make it the best and attractive.
I look at a story that relates well with my origins, focus on things that happen around us in Botswana.
Q. What makes a good Producer?
A. A good Producer is someone who doesn't perform all the behind the scenes on a production.
It's someone who delegates and also forms partnership.
I am glad for the partnership that I have developed with Mr B, the Colours Director.
Without him, Colours would not be what it is right now.
We created Colours together.
Q. What do you enjoy most about being a Producer?
A. The final product, when it all comes together.
The results of what started out as an idea made of one or two lines.
Q. How easy or challenging is your role?
A. It's not easy because it involves a lot of people management, project management, resource management and vision (story) management.
Q. There was a point when DSTV complained of a lack of Botswana content. What makes it difficult to meet the required standard?
A. What we lack most in Botswana is experience.
We have loads of talent, but we don't have the requisite experience to produce a world class TV drama.
We need to make more and more films and compete amongst ourselves, and then quality will improve.
Q. What needs to be done to improve the film industry?
A. Training, more and more training.
We also need broadcasters to commission more programs so that we get the experience needed.
Q. What kind of support did you get from the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MYSC)?
A. MYSC held a Film and Television Festival, which I was honoured to have been invited to as a panelist.
It was a great opportunity for me and other producers to share ideas and compare notes.
This festival is a noble idea and it also shows that people appreciate the contribution one is making as a producer.
Colours was screened at the festival, as a way of showing the quality.
Q. You are done with Season 1, any plans for a second Season?
A. Season 2's coming depends on my client, Btv.
For now I am hopeful that with the level of quality we achieved, it will be relicenced.
We have proved that a quality production can be produced in the country and we can only grow from there.
Some international broadcasters are interested in licencing it.
In that regard it shows what we are doing here is also recognised internationally.
We are doing very well and there has been some serious interest in Colours.
Q. Are you working on any other productions?
A. I am working on another drama, which I think will see the light of day in about seven months time.
We need a sponsor.
It is one of the best stories I have ever come up with.
Initially it was two story ideas and I merged them.
Q. Sounds interesting! So, who is your inspiration?
A. I am inspired by many people. Firstly my mother, who raised me and my four other siblings single-handedly.
Former Btv producer, Bapasi Mphusu is also my inspiration.
He is a man, who always saw merit in his subordinates.
Lastly, Mr B, the Colours Director is also my inspiration.
He is a humble and hard-working man.
Q. What advice can you give to aspiring Film Producers?
A. As a film-maker, try as much as possible to create content.
That way you learn. Also do research and make maximum use of the Internet.
There is a large resource on information on the net to improve your craft.
The problem with arts is people think it is easy and anyone can do it.
It is something that goes deeper than that!
In music there is the best song, average and a terrible one but technically they are all songs.
Try your best and don't take short cuts.
Q. And finally, Thank God it's Friday, what are your plans for the weekend?
A. I have lost a friend so I will be attending the funeral.
After the funeral I will be back home – weekends are for family!
The other thing I like is to watch TV because it helps to improve my production.


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July 25th was the 15 hr crop at Scrapping Great Deals. Although inspired by Sheila, there was NO WAY I could get as many layouts done as her. I was too busy "visiting!" Sheila completed about 16 layouts that day/night!
I managed to complete a project for a client. I have a family that has now purchased their THIRD Star Album from me. First the daughter for her baby girl, then the Step-mom inlaw for her baby boy, and now the mom for a 50th Wedding Anniversary she is attending. The other two claimed to have loved theirs, so I am hoping she will be just as happy with hers!
Her are some pics of the three of them...
I also got a layout done that included some pictures my dad had emailed me. He wasn't sure who had taken the pictures, but it was of alot of Bald Eagles feeding at Comox, BC. And, I do mean ALOT. See for yourself! (And thanks to whomever took the photos. They are stunning!)
Elsie and I went to a play called "There's a Mouse in the House" The mouse character had her hair in two pony-type knots on her head for ears. Elsie decided she wanted some mouse ears of her own. I knew that it would leave her hair nice and wavy, so I convinced her to let me put them all over her head. Um, can you say ROCKSTAR?
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1 comment:
- Candace said...
Carol, those star books are great. I just love them and the layouts.
