Archive for September, 2013

“I am a creativity kleptomaniac.” Austin Kleon “How does an artist look at the world? Well, first she asks herself, ‘What’s worth stealing?’ And second, she moves on to the next thing.” Austin Kleon Author of the New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist H/T to chasejarvisLIVE and creativeLIVE for the interview yesterday with Kleon that […]

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“Impact. Energy. Emotion. If you remember that all the time, you’re golden.” Photographer Mike Corrado creativeLIVE workshop Rock and Roll Photography The only thing that sucks about creativeLIVE’s Photo Week of over 100 hours of free online creative workshops going on this week is, if you’re like me, you want to watch them all. But I […]

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“Storytelling can be found in every culture.” Daniel Milnor In the wee hours of this morning I caught part of a free rebroadcast on creativeLIVE of a seminar by Daniel Milnor. He began his career as a photojournalist and is now a Photographer at Large for Blurb.  In this era of content creators being content distributors, […]

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“Who says you can’t go home” Lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Somber Many of the people I’ve met over the years working in production have a little gypsy blood in them. A strong desire to see new things and experience new cultures.They don’t just endue it, they embrace it. They even crave it […]

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Since yesterday’s post ended with John Wayne it seems fitting to find a post for repost Saturday that has some kind of John Wayne connection. So here’s the post that originally ran on October 26, 2010. Yesterday I was fortunate to have lunch with The Angry Filmmaker (Kelley Baker ) and  Jon Gann, founder of the D.C. […]

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For the last two days I’ve been shooting footage at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Here’s a trivia question of the day; what’s the connection to this photo and a Broadway play? Warhorse–nope. Here’s a hint, in line with two Broadway places I’ve mentioned in the last week, Rocky and […]

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This is how they roll at lunch time in downtown Minneapolis.  Fish & chips, a pint, and lawn bowing at Brit’s Pub.  Yesterday I had to pick up some equipment at West Photo and Lights On-Minneapolis for a shoot and that gave me the opportunity to eat at Brit’s Pub, one of my favorite outdoor […]

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2013, as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. Presidential Proclamation While flying in the United States on any September 11 is probably the safest day to fly, I chose to fly to my next production […]

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Today is history in the making here at Screenwriting from Iowa…and Other Unlikely Places. This is my first post from an airplane.  So with thanks to US AIr’s go-go in air internet service, here is the first post coming to you from somewhere in the clouds over  Pennsylvania, (I think that’s where I am.) Today’s […]

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“Rocky’s this story of the underdog. The person who always wanted something and was never quite able to achieve that.” Theater director Alex Timbers It just so happens that my last post mentioned Sylvester Stallone and his screenplay for Rocky. Then yesterday I saw a full-page ad in the New York Times for the Broadway version […]

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