My father, Bernard Arnest (1917-1986) was a notable painter in his lifetime: a student of Boardman Robinson at the Broadmoor Art Academy and later at the Fine Arts Center, a student of Henry Varnum Poor, youthful winner of a Guggenheim fellowship, war artist for the U.S. Army, and teacher...
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Secret Keepers
Everybody has a deep, dark secret – something you don’t want the world to learn. Do you worry at night that somebody might find out, and ruin your life? You need Secret Keepers!It’s this easy: Simply send us evidence of the secret you want kept, and we’ll protect it...

Sunlight Dancing
While driving south on I-25 a few days ago, I saw some stunning visual effects as the sunlight created little rainbows behind the cars. I got some video of it, and composed this one-minute movie soundtrack.“Sunlight Dancing” is playable by an orchestra, but because it’s a folly, the woodwind section...

Batko Unbound
Our neighbor’s cat Batko spends much of his day trying to get into our house: Here he is, outraged that he cannot force his way through the cat door. (It reads a cat’s microchip, and does not open for Batko.) A few weeks ago I made a 16-second movie of...

Welcome
Welcome to the millionmonkeys.us blog – home of information on the creative duo of Mark and Lauren Arnest. We’ll post here about performances of our plays and music, new works and videos, and anything else about which we feel the urge to spout off, from 19th Century classical piano players, to...
