Scott’s Themes: Art, Music, Performance, Writing

Photo’s for Pat new photos with Nikon DSLR

Mar 22, 2019

Sometimes you just don't know what you are missing till you try something else. Pat has been persistently trying to move Scott to a DSLR for several years. " I Phone cameras are good for what they are, " he has always maintained, " but cell phones make telephone calls...

Hummingbird’s- Video All you have to do is touch one and they start to fly

Mar 20, 2019

The materials making these mobiles are exquisitely simple - wire, fishing line, paper mache, paint. One touch from me and the hummingbirds are flying, fearless in space, reminding me of hummingbirds in Costa Rica in the Monteverde Rain Forest, reminding me of a...

Hummingbirds and Fish Bolo's Gallery on Calle Isabel Catholica

Mar 20, 2019

There is art everywhere on Calle Conti, leaning against walls in the pedestrian walkways, stacked deep in little shops along with Dominican Republic baseball caps and knick knacks. The canvases are both small, medium, and large, but all seem to have been painted by...

Figures on front and back gates Cathedral, Zona Colonia, Santo Domingo

Mar 20, 2019

The front and back metal gates to the massive Cathedral, in the center of the Zona Colonia, are not four hundred years old. They look that old, however, and the faces sculpted unto them look eternal and primordial. There are the faces of Luke, Mark, Matthew and John...

Juan Voight-Artis Plastic @instagram Juan Rodriquez Artista

Mar 19, 2019

Just off the Colon Plaza, straight east past the Pizzerella pizza parlor, Juan shows up to work every day. He says he has been an artist since he was a little boy, teaches at the college part time, and makes his living as an artist. He works deliberate. Watercolors...

Godfather street Zona Colonia- Calle Hostos

Mar 19, 2019

According to one of my first guides, Alberto, this was where parts of the movie " Godfather " was filmed. Alberto who is missing one leg but transports with crutches, even on these up and down streets,took me on a tour the other day to the Plaza Espana, which is...

Old World/New World-Video Plaza Duarte, Santo Domingo DR Fundraiser

Mar 18, 2019

The old and new world co-exist, sometimes shake hands, but more often ignore one another. These kids are fundraising for a trip to Phoenix, Arizona for an International Hip-Hop Competition. These seniors are visiting on green crates in the park, their peace and quiet...

God Bless Santo Domingo-Video Jardin Botanico snack stop

Mar 18, 2019

At the Jardin Botanico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, it is lunch time. On the menu is one part indigenous people, one part Europeans, one part Hispanics, one part black Africans. Combine the European, African, Caribbean and Dominican recipe and you have a...

Plaza Pellerano Castro-Poet South end of Zona Colonial

Mar 16, 2019

This little park is dedicated to an important poet with a simple stone inscription. Pellerano was a man who moved to the Dominican Republic from Curacao, stayed, and also raised a daughter, Luisa Castro, who was one of the most influential woman writers of Latin...

Street Music-Parque Colon-Santo Domingo Parmenio Diaz, Alto Sax

Mar 15, 2019

Playing Alto Sax is no easy affair. Playing solo, in public, with no supporting team, is similar to shooting a game winning basketball free throw, in a championship series, with everything on the wire. Parmenio plays with spirit. When I get back home, I need to set up...

Calle Estrellita In the neighborhood

Mar 14, 2019

Yes, there is trash on the too narrow to walk on sidewalks. Yes, you have to watch your step because the entire neighborhood is a work in progress. Yes, people live close together with no yards,few garages, a myriad of empty buildings waiting for bank money and...

Police Band Zona Colonial Plaza Santo Domingo Event

Mar 12, 2019

The last police band i saw was in Cuenca, Ecuador at a celebration for ex-pats and foreign business development in Ecuador. This Santo Domingo events aim is to support women and fight domestic violence in Latin America.This police band provides entertainment. There...