- August 15, 2009 at 8:36 AM
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Yiyan Yang and Jeremy Tan from the A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, working in collaboration with researchers from the IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford University in the USA, have reported the preparation of biodegradable, water-soluble polymers that can be loaded with the cancer drug Paclitaxel and injected directly into tumor tissues. Warming to body temperature causes the release of the therapeutic cargo with the system showing improvement in killing cancer cells over treatment with the drug alone.
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Saturday, January 01, 2011
A Few Favorite Food Finds or Dishes of 2010
This little dumpling is so cute I just want to eat him up! Ashwin. He smells good too.
Harissa....the condiment of the gods. Goes well with Brik a' Leouf or tacos!
Turkey Schnitzel with mashed "horseradish" potatoes and cole slaw
Pasta with Rancho Gordo Beans....seriously good!
Brik a' Leouf....a brand new dish for me. Thank you Marlena Spieler! I LOVE it.
Latkes....is there anything better?
While blogging thru Marlena Spieler's Jewish Cooking Cookbook...I learned how to preserve meyer lemons. I made two jars and I am still using them. I love em. I also planted a meyer lemon tree and I got 10 lemons off of it recently! I use them in so many dishes. Umami!
I grew sooo many potatoes this past year...fresh potatoes are the best! This was my first harvest. I got about 10 more loads like that. It was a great summer and fall.
My friend Marcia Lowry lives on a ranch in Wyoming. She makes her own butter from her milk cow, Molly. Cheese too! I was inspired to take a cheesemaking class. My cheese didn't turn out so hot..but I'll try again
My new favorite hot sauce from Rancho Gordo. and their heirloom beans are being used in the best restaurants...even Thomas Keller's, French Laundry. I can't afford to eat THERE yet, but I have ordered those beans! Delicious. We don't eat enough really good fresh beans.
I could go on and on and on...but I thought a few highlites from 2010 would be nice.
7 comments:
- Joanna Jenkins said...
YUM! And the lemons look fantastic. What do you use them with?
Happy New Year to you and yours. xo jj
- Dale said...
There are few things as satisfying as a perfect latke!
- Michaele said...
Now I am hungry! Curious about the lemons also. Looks good!
- Mel said...
The lemons are widely used in middle eastern cooking. You only eat the peel! You can use regular/Eureka lemons too. The juice can be used to make salad dressings or hot sauces..such as zchug. (I'll have to post that!)
10 lemons, cleaned
plus 1 cup fresh lemon juice
boiling water
sea salt
Cut lemons into wedges
Press a generous amount of salt into the flesh of each wedge
Pack the salted lemon wedges into a canning jar.
Top with boiling water..covering the lemons
Cover jars with airtight lids and let sit for a month or so. I shook mine up and down gently from time to time. I also kept them in the fridge.
To use: rinse the lemon wedges well and then pull off the flesh and discard. Cut lemon into strips or dices and use in recipes.
I put them in marinara sauce, in soups, in coffee cakes, in salads...you name it. The meyer lemons make it that much more special..and you get a hint of tangerine!
- Eileen said...
That's a great blog Mel!! Great pictures too..
I think my fav was Ashwin and the Brik
- TaraDharma said...
Hmmmm...I think Ashwin with a little coconut milk on him would be spectacular!
You've had some great food in 2010. Maybe this year I'll get around to doing the preserved lemons, since I have two Meyer lemon trees.
Happy New Year, darlin'!
- Joanna Jenkins said...
Hi Mel, THANKS for the lemon recipe. I'll try it this weekend.


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I'm bored again, so I may as well write a blog post and make all my readers as bored as I am.
It is a cold, blustery day outside today. From my nest on the couch I can't easily see outside any windows (I'm at the wrong angle) but I can hear the wind a-blowing. My Accuweather app tells me it's 19 degrees but feels like -8 (F). I can believe it, based on what I'm hearing. It's been a good week to be confined indoors next to my fireplace.
Yep, still on the couch. However, I'm pleased to report that in another four hours I see my surgeon again. He'll likely change my bandages, which based on my "dry run" at this surgery last summer, means I'll have a slightly less bulky foot for the next week. The total volume of bandage decreases with each visit. I may also get moved to the next stage of recovery, in which I still have to keep it elevated as much as possible but don't have to elevate at night anymore (which is the best change for me!) and can walk around the house more. So wish me luck.
