Movie Review: The Passion of Ayn Rand

Just watched The Passion of Ayn Rand via netflix.


The story is fascinating and it appears that Ayn's dedication to the concept of rational self-interest ultimately bit her in the butt.

Short Takes:

• Loved the costumes and sets depicting the 1950s in California and NY.

• Not so much love for the directing, although it's pretty good by tv movie standards, it gets gimmicky in few spots.

• Helen Mirren - yes. Julie Delpy - not so much. Peter Fonda - was he awake?

Denver has Public Art - And People Noticed!

Public Art in and around the City of Denver was recognized for multiple projects last week at the annual Americans for the Arts Conference. Each year, at the end of the conference, the Public Art Network 2011 Year in Review curators recognize 50 outstanding public art projects completed in 2010—and four of them were in Denver!

Here is the Nirvelli family in front of the Wildgarden/Talking Fence by the Ladies Fancywork Society and Jim Green. (Do you just love that concentration tongue!)

The other projects recognized:

Cloudbreak
by Catherine Widgery (MA)A permanent commission of the City and County of Denver for the Denver Justice Center Jury Assembly Room

Entre La Vida y La Muerte
by Gonzalo Lebrija (MX) A temporary sculpture installation commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver for the Denver Biennial of the Americas

Cloudscape
by Christopher Lavery (CO)A temporary sculptural installation on Peña Boulevard, commissioned by the Denver International Airport Public Art Program

I'll have to see if these others would work for portrait photography. Way to go Denver.