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My name is David Gordon. I am 76 years old and starting a new life. To begin, after my two years in the peacetime Army, I opened a coffee house with entertainment in Greenwich Village, New York City called Phase 2. The new talent available in the mid 1960's turned out to be Bill Cosby, Joan River, Peter Paul and Mary, Richard Pryor, Stiller and Myra and Simon and Garfunkel. It also included a singer named Bob Zimmerman, who later took the name of Bob Dylan. This period of my life lasted 6 years. Toward the end of it, I met a man who had just started his own film company. Playing poker together, we hit it off. I joined him and he taught me about film and video. Eventually, I formed my own company with a partner and did documentaries, corporate image work and commercials. Finally I joined ABC as an independent producer/director.
I did 42 half hour programs on photographers, architects, crafts people and the like over many years. I won an Emmy in the mid 90's and figured that was a fitting cap to my career. I was in my 60's and I felt I wanted to move on to new challenges.
The move included relocation from New York City to San Diego where my then 6-year-old daughter could grow up and I could grow old. It was an open door to a new life.
One thing I knew: my eyes, heart and interest were trained to find something special and artistic. Mata Ortiz pots awaited me.
Hi, I'm Tara Gordon, David's wife.
Between boarding school and college, 1963-64, I took a trip around the world for a year, living with 10 different families and visiting 14 different countries. I was 18 years old and this trip changed my life. I learned to appreciate the beauty and art of other parts of the world.
After graduation, I became a graphic designer for galleries, museums and artists in New York City. My clients included many of the major art galleries in New York City. Not only did I design for galleries, but I also bought contemporary art. I studied and received a Master of Arts in Art History from Queens College of CUNY.
Our family landed in a wonderful building on Riverside Drive overlooking the Hudson River where we lived for sixteen years until we came to San Diego.
In 1989, David and I adopted a two day-old girl, now our much loved daughter, Samantha.
Samantha or Sami is a piece of work. She is enormously quick and bright. And, she often goes with us on our trips to the village. Coincidentally, on the way to Mata Ortiz, we pass through Bisbee, Arizona where Sami was adopted. |
