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,…

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days tick off

Watching the days tick off in capture, there’s nothing for it, time passes. What we must be sure of is work on DOG each and everyday, progress on all frontiers but most importantly the priorities. What I mean by priorities is those that most support our self worth, motivation and joy.

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journey 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…

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Alexander analogy

Thinking of the Alexander analogy, when is an army big enough? When it’s big enough to win. I don’t need an ever expanding budget, just enough to make the movies I want to make. To accomplish the projects that seem worthy to me. The Mycenaens trekked 20k miles conquering the whole way. A crazy assed…

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Story Theory

Last night I watched monsters and a chunk of dead snow and cabin in the woods. Citw was a formuliac scrap of shite, barely a cut above dead snow. This was Joss Whedon don’t you know. If you’re going to have a backstory, make sure it’s something at least plausible and not a membrane of…

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Open studio

I’ve done my kriyas, but my mind is spinning with studio tour ideas. combat mime – joe and I perform a series of demonstrations, flying jumps through obstacles, acrobatics, perhaps a fight scene. the comfortable edit and collaboration suite. Lofts and work area can view large flatscreen against stone, dimable windows, decent sound reproduction. Organic…

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09-05-12 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,…

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08-31-12 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…

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