I'll still be mostly trapped indoors, mostly because there's several inches of snow outside and my foot won't fit in any boots. This creates one big issue: My husband and I had a conversation this morning about what to do about the dogs during the day. He's been home with me all week and, although he'd normally be back at work today, he took the day off so he could drive me to my doctor appointment. I actually drove myself last time I had this surgery but I'm not turning down his offer! In any case, he will have to go back to the office starting tomorrow. Auggie isn't quite old enough yet to comfortably "hold it" all day, and I can't walk outside in the snow. DH works a 30-minute commute away, longer if there's snow on the roads, so he can't really run home mid-day to let the dogs out. We're working on creative problem-solving.
Meanwhile, looking ahead to the following week when I get stitches removed and almost immediately have a work trip, I've been pondering the whole "foot doesn't fit in boots" issue. Even though I'll be pretty much bandage-free at that point, my foot will still be swollen for several weeks. None of my current cold-weather footwear has room for that. Nor will I really have enough time for serious boot-shopping between having stitches removed and getting on that plane. Enter Trunk Club.
I did Trunk Club last year for three or four shipments but was pretty unenthusiastic about the results. I kept getting sent things I'd already said I didn't like, and rarely felt like I was really listened to, despite being able to have a lot more conversation with the stylist than I do with StitchFix. Somehow, only communicating once per box with StitchFix, I got a whole lot more I really liked and worked for me than I ever did with Trunk Club, even though I could have entire conversations with the TC stylists.
But, when one is trapped in one's house, one starts looking at "How can I try on a few different pairs of shoes without having to walk the malls?" I signed back into my latent TC account and tried again. I have a different stylist this time, but had a similar experience right off the bat. Explaining my situation and exactly what types of qualities I need in a boot (ankle height, no heel, zippers or ties—no slip-ons, etc.), she sent me the email/app post with my trunk to review. The first pair of boots in there was a knee-high riding boot. Umm, didn't I say I needed exactly the opposite of that? There were another couple of pairs of booties but they were slip-ons. I can't bend my toes enough for awhile to be able to do that—I really need lace-up or zippers or something so I can just slide my foot in almost sideways. Which I had already told her. Only one pair of booties looked like they might work—the ones pictured here. I have high hopes for them because they're also pretty dang cute.
Yeah, they're pricey. But if they work, it's worth it to me. Besides, they're adorbs. I'd wear them a lot. They're not exactly snow boots for plowing through drifts, but for walking on shoveled sidewalks and on slushy surfaces (what I'll be doing when I travel) they'd be fine. What I mostly like is that they're laced all the way down to the toe, so presumably I'll be able to keep the left one as wide as I need now, but still be able to wear it well after my foot has heeled. And by the way, the folded top can also be worn unfolded, so it covers my whole ankle area if I need. I love that I can wear this one either way—it becomes much more versatile that way.
The nice thing about Trunk Club is that you do get to review the Trunk before it gets sent, and remove items you don't want. All the boots except the ones above got ditched, plus a couple of other things she'd added in that I don't need. I had also mentioned that I don't have a hat, scarf, or gloves to match the winter coat I'd bought for myself at a big sale (paid $20 for it!) at the beginning of the season. It's a bright emerald green puffer jacket—the warmest but lightest winter coat I've ever worn, and slightly more stylish than my parka. The parka is for sledding. I wear the puffer jacket for everything else, and I'll be wearing it on this work trip. So, in the pic, you'll see at the bottom a peek at some of the other options she's sending—a couple of pairs of gloves, a couple of knit caps, and a couple of scarves. She also threw a couple of sweaters and a cardigan, plus a pair of leggings, in the initial trunk. I'd removed a bunch of things from the review trunk as they were similar to stuff I already owned or really don't need right now. In the trunk I'll be getting, she replaced those with some other items that do actually have some possibilities. So we'll see.
I imagine I'll be getting the trunk towards the end of this week. I get five days to try things before sending it back. I never took all five days before because it takes me all of about 30 seconds to try something on and know if it's going to work or not. This time, however, I may have to time the boots try-on for after my stitches are removed, so the 5 days will be helpful.
We'll see. I'm still not enthusiastic about Trunk Club because I really had given her enough information that, if she'd paid attention to it, several of the items wouldn't have been in there. I often felt like TC stylists are given certain things they're supposed to include in all the trunks regardless of client's wishes—"Here's the top we need you to push this week"—or something. But they are handy for situations like this. I'll keep you posted.


