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I have a post-it note on my desk that says RADIANT GENIUS. All-caps, no explanation. Just RADIANT GENIUS. It’s been on my desk for a while now. I have no idea what it means, so it’s useless, the product of a less refined moment. But I can’t bear to throw it away. Adorable that I […]
[Continue reading] about When Post-Its Go BadI have a special love for certain kinds of films. Not because of how technically great they are, but rather because of how they manage to be unself-consciously outrageous. They tend to be action-packed and feature monsters. Like the recent Monsterverse films, e.g. Godzilla or Kong: Skull Island — or, even better, this year’s Godzilla […]
[Continue reading] about Lots of Love for B-Movies
I live with frequent brain fog. I’m not sure why. Could be chronic stress, bad sleep patterns, over-dependency on caffeine to function, general anxiety. Who knows. What I do know is that I only get about an hour a day of clear thinking, if I’m lucky. It’s difficult to compare between individuals, given natural variations […]
[Continue reading] about Harnessing Creative Bubbles Before They BurstI’ve been thinking about influences. We are the sum of our experiences, and the media we consume and interact with are a part of that. It also matters when we do the consuming: in our formative years, things become more deeply ingrained, set us on rails that inform our adult interests and reference points. As […]
[Continue reading] about Formative Artistic InfluencesHow many times have you heard somebody say that X is dead? Cinema, books, a sane taste in music. People love prophesizing the end times of art forms. It’s the doomsayer’s crack. Some people say the MCU is destroying cinema, by crowding out opportunities for other films. Funding from film studios is finite, and they […]
[Continue reading] about The Death of Art and Other False Bollocks