Traumatized by seeing her aged face on Zoom, actress Kathryn Grody rants, despairing and conflicted, to her son Gideon as he films her with his iPhone. It is one of the many illuminating moments captured on @Mandy Patinkin, documenting the everyday life of actor Mandy Patinkin, Grody and Gideon as they shelter at their upstate NY cabin.
Read MoreAnnals of Personal Ritual: Self Portrait in Wedding Clothes Taken Every Anniversary
Fran Black enjoys creating very personal rituals in order to collect memories in ways that feel meaningful, like this unique yearly celebration of her long marriage…
Read MoreLaurie Anderson’s Farewell to Lou Reed: ‘Some Kinda Love’
We were very moved by Laurie Anderson’s Farewell to Lou Reed in Rolling Stone. We’ve excerpted a chunk, but it’s well worth reading the whole beautiful thing: rich insight into two very original people improvising a life together. Anderson’s words need no commentary: “How strange, exciting and miraculous that we can change each other so much, love…
Read More70 improvised valentines later — still in love
Bill and Julie got married on Valentine’s Day in 1943, 70 years ago today. He was a GI who had managed to wangle a weekend pass to marry his childhood sweetheart. From the get-go,their marriage was an improv. “We didn’t have a minyan, the minimum of ten people required for a Jewish wedding,” Julie recalls.…
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