Safari + Party = Safarty?
Tomorrow, Thursday September 18, 2014 marks what would be Dan’s 44th birthday! Here at Creative Visions, we take birthdays very seriously, and by seriously, I mean we go big! How big? A safari and a party!! In other words – what Dan did best. So first, if you live anywhere close to Malibu, CA or if […]
Turn on LA!
Calling all Dan fans who hate predictable galas but love to be inspired! Please join the Dan Eldon Legacy team and Creative Visions Foundation for a highly original party called Turn On LA! It will be an evening of mind-blowing music, suave food, engaging people, and better (than usual) spirits! Not to mention Aloe Blacc […]
An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Intermission
An excerpt from the book Art of Life written by Jennifer New. Between May and July of 1992, Dan lacked a clear path. As usual, he filled the void with a host of schemes. Some of the crew members from the film had encouraged him to apply to UCLA’s film program and had promised him letters […]
An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Heartland
An excerpt from the book Art of Life written by Jennifer New. As other UCLA students were getting ready for a few weeks of downtime with family and friends over the winter holiday, Dan was headed for a month of dizzying travel, romance, and decision making. Even by his standards, life was more crowded than usual. When […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Sara Cummings
In early July, I went to Sunset Beach, North Carolina for my family’s 30th annual beach vacation. It’s a time for us to relax, drink margaritas, eat double scoop waffle cones, and best of all, just sit together and talk. It’s that week of the year that we all cherish and absolutely hate to miss. […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Ellie Crosby
Ellie Crosby was the Dan Eldon Legacy visionary (not intern) at Creative Visions this summer. Today is her last day, so as her final task, we asked her to write a blog post about how Dan has inspired her. Ellie, thank you for all your hard work and dedication to share Dan’s story with the […]
Journey is the Inspiration: Alyssa Holman
Dan Eldon’s work has influenced and inspired my work. Eldon is great at capturing the real emotions and rawness of life in Africa. This past winter, I visited South Africa to learn about the culture and the people and ended up with an amazing experience and a journal to remember my experiences. Here are a […]
An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Thanksgiving
An excerpt from the book Art of Life by Jennifer New. The fall of 1991 served as an antidote to the perpetual overcast of London and the sultry, labyrinthine alleyways of Morocco. Having temporarily given up the mobile shop, Dan returned to Los Angeles to take a few classes through UCLA Extension. It proved to be his […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Martice Smith II
I learned of Dan Eldon’s story through a blog, headed by artist Seth Apter. I was immediately captivated by the stunning, instinctive, raw and sometimes painful images created by Dan. This fascination jolted me into another realm as I anxiously read and flipped through the pages of “Dan Eldon: The Art of Life”. I needed […]
An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Northern Kenya
Northern Kenya Oct. 28, 1990 Frontier town By: Dan Eldon Everyone is armed, things are sharp. O.k. I finally have a lot to say, but I don’t want to write the usual self-centered white man traveling in Africa story. I’m sick of films and books set in third-world places about Euros floating around and showing […]
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