http://elkins.smugmug.com/gallery/5210011_vxKpP/ Using large backlit sheets of clear plastic stretched across wooden posts on a stage as his canvas, Santa Monica lifeguard and shark-wrestler, Norton Wisdom, performs live improvised painting onstage with musicians, interpreting the music being improvised during the performance in real time. His paint is dilluted to stay malleable, so his paintings remain in continual motion, through Wisdom's use of paintbrushes, windshield wipers, sponges, and his own hands. Unlike most painting, his live work does not aim for a finished image, but celebrates the process of fluid metamorphosis: a cornucopia of images emerging unpredictably from one another: clouds become bodies, bodies become musical instruments, buildings become rockets, and dinner plates become crowns worn by monarchs, in a labrynth of unexpected paths. The live experience of his work continually challenges your perception of what you think you are seeing, and your ability to predict how forms and shapes relate to each other. A local gem of Los Angeles, Wisdom has been invited to paint all over the world, including Bali, Turkey, and Morocco. The venues for his painting performances range from punk clubs, to prestigious concert halls, to the Berlin Wall upon which he made guerilla paintings prior to its demolition. Wisdom performs regularly with Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction), Mike Watt (Minutemen), and Nels Cline (Geraldine Fibbers/Wilco/etc.), under the moniker, Banyan; however, he has also performed with a wide range of artists as diverse as the National Bamboo Orchestra of Bali, Beck, and my own band, The Autumns. I conducted this interview with Norton Wisdom at his home in 2003, and took the accompanying photographs of Wisdom in 2003 and 2004. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Interviews Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:47:31 -0700 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:24:18 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Wisdom-2/335474158_kZV9d-Ti.jpg http://elkins.smugmug.com/gallery/5210011_vxKpP/ http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471634_ce3ei <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471634_ce3ei" title="The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom"><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-1/335471634_ce3ei-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom" title="The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:10:25 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-1/335471634_ce3ei-Th.jpg 3feb522ed2c644373e1fd2bfac1fc744 25e6f801f6b3489879746e6d7ffbed4d 52fdb409cc9cbc40440a28c4b12f6d4b 182d80152aaa800767e2c8ef1f6ee93c e52d4529c890a3dc537c7e45617e6296 e52d4529c890a3dc537c7e45617e6296 The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471634_ce3ei" title="The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom"><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-1/335471634_ce3ei-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom" title="The Fertile Mistake: An Interview With Norton Wisdom" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews wisdom steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474158_kZV9d <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474158_kZV9d" title="ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Wisdom-2/335474158_kZV9d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ..." title="ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:17:48 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Wisdom-2/335474158_kZV9d-Th.jpg d65ba0d51b41b1c6bde91eb19a87e3df 4e0c04ea38602d8648e575efed40a200 fbaf9b9de4520a018317ce9bd2f584e2 e5e6ce5abd46a3c045e8ca043cd0b835 6da5e78686160c9c3508432bce38d8cc 6da5e78686160c9c3508432bce38d8cc ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ... <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474158_kZV9d" title="ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Wisdom-2/335474158_kZV9d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ..." title="ELKINS: I've noticed that something really unusual happens when you paint in front of an audience. When all the music stops, and you put down your brush, you sometimes grab a camera from t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews wisdom steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474075_pgmGT <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474075_pgmGT" title="I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Wisdom-1/335474075_pgmGT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ..." title="I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:17:36 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Wisdom-1/335474075_pgmGT-Th.jpg 29c39298c948a59b92f1cf146487666d 1b272d7f3c4a24dd1a0d0d5c8bdc57c8 771113f66351fbde531e4af6be3bdb79 89d875ee0cc970a77cd58053d1dc3a50 d87be081a83a7156a93eaa1492c23a35 d87be081a83a7156a93eaa1492c23a35 I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ... <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474075_pgmGT" title="I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Wisdom-1/335474075_pgmGT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ..." title="I'm not interested in making paintings without mistakes. That's why I typically don't perform with musicians who play songs. I'm not up there to be a chained monkey, like an actor followin ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews wisdom steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471909_qVHFy <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471909_qVHFy" title="Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/painting-close-ups/335471909_qVHFy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ..." title="Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:11:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/painting-close-ups/335471909_qVHFy-Th.jpg cb5a44c2751c020c2167bde4a190acbc 058ad5eb3a1598f2f717fd336eb4afe0 38a3fbb8269db8f4b24a4186d3f6f112 ddfbc9804d2998093d079f1359b5a9e8 a1d4e8f0aa945e5ffe1212b59a515aaa a1d4e8f0aa945e5ffe1212b59a515aaa Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ... <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471909_qVHFy" title="Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/painting-close-ups/335471909_qVHFy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ..." title="Simply looking at a painting is a musical