tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51034662024-02-19T02:32:24.003-05:00Liz Nealon :: Tesseractive Pictures<i>A tesseract exists in the 4th dimension where Time wrinkles, or folds onto itself, creating new paths that allow characters to tesser, traveling through space and time in an instant.</i><br><br>I have always loved the idea of 4D media, which is why I call my company Tesseractive Pictures. <br><br>Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-68897803196345254232013-08-20T03:22:00.002-04:002013-08-20T03:30:20.828-04:00Lee Thompson Young :: A RemembranceI met Lee Thompson Young when he was 14 years old. We had been searching and searching for the young teen actor who could play the very difficult dual role of Silverstone/TV action hero and Jett Jackson, the kid who longed for a normal life.
We saw many young actors – many of them convincing and compelling playing a teenage boy, but none of them believable as a young Hollywood star who is alreadyLiz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-2864739218540098702012-11-04T20:46:00.000-05:002012-11-04T20:55:12.959-05:00Plowing FORWARDFour years ago a farmer in Hillsdale NY, near our Copake Lake house, used his thresher and cut the word OBAMA in huge letters 30 yards high into his hayfield. It was so unexpected and delightful in largely Republican upstate New York. For the past four years we have referred to him as the "Obama Farmer." As in, "Hey, stop at the Obama Farmer on your way home and pick up some corn."
Rural Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0Copake Lake, NY42.1783093 -73.6418473-26.477030199999994 124.6394027 90 88.0769027tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-19367175972937132402011-09-09T11:52:00.003-04:002011-09-09T11:58:52.590-04:00"I AM TREMBLING WITH FEAR"Tremens factus sum ego. I am trembling with fear. I am singing Paul Leavitt’s REQUIEM today with the New York City Master Chorale as part of the September 11th Memorial Concert series at Trinity Church/Wall Street. The church was a haven for first responders and the injured after the attack on the World Trade Center. Various groups will be performing throughout the day, evening and weekend, as weLiz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-48166929231148632212011-07-28T10:55:00.004-04:002011-07-28T11:10:21.167-04:00Organ Bliss in SeattleFor me, one of the highlights of the annual Tallis Scholars Summer School in Seattle are the performances of Joseph Adam, the organist at St. James Cathedral. He and Peter Phillips have established a tradition whereby Joseph lets Peter pick what he would like to hear for the Postlude after we sing at the Mass on Wednesday night.It's always great, but this year's choice was an absolutely Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-70322121462294353132010-10-08T18:12:00.006-04:002010-10-09T07:58:38.725-04:00Memories from the Dakota My first direct contact with John Lennon’s domestic world happened five years after his death. It was October 9, 1985, and his Central Park memorial, Strawberry Fields, was being dedicated on what would have been his 45th birthday. I was a producer for MTV News, and like every other news crew, VJ Martha Quinn and I were standing just inside the park, at 72nd Street and Central Park West, video Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-89660934031618056892010-09-23T12:33:00.001-04:002010-09-23T12:54:29.583-04:00Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-18595638256298743832010-01-19T21:30:00.001-05:002010-01-19T21:32:55.963-05:00Author's Guild Meeting Tonight: ELECTRONIC RIGHTS, ELECTRONIC MARKETSI was trying to tweet from the panel as it was happening live, but there was not a viable wireless signal in the room. So, continuing here.Author Susan Cheever was (to my ears) a voice of reason throughout the evening. “Things like royalty percentages are going to be settled in court, through negotiation. What I think we should be looking at is the fact that we’re in a whirlwind…we’re in a time Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-81403202545895080052009-12-15T06:58:00.011-05:002009-12-15T08:29:19.351-05:00Building a Distinctive Neopets Christmas Gallery :: Top TipsOK, I admit it. Long after my daughter has grown up and moved on (I initially joined Neopets to share it with her....when she was 9), I'm still on Neopets nearly every morning. There are many "ways in" to Neopets - for me, it's