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100 Faces (9 to 24)

100 Faces (1 to 8)

I am joining a quest to draw a 100-faces. I will do them in pen and ink for my first round with a goal of 8 to 10 per day (and per page – so smallish) in a 9 by 12 sketchbook. Then I will move on to more extensive / bigger for another 100.Continue reading “100 Faces (1 to 8)”

Selfie Sunday

Filmmaking Class Week 4

Class Notes: Theme = the inferred stance taken on a topic of a story. Everything that happens within a story should reference back to a theme. Reflection Questions for Six Word Memoir Project My Answer: For my Six Word Memoir I skimped on the writing part. I was in “documentary” mind set. I did brainstormContinue reading “Filmmaking Class Week 4”

February Notes

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” – Neil Gaiman Anteambulo – forerunner; one who proceeds another to clear the way Atavism – recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity. Derives viaContinue reading “February Notes”

A Reset

I did not make any new resolutions for 2023. I did reflect some that I made going into 2022 that I held on to for all 12 months and have continued. Did you stick to your 2022 goals, new ones for 2023? Have you stuck to them as we end the second month of 2023?Continue reading “A Reset”

Filmmaking Class Week 3

Brainstorm Screenplay Ideas Brainstorm ideas for a screenplay using the “Personal Menu”. Choose 3 different things you put on the list and think of times in your life that illustrate each. Write about the moment or time in your life when you realized each thing was true. Start in class and finish for homework. MyContinue reading “Filmmaking Class Week 3”

Identity & Reality: Cinematic Production & Critical Studies Week 1&2

As part of my personal growth in 2023, I am taking a filmmaking class at the Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts. The class is taught by Sophie Lane. Filmmaking is about communicating ideas through audio-visual means. In this class I will practice visual storytelling that is personal and compelling and learn to connect with myContinue reading “Identity & Reality: Cinematic Production & Critical Studies Week 1&2”

January Notes

Success can be learned. Change requires measurement and longitudinal tracking. Darren Hardy writes, “Winners are trackers” in The Compound Effect. Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. Systems are almost the antithesis of goals, in that they’re entirely about creating a repeatable setContinue reading “January Notes”