As you know, the Stardale organization created a film this summer called The Road that was awarded “Best Short Documentary” at the...

We were all very thrilled and gratified and maybe even shocked to learn that out film The Road had won an award – best short documentary...

On September 24, 2020, we will present the world premiere of the short film The Road. This presentation will be the culmination of about...

As you may know by now, last summer Helen McPhaden and I got together and envisioned a new project for the Stardale girls to work on over...

Hasn't it been an interesting year so far? I use the word "interesting" deliberately, thinking of the old (supposedly, but not) Chinese...

Sometimes when bad things happen, we see only the immediate consequences. We realize we are going to have to change our plans and adapt...

It hardly matters where you go these days or whom you talk to, the hot topic in the month of June is racism. In the United States, the...

One thing we all are becoming used to throughout this pandemic is Zoom and other platforms like it. It's probably fair to say that most...

Wasn't I surprised to learn from the Stardale website the other day that it's actually been seven years since I began working with Helen...

How many times have we heard that this month? "In these changing times." "In these difficult times." "In these unpredictable times." We...

It's hard to fathom how drastically and dramatically our world has changed in the few weeks since I wrote my last post. The isolation,...

We are sadly on a hiatus with The Road Project at Stardale. Like the rest of the world, we have been forced into "social isolation." It's...

Those who have been following these blog posts this year will be aware that I am working with the girls of the Stardale Women's group...

Maybe she was waiting for me to add a "but" or "however" but there was no qualification coming for me.

Artistic creation is always an act of faith. Whether you're working alone as I usually do, or involved in collective creation like at...

It a tough history to listen to, shameful and brutal.

We are living in an interesting time, which as you may know is a curse in China, as when they say "May you live in interesting times." In...

In generating a collective script for performance with the Stardale girls, perhaps the most delicate part is creating a comfortable and...

And how does that make them feel? How does it make any of us feel?

As we hadn't worked together for a while, I had prepared a rather safe plan, a descriptive writing exercise to gather some more imagery...