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After several months, it seems the #MeToo movement has finally reached the White House. The resignation/firing (depending on who you want to believe) of Rob Porter, President Trump's Staff Secretary, represents the first instance where a member of the Executive branch has been ousted from his post due to alleged misconduct against women. According to Porter's two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend who remains anonymous, Porter was physically and verbally abusive to each of them during their respective relationships with him. The evidence supporting these accusations includes a protective order against Porter granted to his second wife and a photo of his first wife with a large black-eye, which she claims she sustained after Porter allegedly punched her in the face.
Most of the media criticism has been focused on President Trump's predictable defense of Porter - saying Porter "did a very good job" and later bemoaning the fact that "lives are shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation." He said all of this while never acknowledging the alleged victims of Porter's violence or speaking out against domestic violence at all. At this point, no one should be surprised that President Trump believes men accused of misconduct over the women accusing them (see: Steve Wynn, Roy Moore, Bill O'Reilly, etc.). Personally, I can no longer muster any more outrage at the President's perpetual displays of sexism and disregard for women's pain.
That being said, I find my outrage directed at three other individuals involved in the Rob Porter saga who are supposed to be men of integrity: Chief of Staff John Kelly, Sen. Orrin Hatch, and White House Counsel Don McGahn. These men's actions and statements regarding the Porter allegations all exemplified the "Male Wall of Silence" that occurs when a man is accused with crimes against women, and that allows men to get away with these crimes time and time again. Similar to law enforcement's "blue wall of silence," where police officers opt to protect each other rather than reveal the truth about abuses, there is an impulse among men to preserve the standing of an accused man while sweeping his misdeeds under the rug and/or discrediting the accusers.
Look first at Don McGahn, whose office is responsible for leading the White House employee vetting process. McGahn first learned of the allegations against Porter in January 2017 (13 months ago) but declined to act because he believed Porter was valuable in his role as Staff Secretary. He continued to do nothing in June, when the FBI affirmed the allegations; in September, when he learned that the accusations would delay the security clearance required for Porter to perform his role; and in November, when Porter's ex-girlfriend contacted him to relay her similar experience with Porter. Despite multiple credible warnings that the White House was harboring a domestic abuser, McGahn chose to protect Porter and keep him in his position, because hitting women seemingly did not affect Porter's ability to be effective in his job.
Look next at John Kelly, the man touted as "the adult in the room" at the White House. Once the abuse allegations were published last week, Kelly's first response was to issue a statement calling Porter "a man of true integrity," about whom he "couldn't say enough good things." After additional evidence about the abuse emerged, Kelly issued a second statement condemning domestic violence, but followed it by standing by his previous statements about Porter and arguing that "every individual deserves the right to defend their reputation." Later news reports allege that Kelly encouraged Porter to "stay and fight" even after the full extent of the alleged abuse became public. By paying lip service to domestic violence victims while defending Porter in the same breadth, you learn all you need to know about John Kelly's priorities in this situation. Like McGahn, Kelly opted to believe and protect the man of privilege over women who suffered at his hands and had nothing to gain by telling their stories.
Lastly, we come to Sen. Orrin Hatch, Porter's employer prior to the White House. Hatch's defense of Porter went one step further than Kelly- praising Porter as a friend and colleague but also calling the accusers "morally bankrupt character assassins." Before even reading the accusations, Hatch decided that anyone accusing a clean-cut white man must be a liar with no morals. Again, after learning more details about the abuse, Hatch issued a second statement decrying domestic violence, but still containing a defense of Porter and no apology to the women he maligned 24 hours earlier.
Through the actions of these three men, we see the GOP's Male Wall of Silence in action. This is the reason why domestic violence persists in our society; because the reputations and careers of men are more important than the physical safety of women. This is why women do not report violence against them; because they see their abuser defended while they are branded as liars and opportunists. When men in power diminish domestic violence as a lesser concern, they are sending a clear message to women that a man's rights will always come first. Essentially, a man's right to create the best life for himself outweighs a woman's right to live free of fear and mistreatment.
Shame on Don McGahn and John Kelly. Shame on Orrin Hatch and the Mormon Church leaders who told Porter's then-wife, Jennie Willoughby, to prioritize his career ambitions over her suffering. Shame on the male dominated power structure that takes a "see no evil, speak no evil" approach to violence against women. Shame on those who would diminish a woman's basic humanity in favor of political expediency.