building collections. And over nearly ten years, I've converted our original joint account into a Christmas Gallery (username lrn_jbk945) that I'm very proud of.Thanks to Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-81318639358719441462009-11-30T23:24:00.004-05:002009-11-30T23:28:18.862-05:00Preparing for the Funeral of a Three-Year-OldMy heart is breaking for my friend, who has lost her beloved daughter Sylvie. How can we say goodbye tomorrow morning? What words can I possibly offer?These two poems offer no answers, but possibly some comfort.LITTLE ELEGY(FOR A CHILD WHO SKIPPED ROPE) Here lies resting, out of breath,Out of turns, ElizabethWhose quicksilver toes not quiteCleared the whirring edge of night. Earth whose circles Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-30516013903143439522009-11-20T00:37:00.001-05:002009-11-20T00:40:47.760-05:00I Feel Like Quoting e.e. cummings Todayi thank You God for most this amazingby e. e. cummings (1894 - 1962)i thank You God for most this amazingday:for the leaping greenly spirits of treesand a blue true dream of sky; and for everythingwhich is natural which is infinite which is yes(i who have died am alive again today,and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birthday of life and of love and wings: and of the gaygreat happening Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-28533085263877001792009-11-12T11:58:00.004-05:002009-11-13T11:04:52.430-05:00My Interview with the Kidsville NewsI did an interview this week for the “What’s It’s Like To Be...” column in Kidsville News!, which explores different occupations. QUESTION: How do you pick the kids who sing on the Kidz Bop CDs?We did a nationwide talent search to find Kyra, Becca, Valerie, Harrison and Dana – the Kidz Bop Kids. They can all sing, dance, and do a really good job of working together as a team.Liz Nealon at work Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-56248935233785912432009-09-25T11:01:00.006-04:002009-09-25T11:08:58.403-04:00Letter from a Sixth Grade Teacher to Kidz BopI started my day today with an inspiring letter (see below). I wonder if there are other teachers out there who use Kidz Bop in school? We could create a section of our website where teachers and kids use our video upload tools to work on communication and literacy skills. Would love to hear from any teachers who are interested in this. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Hi Liz! A very close Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-55366507324088189812009-08-27T22:25:00.002-04:002009-08-27T22:32:04.188-04:00My Family's Encounter with the KennedysMy father was raised in a poor, working class, Irish Catholic family (actually, they were one step away from starving class - my grandfather's store failed during the Great Depression), in a hardscrabble Scranton neighborhood called Bone Hill. When he was accepted into the Naval Academy, my father became the first member of his family to attend college, and eventually moved away from the old Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-55706451737895715702009-06-21T08:17:00.002-04:002009-06-21T08:18:54.599-04:00Reuters Feed from IranReuters has a Twitter feed which is one of the best sources of information that I have seen - @reuters_iran.Al Jazeerah/English reportedly is streaming video, much more than our western news organizations can, but their server must be swamped. I haven't yet been able to get on.Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-73240405697048475692009-06-21T08:00:00.007-04:002009-06-21T08:15:04.057-04:00Neda's VoiceLast night I joined the Facebook group - In Memory of Neda - which sprung up immediately after the videos started to circulate. Looking at the list of members this morning, it is the most diverse, international group I've ever been a part of of.The mainstream media is still not reporting any details - I suppose because they are restricted from reporting on the ground and can't confirm the story. Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-27507585329061495722009-06-21T07:51:00.004-04:002009-06-21T07:57:05.179-04:00Twitter on the Barricades - Six Lessons Learned - NYTimes.comThis weekend is my first true immersion in Twitter, and I find it's more useful to read the information coming out of Iran as a big swath of general sentiment....rather than taking each individual tweet at face value. I found myself wonder why being in the thick of the dialogue with individual protestors trading tips, locations, and warnings was so absolutely absorbing, since I'm not there, don'tLiz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-11252259945302041822009-06-21T07:51:00.003-04:002009-06-21T07:56:29.804-04:00Morning in NY; Mid-Afternoon in TehranDipping into the Twitter feed this morning, I'd say the overall tenor is less fraught, reaching still higher for moral authority and peaceful protest. There is also an overwhelming concern, which I didn't see yesterday, that the feed has been infiltrated by government agents.Here are some highlights, 7:30am EDT:pilotwomanf/tehran; "it will be in Vanak sq. Pple will be there at 4:30 pm,(after 30 Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-91679308979816796792009-06-20T21:54:00.002-04:002009-06-21T07:59:59.939-04:00Her Name Was Neda...Newsvine - Her Name Was Neda...I can't bring myself to post a link to the videos (there are two, shot on cell phones from different angles). It's just too sad.Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-29356128083907615092009-06-20T21:38:00.004-04:002009-06-20T21:59:23.240-04:00The Battle is On: Sampling of the Twitter feed from the Streets of Tehranlegolas81: doctors/nurses wear red crescent/red cross symbol so news can see if you are attacked for being street medicsjkebeans: remove all street signs, so shipped-in forces will lose orientation rinkjustice: LIST MAP to EMBASSIES ACCEPTING INJURED; DO NOT GOTO HOSPITALS http://tinyurl.com/nwrvsdPatriotRose: Don't WET MASK WITH WATER-vinegar & Lemonjuice effective against teargas به ماسکهای Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-66915643891982475332009-06-20T21:25:00.006-04:002009-06-20T22:05:55.270-04:00The Revolution as it's being tweeted...It's nearly 6am in Tehran - Sunday morning is dawning, another day of protests awaits (I know this because my Twitter account is set to GMT +3.5, Location: Tehran).I've been glued to Twitter all day - the Internet, mobile/wireless communication, and social media have all converged to bring about the maturing of the concept of democracy. It has always been an ideal, practiced by various Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-33766766910025328042009-06-20T10:59:00.001-04:002009-06-20T10:59:14.134-04:00Gil Scott Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedSeems appropriate for today. The Revolution will not be Televised, but it will be Tweeted!Praying for the safety of all the women in the streets of Tehran, standing tall and green, insisting on equality.Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-81407991244711793322009-06-20T10:03:00.000-04:002009-06-20T10:04:09.319-04:00BBC Persia - Images of gunshots in the streetsLiz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-91904248160585005102009-05-10T13:46:00.002-04:002009-05-10T13:50:53.803-04:00Motherhood :: One of my Proudest MomentsIn 2006, I chaperoned a church trip to Juarez, Mexico. We took a group of 20 American teenagers to work with a priest who was building churches in the poorest barrios and desert outskirts of Juarez.As lunchtime approached on the fifth day of grueling work in the relentless heat, we pulled off the highway and stopped at a church in urban Chihuahua, where a group of women were waiting with a lunch Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-44058452476471168672009-04-25T23:44:00.004-04:002009-04-25T23:50:00.639-04:0019th Century Stained Glass It was 87 degrees in Cornwall-on-Hudson today - Spring coming in with a vengeance! Although I went to St. John's to photograph antique quilts, I was irresistably drawn to the 19th century stained glass windows, with the sunlight flooding through. Yet another treasure of hand-worked artistry. Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103466.post-37050003442136431452009-04-25T22:36:00.011-04:002009-04-25T23:41:52.903-04:00WOMEN'S WORK : : Marveling at an Antique Quilt ShowMy friend Bea Deamers is a master quilter, and she organized an antique quilt show as a benefit for our church today. St. John's is a beautiful, 19th century structure, with intricate, hand-carved wood throughout the sanctuary. The juxtaposition of the rich wood with the vibrant, hand-sewn quilts was simply breathtaking.I am always moved by primitive, domestic creations because I see them as Liz Nealonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13796170025544220844noreply@blogger.com0