Extolling, and embodying, the virtues of creativity, and creative writing, to save the world. (Or, at least, myself.)
The earliest art form in the world is a cupule, found on rock formations throughout the world. The universality of this truth would seem to indicate something universal about this experience... It goes back a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG way. Do you?
https://youtu.be/I9OpSqE3-lU?feature=shared On the GLORY of Paratroopers FIGHT FOR IT. NOW.
This is why. Bill Russell did it against Wilt Chamberlain. And he did it without Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Toni Kukoc, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, or Klay Thompson backing him up. And he did it 11 times.
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.
Black Statue of Liberty. Something I wrote a LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG......... time ago, but never posted. But AM now. “Fight For It.” My favorite song on the Hamilton soundtrack is “Wait For It.” Every time I listen to the soundtrack I can’t get the song out of my head, except that when I hear it in my head … Continue reading “Fight for It”
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 