The GOP has long fretted its inability to attract more women to its ranks and the Porter saga is a perfect example of why. If Republican leadership cannot unequivocally denounce violence against women and adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards bad conduct (which so far no one has), then women will increasingly turn towards those candidates who demonstrate that their lives and dignity are worth prioritizing. Come November, women will remember the GOP's moral failure on this issue when they are in the voting booth. Don't think they won't.
By: Sharmila Achari


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With over 16+ years of being in practice, we can help all members of your family in Omaha & West Omaha, Bennington and Elkhorn, NE stay healthy, recover from injuries and manage chronic conditions. As your family chiropractor in Omaha, we know it's important to provide a variety of services and treat patients of all ages. We never prescribe medications or use invasive procedures. All of our techniques are safe, gentle and natural.
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Whether you're a young athlete or an active lifestyle, there are a number of injuries and medical conditions that we see here at our chiropractic office, including:
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We use a technique called spinal adjustment to restore alignment to the vertebrae and reduce pressure on the spinal cord. This can prevent or correct a condition known as a subluxation. Subluxations occur when the spinal cord or spinal nerves are pressed upon by the vertebrae of the spine, interfering with signals from the brain. Subluxations can prevent the body from functioning properly and is often a source for pain, immune dysfunction, injury and a variety of chronic conditions.
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Depending on the age, pediatric patients may suffer from problems like colic, bed wetting, ear infections and sports injuries. Our spinal adjustment techniques are safe and gentle enough for children of all ages. In fact, the right adjustment can encourage drainage in the ears to prevent ear infections, or improve the functioning of the central nervous system to stop bed wetting. In addition, we use techniques like nutrition counseling and stretches and exercises to help pediatric patients stay healthy and strong.
At Kosak Chiropractic and Acupuncture, we're also your source for Omaha acupuncture treatment! Acupuncture is an all-natural method of healing and restoring proper functionality to the body. Acupuncture needles are used to stimulate the pressure points within the body and correct problems of all types. Like chiropractic care, we can use acupuncture on patients of all ages, including pediatric patients.
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Contact our Omaha chiropractor today to set up an appointment. You can reach Kosak Chiropractic & Acupuncture at (402) 964-0300. Be sure to take advantage of our new patient special when you call!
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Is chiropractic care "for real?" A great many medical findings say yes, and in some dramatic ways. For example, a study on workers suffering from back injuries showed that only 1.5 percent of the chiropractic patients needed surgery, as opposed to 42.7 percent of patients who had not been adjusted. Other studies have reported that chiropractic patients were more satisfied with their recovery and results than patients who only received other medical care. Let's take a closer look at just how chiropractic care works, what it can treat, and how it interacts with other therapies.
If you're experiencing neck pain, back pain, muscle soreness, or other symptoms that are affecting your lifestyle, it's time to schedule an appointment with our chiropractic team. Through the use of non-invasive and drug-free chiropractic treatments, our very own Dr. Kosak can help you find relief from your symptoms my treating them at the source. Whether your pain is caused by a sports injury, a slipped/herniated disc, or an underlying condition (such as sciatica), we can create a customized treatment plan to suit your needs and lifestyle.
We have found that many sports injuries and other conditions stem from poor spinal alignment, so we often recommend our spinal manipulation and alignment treatments to help correct alignment problems and in-turn relieve patients from their symptoms. With regular spinal adjustments and similar treatments, you can find the relief you need to maintain an active lifestyle pain-free. We can also make recommendations regarding lifestyle changes (such as wearing the right shoes to enhance posture) that can help you maintain an active, pain-free lifestyle as well.
Chiropractic for Active Lifestyles
It's no secret that leading an active lifestyle can improve your overall health and wellness, though regular chiropractic care in Omaha can also help you avoid and overcome common injuries and conditions associated with active living. Here at Kosak Chiropractic & Acupuncture, our team provides the skilled services and treatments you need to be the best version of yourself. Ultimately, our goal is to help you maintain your active lifestyle while avoiding common aches, pains, and other injuries that can affect your goals.
In addition to sports-related injuries, an active lifestyle could also make you more prone to developing conditions such as back pain, neck pain, and over-use injuries. This is especially true if you don't have proper foot/arch support while engaging in these activities, or if you have poor posture.
Contact Your Chiropractor in Omaha
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