The Arboretum Aphorisms
Nathaniel Dorsky + Lisa McCarty
Available exclusively via San Francisco Cinematheque
Paperback | 5.5 x 8.5 inches | 150 pages | 48 b/w and color images
Long a figure of interest to many contemporary American poets, Nathaniel Dorsky has been making and exhibiting avant-garde films since 1964. For the first time, a selection of his film stills are collected in this volume along with excerpts from a series of artist talks delivered by Dorsky at the premiere of his seminal film series The Arboretum Cycle at Duke University in 2018.
The Arboretum Aphorisms delves into the weeds of making and mindfulness in daily life. Simultaneously a lyric instructive for filmmakers and a general incitement to cultivate a sympathetic interior life, The Arboretum Aphorisms collects both poetic and practical advice from Dorsky as short, but luscious, aphorisms.
Aphorisms & Film Stills by Nathaniel Dorsky | Transcribed, Edited, Sequenced, & Designed by Lisa McCarty
