Framing-the-Story

Slow Down and Look Harder

At the Lake

Sep 3 • Framing-the-Story

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August 2026

Uncooperative Landscape

I have written before about fog and minimalism and have sworn not to write about it anymore.

Aug 27 • Framing-the-Story

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The Darkroom of History

What Stalin’s Censors and Dadaist Punks Had in Common

Aug 23 • Framing-the-Story

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We Are All Straphangers

Catching Life Before It Disappears

Aug 4 • Framing-the-Story

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July 2026

Learning to Listen: Brian Eno

The art that refuses to tell a story

Jul 28 • Framing-the-Story

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The Vinyl Ghosts That Came Back to Haunt Me

Greetings, friends.

Jul 16 • Framing-the-Story

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Finding the Character in the Crowd

The Art of Watching

Jul 4 • Framing-the-Story

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Screenwriting Consultations, Script Notes, and Craft Guidance

Contact me: ak@framingthestory.com

Jul 1

June 2026

On the Genius of Tom Waits

Art should surprise us, not comfort us.

Jun 28 • Framing-the-Story

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The Stone on Your Own Street

Making the Familiar Strange

Jun 22 • Framing-the-Story

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Subway Chronicles, Vol. VII

Who Am I When No One Is Watching?

Jun 6 • Framing-the-Story

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May 2026

A Fire on the Tracks

A train delay, a dying battery, and an accidental afternoon inside another New York.

May 31 • Framing-the-Story

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