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For Halsman, jumping was a device that could be employed to penetrate the masks of his sitters and expose their innermost secrets. Where Freudian psychoanalysis had the Interpretation of Dreams, Halsman developed The Interpretation of Jumps, in which he laid out the meaning of each element of this posture. “Often the photograph of a jump does not transmit its symbolic message immediately. A closer scrutiny will show, however, that every element in the jumper’s body – his arms, his legs, the position of the body, the expression of the face – reveals definite character traits,” he wrote. 

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Caitlin Hofmeister and  Lauren Norby @l-t-n​ contributed “Puggle Life” to Awesome ‘Possum, Volume 4, now on @kickstarter​. Caitlin is a writer and filmmaker who makes videos and podcasts for the internet. Lauren is an artist and storyteller making comics, videos, and music. 

How did you pick your topic for Awesome ‘Possum? 

Echidnas are just weird things we wanted to learn more about. We’ve been keeping a list of interesting flora and fauna since we did our piece for AP vol. 3 (about aphid reproduction). Echidnas have a unique method of reproduction, so we were interested in making a comic about that, but when we found out baby echidnas are called puggles, we were sold!

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Cover of the free weekly paper Missoula Independent, May 4, 2017.

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First two pages from Afternoon of the Fly, a little 6-page mini-comic I made.

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Five free things to do to help women directors

1. Make a request to purchase their work at your local library

I get it, not everyone can shell out $30-50 for a DVD of every rare movie they want to see. But you know who does have that kind of money? Your library. Hurry up and do it quickly though because libraries often will limit their collections to things that came out within the last year or two.

2. Check out their work from your local library 

Did you know that libraries pay royalties to the artists every time you check something out? Did you know that libraries are also a great way to find all those hard to find often out of print works that continue to become obscure as mediums shift. Did you throw out your old DVD player? Don’t have a blu-ray? No problem! Most libraries are now offering streaming video. As long as you have a library account you can now stream anything from Joanna Hogg to Chantal Akerman in good conscience.

3. Review their work

So many times I go to check out a movie on imdb, letterboxd or amazon and find nothing in the review section. Get in the habit of writing reviews for the stuff you like, even the stuff you don’t like telling people not to waste their time! Bad reviews have prompted me to write good ones to counter people’s opinions I thought were wrong. Good ones have helped me watch movies I might not otherwise have seen. I’ve also used reviews to give trigger warnings or to warn people off poor prints of movies. They’re useful and they help people discover great art. 

4. Follow their social media accounts

Increasingly we’re living in an era where social media is a kingmaker. People make professional connections their all the time but I’ve been dispirited to see so many talented wonderful directors who barely have any followers. This is a great way to interact with directors you like and get updates on their projects right from the source. 

5. Fill out their wiki pages

There is nothing more depressing than when I Google a filmmaker to find out more about them and find their wiki page woefully out of date, if it exists at all. Wiki has a huge problem with a lack of female contributors and this translates into a lack of pages on women filmmakers and their work. After you watch a movie, go to its wiki page and see if it has a summary. If not, write one! If you watch a movie and notice that there’s no biographical info on the director create a page. 

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A half-page comic for the Missoula Independent’s annual “Comix Issue.” The theme was “Alternative Missoula Facts.” What you read in this strip is not true.

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I love this. Such an incredible performance!

“In an almost silent performance, Gladstone conveys a level of muted intensity wholly comparable to Liv Ullmann or early Hollywood icon Janet Gaynor. Her knack for carefully expressing a host of emotions through tiny details played across the face would make Julianne Moore proud. Gladstone possesses a strange majesty and remains in complete control of Jamie’s unruly feelings. Her eyes alight like magnetic fields as her voice slips with veiled excitement, signaling immense heartache through careful calibration. Her performance requires us to pay a great deal of attention to the detail and implication laid out across her expressive face, but the final result is a nothing less than a vigorously full-bodied creation.” — John Guerin

In Certain Women, Lily Gladstone gives one of the decade’s best performances. Here’s why.

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Cory Fay: Sleep No More

From “Garden Variations”

Starring Jeff Medley and Johanna Ciampa.

Shot on 8mm film, directed and edited by Lauren Norby.

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A half-page comic strip I made for our local weekly paper’s annual “Comix Issue.”

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HOLY LANDS is releasing our first CD today. Release party at the local VFW in Missoula, MT tonight. Listen to the tunes on Bandcamp here: http://holylands.bandcamp.com/album/the-paint-traders-union

I designed the gig poster and the album art (with photos and drawings from drummer Chris).

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This is one of my favorite things about Missoula right now. The comix issue of the local weekly paper. It’s filled with odd little stories from a variety of people, many of whom don’t make comics the rest of the year. It’s just a fun refreshing bit of local storytelling.

Here’s the strip I contributed two years back:

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With the pending closure of Missoula’s The Brink gallery, I screen printed postcards for people to write/draw on to share thoughts, memories, etc. about the gallery’s six-year run. The gallery has meant so much to me and so many local and regional artists, and I just wanted a chance to say thanks.

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This gallery has been so important to Missoula. I’m honored to have shown here, and excited to be part of their penultimate exhibit.

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Raw! Raw! Well Done! 

An evening of news as performance art.

December, 2014.

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Missoula Independent Music Issue cover before Photoshop.

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Melanie! I’m still learning to internet!

The cover of the Missoula Independent vol. 26 no. 17.