David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

Little Onion

1. Time is relative moving fast is like moving slow2. There is enough time to get everything done right3. I have enough time to get everything done
Imaging + Imagining California

This is a kick ass collection of art which covers like a lot of the history of art in orange county. One of my favorite pictures is the top of the Flour building all washed out. It really feels like my childhood. I spent most of my time sitting in some op-art space with a…
Kutlug Ataman: Paradise

There are all these video screen with people talking. Large new widescreen tv’s. There are cube chairs to sit on, one in front of each screen. There are headphones connected to each tv sitting on the cube chair. the monitors are set up in two concentric circles–there must be 30 of them. I started at…
Chris Burden: A Tale of Two Cities

Chris Burden sets up a giant battle scene with toy soldiers, Japanese robots, and other childhood toys. He also builds a large mound of dirt in the middle of the gallery space to arrange all this stuff. There are binoculars on the wall so you can feel like a real general and look in. There…
Practice

1. Practice premeditated communication2. Learn to listen3. Do unto others4. Art can save lives5. Be the bread6. Take time to understand
St. Macarius the Great

Souls that love truth and God, that long with much hope and faith to put on Christ completely, do not need so much to be put in re membrance by others, nor do they endure, even for a while, to be deprived of the heavenly desire and of passionate affection to the Lord; but being…
Spider Man 3

I went and saw this with Gloves and Bobblehead–I liked it a lot. Medium Popcorn with way to much butter, great seats in the middle of the theater, and fantastic cross talk. The special effects were insane, the suffering of Peter Parker was great, and the death of Hobgobblin could not have happened soon enought.…
Beautiful

1. Enjoy what is beautiful2. Be mindful of what you put in your body3. D on t do anythinhg for the effect.4. Settle down do not preach5. Take the action that has the least impact6. Do your job7. Do the things in this life that help others
Pacific Symphony Orchestra–Space

Another great show for the young kids–an amazing opening with Also Sprach Zarathustra! Actually, there was a 20 minute bank ad before this which was very Spinal Tap, but the music started strong–then muddied around in the plants for a little to long until ending super strong with Star Wars. It was a lot of…
Cole Nobody Knows

An absolutely amazing documentary about Freddy Cole–great jazz performances, lots of nice interviews, a seriously strong artistic biography. Sam and I thought that this was by far the best film of the four we saw & the film maker could clearly do more stunning work in this genre.