David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

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.
Fridays at the Farm

A very cool movie in which all the images are time lapse digital photos–a very cool idea! This movie was very serious & the narrators lack of distance really hurt the movie. I think abruptly changing the narration style during the film would have really helped.
The Cigar Makers

A short film about the people who make cigars in Miami. Fun and fast moving I really enjoyed the notion that what they did was Art with a big A.
Art Seymour: Solo Performance

I saw this with Sam at the Newport Beach Film Festival. It totally ruled! Seymour is this fantastic Chevron designer and this movie is a jazz like exploration of his genius.