Birth of a Brain-Fever

Posted by dougwood on Aug 30, 2011 in Journal | 0 comments ShareThis is a new pen/ink picture I’m currently working on. It’s another big one, 20″ wide by 30″ tall. (Keep in mind that it takes almost 20 dots do make an inch—400 dots in a square inch. ) I’m not sure where the Fever will lead me, but I’m guessing more dots. This will be Brain Fever #7, unless another one comes to fruition sooner. We’ll see. These...
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Edie and Thea

Posted by dougwood on Aug 22, 2011 in Journal | 0 comments Share This clip shows in a very concrete way why Marriage Equality is important for gays and lesbians. These two lovely women were together for 44 years and when Thea died, Edie was left having to pay inheritance taxes that a husband and wife don’t have to pay. It’s not fair. And so with the help of the ACLU, Edie, the surviving spouse, is suing the US government for not recognizing...
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Posted by dougwood on Aug 19, 2011 in RANDOM OBSESSIONS | 4 comments ShareWhat a perfect summer movie this is! James and I went with our friends Denis and Michael with pretty low expectations, but it was really a treat. Don’t let the movie’s title fool you. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is really all about the relationships, and the characters and their connections, how they love each other, but betray each other. If you don’t shed a tear when...
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Doug Does the Unthinkable

Posted by dougwood on Aug 16, 2011 in Journal | 16 comments ShareOver the years, my son Benjamin has had lots of nicknames for me.  One time I made an innocent request like, “Hey, Ben. Can I have a bite of your cookie?” and he said, “No way, you White-Skinned Freak.” Then he gave a devilish little laugh and ran screaming from the Pinch-y Butt Tickle Machine he knew he was going to get. Before I go on I should say that at...
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The War Horse

Posted by dougwood on Aug 8, 2011 in Journal | 0 comments ShareI went to see a fantastic play yesterday at the Lincoln Center, called The War Horse. The story was about World War I and how horses were conscripted into the British army to fight Germany. This was one of the last conflicts to use horses in battle. The play is beautiful and brutal and amazing. Most especially, the staging was so inventive: they used life-sized puppets with three puppeteers...
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