The First 100 at the First 50
Let me take this moment to say thank you to everyone reading my tiny tome-home on the blogosphere for their time and energy shared with me.
McMahon, Fawcett and Jackson
The point is that every single person on this great big planet has a story and that story is a complete one. It has really beautiful parts to it and it has hideously ugly parts to it. That’s the nature of life.
We Do Grow Up
This evening, I went to see some of my former students graduate from the school where I used to teach vocal music. There were some definite surprises for me there.
“A Writer Writes Always”
Art is about choice making. Every word, brush stroke or note is a message from the author/artist/ composer about who he or she is and what is in their heart. Sharing those choices add to the pool of veracity and beauty available for the greater consumption.
A Composite Life
A poem about the new growth in families.
A Proud Moment in Film
The process, quite honestly, has been a rollercoaster of emotions for me, but worth every moment. I suppose that’s what comes from being willing to take the risk to make yet another dream come true.
My Own Dreamcoat
I’ve been dreaming of finding my joie de’vivre again. At last, three-and-a-half years later, I’ve found it.
Writing about Writing
So, here I am, excited at the prospect of leaving a written legacy for my family about being an adoptee who finds his birth family and, thereafter, begins his genealogical journey toward understanding his complete life more fully, while recognizing how his journey is impacting others around him, as well.
His Back to the Audience, A Stick in His Hand
I often describe myself more as a jeweler, that a director, who simply sets beautiful stones in a creative setting. The gems themselves are perfect the way they are. The jeweler simply polishes them a bit.
Scenes
Yesterday, we shot the first four scenes of our movie, “Two Tears and a Bucket.” Good fortune rained down upon us, not unlike the rain today rained out our second day of shooting… torrentially. Our locations were perfect. Our cast was on the money. Our Director of Photography was better than one could have ever [...]
