Extolling, and embodying, the virtues of creativity, and creative writing, to save the world. (Or, at least, myself.)
A new spot Several years ago, I was reading Letters to a Young Poet, a collection of letters from Ranier Maria Rilke to a young cadet in the Austrian army who aspired to write poetry like Rilke. The letters became as much a treatise on life as writing and have long since been an inspiration … Continue reading Serendipity with Rilke
"Cast Away" The movie "Cast Away" was on television today. The movie has special significance for me because I have, before and now, felt cast away in life. The ending is significant because what came before is now past but there's opportunity to move ahead into the future and who knows where that road will … Continue reading Cast Away
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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kI7dQE6QniQg8ELrrSGU8e2dWNNFvM5ZI&feature=shared Tree of Life Start the climb Branch by branch Start the way... Hand-by-hand... The Leaves. Now's OUR Chance.
https://youtu.be/I9OpSqE3-lU?feature=shared On the GLORY of Paratroopers FIGHT FOR IT. NOW.
https://youtu.be/WoB8f4KLMrg?feature=shared * While this claim is, of course, "subjective," that is, also, PRECISELY why it is true.
I have not, yet, read this book, but with how successful AND influential Pixar has been you would think that John Lasseter, a founder and primary creative force, would, AT LEAST, get the Steve Jobs treatment. As it is, this biography, one of only two or three I could find on him, and the most … Continue reading Pixar
Well, we'll call these one... "The amputation..." https://youtu.be/UOs476-ULr4?feature=shared "The long walk..." https://youtu.be/nw_mrWs2hME?feature=shared * While this claim is, of course, "subjective," that is, also, PRECISELY why it is true.
https://youtu.be/CYTRQAy2o4E?feature=shared Say what you will about the obvious overtones of the hypocrisies inherent in colonialism, proselytization, and, well, "mission work," but this scene perfectly embodies and characterizes certain truths that are, nonetheless, universal. * While this claim is, of course, "subjective," that is, also, PRECISELY why it is true.
Observations from the Brink 