clarity
Exposition isn’t talking
Story comes from actions, characters opinions about things (training, past experience, their acceptance or rejection of norms), observations of the environment, interactions with others both friendly and antagonistic. Stories are basically the experience of characters, whether we are supposed to resonate or feel discord. A character who we cannot fathom, whose motivations don’t make sense,…
Read MoreThe long road home
It’s October 2014. A little over 9 years ago, I wrote the first draft of the script for Daughter of God at the Palm Springs short festival. The year before, I had stopped filing tax returns as an act of defiance of the military consumption imperial complex. I know this was silly, as I was still…
Read Morejourney into our head
DOG is a journey into our head, a becoming what I believe myself to be. April is the 8 year shooting anniversary 2006-2014. That’s a good number of years. What I suggest for today is to prep for DOG full throttle tomorrow, remember it will be several days before we can really be back in…
Read More09-05-12 visualization is not about the future
Visualization is not about the future, it’s about having our life in the now, becoming adept at being open and feeling love and adventure in the moment. Not projecting some about to be, but knowing and feeling what we truly are (want) in the present. Visualizing is experiencing, not simulating or even practice or rehearsal,…
Read More08-31-12 the universe is energy
• The universe is energy Thought is an energy template (mold). It’s a pattern. • Energy flows into – is attracted to – patterns. • raw energy – chi, prana, shakti, emptiness, zero point, quanta – flowing into a pattern yields manifestations – matter and experience, situations, events, even poeple. Reality is all potential. Form…
Read More08-24-11 roto tasks
Roto tasks (once clearly defined by locking down the edit) are first priority, because by having all the roto queued up and concentrating just on that, even if it’s just Jonathan and I, we’ll get very fast. If we have one or two other dedicated roto kids, now we’re talking. It’s inportant to establish a…
Read More03-12-08
core / life master / 2008 / march / 12 (03/12/2008) riffs on my life’s mission, pre enhancing global consciousness to steward and expand the wilds, DOG supports so my two favorites are – sharing the rapture of a trip on the mothership – enabling sustainable bliss (to undo consumer culture) which could be combined…
Read More08-22-06
core / life master / 2006 / august / 8/22 (08/22/06) editorial objectives wrap this movie into a viable package that I am really excited about, that really illustrates what I can do. I’ve got performances, shots, locations – all the bits that make a movie, now it’s up to me to pull off a…
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