activity. Even if a painting is a static image, the eye travels around a painting. It's very difficult to focus on an entire painting at once. So ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews painting, ups steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471731_dYVvy <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471731_dYVvy" title="There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-3/335471731_dYVvy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ..." title="There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:10:39 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-3/335471731_dYVvy-Th.jpg 67e31288dd3f3139b18c8de2e5076995 ba53d4d3564a47cdca5ecf3d59128b73 e1b76e68f1d62d2b5a3937d4095dafed 2e326abb8c1c611a07549fdaa796862e a8b060be47f742de42d804acb11e60ca a8b060be47f742de42d804acb11e60ca There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ... <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471731_dYVvy" title="There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-3/335471731_dYVvy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ..." title="There have been well-known arguments that music began when primitive man was attempting to mimic the mating calls of birds. I can't say if that's true, but if you start from that aspect of ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews wisdom steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471692_Q4SBB <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471692_Q4SBB" title="ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-2/335471692_Q4SBB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ..." title="ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:10:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-2/335471692_Q4SBB-Th.jpg 82863952841324bde820233bc1280ab0 4e5fff0a9ce900f3b2433da9a829b784 57a60942e3aadef763013b46af333aa4 34791664735c51fac7b1b00e26a6e4db 5ca37a5acec323677dd27781484a3b51 5ca37a5acec323677dd27781484a3b51 ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ... <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471692_Q4SBB" title="ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-2/335471692_Q4SBB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ..." title="ELKINS: Earlier, you talked about painting being essentially a musical activity. Do you think there is any relation between the idea of making a mistake in a painting, versus the idea of a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews wisdom steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474982_myr7Q <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474982_myr7Q" title="Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Nels-7/335474982_myr7Q-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ..." title="Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:20:19 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Nels-7/335474982_myr7Q-Th.jpg 06ff58d63bf145215fc305f919fbc8ce 17366b81daa1e95632ab869c66d22244 aaab3863b1ea5f77c19bd6b834cfbe7d 10541dbf92ad3e94867f877db46431b7 874e83f2792c1852e7e0442f9e345e93 874e83f2792c1852e7e0442f9e345e93 Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ... <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474982_myr7Q" title="Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Nels-7/335474982_myr7Q-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ..." title="Whatever the case, the only real mistake in painting, is painting something you've already painted before. Because that's not what art is about. Art is about new paths in the human event. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews nels steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474201_pG9t8 <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474201_pG9t8" title="WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Norton-Contemplating-2/335474201_pG9t8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ..." title="WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:17:56 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (steve elkins) http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Norton-Contemplating-2/335474201_pG9t8-Th.jpg 2f9f52503cf6e69bb54c0b0cb1ee109d 54587eab496ef4e4a5eaee8927752994 1c6af643982710fb1e7f1ecdfd6b4da6 848227443d0e2eaeee3c272aca0e1d6b d1469ebd7d7f8ac8f20956e320267d17 d1469ebd7d7f8ac8f20956e320267d17 WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ... <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335474201_pG9t8" title="WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/Norton-Contemplating-2/335474201_pG9t8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ..." title="WISDOM: Well, I always feel like a jerk. I always wonder if I'm making an ass out of myself. I think, who needs this? I mean, self-doubt is inevitable. It amazes me when anyone comes up ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews norton, contemplating steve elkins steve elkins http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471860_nW5wn <p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com">steve elkins</a><br />WISDOM: Well, Nels has committed his life to this vision that he has. He's very focused on not compromising in what he believes is time well spent: creating something vital and relevant t ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471860_nW5wn" title="WISDOM: Well, Nels has committed his life to this vision that he has. 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The head stage manager was a teamst ...</p><p><a href="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/5210011_vxKpP#335471772_4gTow" title="There was a Banyan gig at the Hammerstein Ballroom, which is an opera house in New York. I was painting in a pink chiffon nightgown. A little negligee. The head stage manager was a teamst ..."><img src="http://elkins.smugmug.com/Interviews/The-Fertile-Mistake-An/wisdom-5/335471772_4gTow-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="There was a Banyan gig at the Hammerstein Ballroom, which is an opera house in New York. I was painting in a pink chiffon nightgown. A little negligee. The head stage manager was a teamst ..." title="There was a Banyan gig at the Hammerstein Ballroom, which is an opera house in New York. I was painting in a pink chiffon nightgown. A little negligee. The head stage manager was a teamst ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Interviews wisdom steve elkins steve elkins