Category Archives: Life
Get Excited and Bang It Out (A Screenplay)
Have you ever wanted to write a screenplay? Here is a secret to writing one, from Robert Rodriguez’s book Rebel Without a Crew: “…if you really want to write [a screenplay], the best way is find an idea that excites you, no matter how small (mine was simply the guy with the guitar case full […]
Get Back to Work
“I talk to aspiring filmmakers who waste so much time asking people what kind of camera or format they should shoot on and blah blah blah. Grab the camera you can get your hands on fastest and start shooting with it. Everything else will fall into place.” – Robert Rodriguez ‘Nuff said. Now get back […]
Build Your Reputation By Doing What You Love – 27 Minute Video!
Below is a 27-and-a-half minute presentation that I gave earlier this year at the Photography Videography Summit in Salt Lake City. Although I was speaking to photographers and videographers, the message is equally applicable to any profession or dream career. Below that is even more thoughts on the subject (think of it as extra credit). […]
Gross Misconceptions about Film
I believe it is more important to create than to learn, and yet the two are intertwined. The most knowledgeable, learned person on the planet, if he or she never creates anything, will be lost in the annals of time, never to be even heard of by future generations, having contributed nothing lasting to society. […]
Embrace Your Influence
Three simple words that completely changed the way I look at art. Written by a modern giant in the field of…er, writing books about making art: Austin Kleon. Fittingly enough, basically everything he says in his book Steal Like An Artist has been said before. But I’ve never seen it all arranged and packaged so […]
Straight From Mumbai, India
This blog post comes to you today thanks to Zinal Bhadra, a blogger in Mumbai, India. (Never been to India, though my brother Pukha lived there for a while.) I had gotten to a point where I was frustrated with myself for not accomplishing my goals faster, and I had sort of vowed to myself not […]
Mind Monkey Part VII and the State of the Union
Unleash The Mind Monkeys Okay so this isn’t really the seventh mind monkey post. It’s actually the second. (Read the first one here.) But my mind monkey told me to call it Mind Monkey VII and I must obey. Here is a collection of some random thoughts that have been coursing through my cortex lately. […]
Art and Exercise
I believe there is a definite link between art and exercise. The purpose of this article is to tell you everything I can (in 2600 words) about that link. Get Your Art Mojo On First of all, the best way I know to break out of a slump as an artist is exercise. By slump […]
The Glory Days Begin Today
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. —Émile Coué We’ve all met people who are stuck in the “glory days.” The best part of their lives was years ago, and they only derive a sense of identity and self-contentment by reliving or talking about those days. The fallacy is that there […]
Fill Your Time With Stuff You Love
Please help…! I’ve started again to video blog. I’m open to feedback. Do video blogs or written articles seem to be more helpful? Or do you like them both? I’m in search of a good balance. Please share your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks!
