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…2 min read·May 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…·2 min read·Jan 19, 2021----
marco northSONGBIRDEP 1 : An introduction (Living through the songwriting process)1 min read·Nov 27, 2020----
marco northSUMMER WAS MEANT TO BE SQUANDERED(This article originally appeared in Impressions of an Expat)·2 min read·Oct 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…·3 min read·Sep 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?”…5 min read·Oct 12, 2018--1--1
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…·5 min read·Sep 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…5 min read·Aug 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…2 min read·Aug 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…4 min read·Aug 3, 2018----