Someday, I am going to jot down the stories of my art acquisitions. There’s the story of how I had to trek to the South Terminal of the Vancouver Airport not knowing the distance, and the story of how a simple bank transfer assumed nightmare proportions as I returned again and again to the bank. [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Willful stupidity
Posted in Bruce Byfield, Personal, stupidity, tagged Bruce Byfield, Personal, stupidity, Uncategorized on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As a former teacher, I blame no one for ignorance. The older I get, the more painfully aware I become of my own ignorance in a dozen different areas, so the last thing I’m going to do is look down on someone else for not knowing something. But one thing I cannot endure is willful [...]
Review: “The Hunt for Gollum”
Posted in Bruce Byfield, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings, Personal, The Hunt for Gollum, Tolkien, Uncategorized, tagged Bruce Byfield, Fantasy, Personal, The Hunt for Gollum, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Uncategorized on May 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Lord of the Rings is one of the books to which I’ve kept returning in my life, and I’ve seen the movies several times. So, when I heard that a group of fans were issuing a prequel called The Hunt for Gollum, and offering it for free viewing on the web (in the hopes [...]
Nine Myths Would-Be Writers Need to Unlearn
Posted in Bruce Byfield, Personal, writer's block, writing, tagged Bruce Byfield, Personal, Uncategorized, writer's block, writing on May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Writing requires fewer expenses than any art except singing, and everyone who finishes grade school learns a few rudiments. For these reasons, it has never lacked wannabes. I’ve heard the claim that if you ask random strangers in Los Angeles how their screenplays are going, you have just bought yourself ten minutes of boredom – [...]
The Freda Diesing School Student Art Exhibition, 2009
Posted in British Columbia, Bruce Byfield, Charles Richard Wesley, First Nations art, Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art, John Wilson, Latham Mack, Personal, Shawn Aster, Sophie Beaton, Todd Stephens, art, art appreciation, tagged art, art appreciation, British Columbia, Bruce Byfield, Charles Richard Wesley, First Nations art, Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art, John Wilson, Latham Mack, Personal, Shawn Aster, Sophia Beaton, Terrace, Todd Stephens, Uncategorized on May 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“How does this compare to a show down south?” John Wilson asked me last week, shortly after I arrived at the Freda Diesing School Student Art Exhibition in Terrace. He seemed surprised when I told him that a 23 person show with some 75 pieces almost never happened, but it’s true. The annual show is [...]
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