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Tag Archives: Seasons

Snow in the City

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Last weekend the Eastern U.S. had its first major snowfall of the season, immediately preceding the Winter Solstice.  Around this time of year our culture ritually celebrates the White Christmas and the Winter Wonderland, Jack Frost and Frosty the Snowman, calling up nostalgic images of horse-drawn sleigh rides and cozy houses among rolling hills of [...]

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To Dance a Landscape

Monday, November 23, 2009

November from Fred Hatt on Vimeo.
November is a film I made in collaboration with dancer Jung Woong Kim of U-Turn Dance Company.  This is about as spontaneous as filmmaking can get.  Jung Woong and I just met one day at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, walked around looking for suitable settings, and then filmed Jung Woong’s improvisations [...]

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The Spirit of Weeds

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Weeds are feral plants, the bane of gardeners and pavers.  They thrive in the most inhospitable settings, taking root in the sooty dust that collects in cracks, taking over abandoned urban spaces with remarkable speed, breaking concrete and reclaiming mankind’s barrens for the kingdom of plants.
Weeds may be glorious wildflowers or medicinal herbs, thistles, grasses [...]

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The Beauty of Rain

Monday, June 22, 2009

Those of us who live in the Northeastern United States have experienced one of the wettest Springs on record, and the rain has continued through the solstice season.  Perhaps as the climate changes, the regions that depend on snowmelt for water are becoming drier while those that depend on rainfall are becoming wetter, or perhaps [...]

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Sunburst

Thursday, June 18, 2009

This Sunday is the Summer Solstice, in the Northern hemisphere the longest day (and shortest night) of the year.  It’s one of the primary holy days in all the pagan traditions of the North, celebrated by bonfires and revelry.  Shakespeare’s magical comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream captures something of the spirit this season carried in [...]

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