Snowing again
Yellow fleece
He wore a yellow fleece,
Wherever he might go,
Until the night he vanished,
In the falling snow.
But following his lilting music,
Along the brook’s icy flow,
I found him in the swinging pines,
Radiating in luminescent glow.
SRB – February 2, 2025
Wintering in Vermont
A glimpse of light
Fresh fallen snow
The big snow melt
Snow dance
Along the Corn Furrows
I was in Tyler Park near my home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on a cold, wintry day. The sun was low in the sky and the bare trees and knobby remnants of corn stalks evoked the music I had recorded a few days earlier…
Polar Ardor
I am excited to share news about the short film Polar Ardor, my musical collaboration with animator Camille Wainer.
POLAR ARDOR
A short animation about polar life and love.
Inspired by the paper cut style of early animator Lotte Reiniger, Polar Ardor incorporates the additive techniques of woodblock stamping and Chine-collé printmaking to recreate a delicate landscape threatened by division and deterioration. The whimsical music of composer/architect Sanford Bender accompanies each stage of the polar bear’s journey through a varied composition using only two symbolic forms (the heart and the puzzle piece). Simply and subtly, Polar Ardor offers an optimistic message about the importance of collaboration and compassion in the face of an uncertain future.
Release: 2021
Length: 1.33 minutes
ANIMATION BY : Camille Wainer
MUSIC BY: Sanford Bender
PRODUCED BY: Documinute Productions LLC
You can watch the trailer below and check out Camille’s other films on her website.