Archive for November, 2009

10 Scenes that End in Suicide • Part 1 – The Dreamer

Finished this up this weekend. I love how this came out. This represents a complete reframing of the creative process for me. Also, I feel kind of nervous to put it out there, which hasn’t happened in a while. [ READ MORE ]

3 Revelations about Creating Art

The real key to creation is not planning but passion. It really doesn’t matter how carefully planned your idea is. Get it out before the passion evaporates or it dies inside you. With planning, your art will only communicate what you choose.. but with an uncontrolled work, you communicate something you don’t know. And as [ READ MORE ]

The Cynic and The Idealist do battle – Both die.

Here’s how people become delusional cynics, or delusional idealists.  We’ve all been one or both of these at some point in our lives.  So here’s how it works.  And at the end -if you’re still with me- a better choice. Conflict Problems occur when a split is apparent in our world view.  Our brain encompasses two conflicting [ READ MORE ]

Nervous Laugh: Breaking Tension

Moments ago, I was walking down the street and saw a cute girl standing in my path, staring at me, smiling warmly. As I approached I noticed she was holding her hand out to me. I smiled with curiosity. Looking at her hand and she held a leaf between her fingers. [ READ MORE ]

Democracy: The Great Disappointment

Democracy. The word itself has a righteous ring to it, an appeal to the good of humanity, of redemption, of hope. So in that way it’s unfortunate that should we get inspired enough to vote, we get herded into a hybrid changing room/vending machine, press a button, and the illusion is broken. No balloons drop [ READ MORE ]