marco northThe picture is the picture. The story is the story.Last week, I heard someone admit “You can buy the truth.” Or, better said, “You can pay to publish fiction as fact.” It was no shock. This…May 31, 2021May 31, 2021
marco northA LIE IS NO LONGER A LIE. A WAR IS NO LONGER A WAR.All that is left are some wildflowers on the table. Everything else is too hot to touch, too controversial to mention, too bitter a pill…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
marco northSONGBIRDEP 1 : An introduction (Living through the songwriting process)Nov 27, 2020Nov 27, 2020
marco northSUMMER WAS MEANT TO BE SQUANDERED(This article originally appeared in Impressions of an Expat)Oct 12, 2020Oct 12, 2020
marco northinAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)THE PRICE OF FREEDOMNew York, in 1937 filmed on Kodachrome by an unknown cameraperson. Here is a gentle gaze on the city, sharing the details of daily life…Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
marco northWILLFUL IGNORANCE WILL MAKE YOU INSANELY POPULAR!The greatest question today’s artists should be asking themselves is not “Am I any good?” No. They should be asking “What am I about?”…Oct 12, 20181Oct 12, 20181
marco northWHY ARE YOU TRYING TO PUT ME IN A BOX?Do genre labels and categories lessen us? Do they reduce our work to one or two words, an archetype, a cliché, a thumbnail? Do they corral…Sep 21, 2018Sep 21, 2018
marco northIS ART YOUR RELIGION?My latest thought-experiment question* is this — once you break down the fundamental acts that an artist practices and the resultsof these…Aug 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018
marco northTHERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING (WHY I SHOOT FILM)There are maybe ten shots left on the roll. Outside the metro, a collection of pigeons sit on minuscule ledges above two old men. They talk…Aug 14, 2018Aug 14, 2018
marco northWHEN SHOULD ART BE POLITICAL?We live in troubled times (but there is nothing special or rare about that). All the same, a catch-phrase circles so many of our…Aug 3, 2018Aug 3, 2018
