A little high weirdness for your Saturday morning…
Fortunes, an experimental comedy from Greg Barth on Vimeo.
Thanks to the Disposable Film Festival for tipping this off to me.
Category: These Are Those Things
That inspire, that I like, and that I hope you feel the same about
Last week not only were we making our own lists, we made others’ lists. Twice we discovered we made lists of appreciation in the film community. We are thankful folks find our posts and tweets useful. And we are pleased that such lists are made as they are helpful in discovering great information and people.
- Shakedown Film’ “Our Top 10 Filmmaking Websites“
- Filmmaking Stuff’s “20 Filmmaking Thought Leaders To Follow On Twitter” (granted this dated back to January but I had missed it)
- Indiewire’s “7 Tips For Filmmakers From SXSW: Words Of Wisdom From Lena Dunham, Dana Brunetti, Casey Neistadt, Ted Hope, & Jason Blum“
Thanks for including us!
If you read this blog you know that I do love innovation, and social media, but…
Call me an Old Fogie or something, but
this wave just washed over me
and I remembered (again)
I was HAPPIER when:
- Email did not exist.
One of my favorite creation tales is the story of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s & The White Album. I am no expert and I am sure I get the details wrong, so please feel free to correct me, but in my version it is a great example of the conditions that can lead to creative output (Note: since writing this I have made some amendments)
We all are told that Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the great album of the rock era, the first true exploration of the art form. Whether that’s true or not is open for debate, but what it is the first album that The Beatles had no back catalogue to exploit.
Although I have never really been a fan of Thanksgiving as it is currently celebrated, I REALLY like the idea of it — and want to expand it (and better prepare for it). In my vision of it, it is something we all would do together. And I mean all of us, everywhere.
Thanksgiving here in the United States falls this year on Thursday, November 28th. But for what I want to do, we need the week. We need the week to reflect. Really we need the days leading up to it to reflect. I am getting started now.
I am going to reflect on what I am grateful for, on the kindness and generosity others have shown me, and how I can give back. I am going to make a week of such gratitude. It would be awesome if others could join me. That is why I am writing to you now.
That sort of thing. You in?
This year I am going to write a list (aka a blog post) each day of the week and name names:
- Who I am grateful to for what introductions;
- Who I am grateful to what knowledge they’ve shared;
- Who I am grateful to for their generosity & support;
- What I am grateful for in my professional life;
- How & what I can give back without spending a dime.
There’s certainly many other such lists that can be helpful: what I am thankful for on this earth, what I am thankful for that has happened to me in my life, what I am thankful for that has happened to others, what I am thankful for for having recognized, and many more I am sure you can come up with.
As it’s kind of nice to keep track of these thanks, we can follow them via the #HopeAndThanks hashtag.
You should have this beautiful concert in your life:
Neil Young – Carnegie Hall – December 5, 1970:
http://youtu.be/96IJIegiR24
And then this one too (The sound is better, but it’s shorter, and there’s less witty dialogue with the audience)
Neil Young – BBC – 1971
