f enough people break the rules… The rules are diluted into change.  It can be both good and bad.  It is why film is in a death spiral.  Publishing is a dumpster fire.  And art is celebrating mimicry.  The natural effect of everyone chasing the new hot thing is that it becomes a pool of […]

When you pick your visionary battle…Do you survey the landscape first for your hill to die on? Does it have a good view for you, or are you looking for a place for your corps to be seen? I only ask, because we’ve all got blinders on.All of us. If we are out there hoping

Starving artists are romanticized.The phrase, “if you do something you love, you’ll never work a day in your life,” is used to ‘advise’ graduates or those teetering on the cusp of life change. Have you experienced life?About the time you think you have anything figured out, the rug gets pulled out from under you.It’s going

We all live in a consumer economy.We buy, we sell…we fall victim to chronic wasting disease?I guess a word CAN mean two different things. Gluttony and tuberculosis…what a joy.But in the end, it all rounds out the same way… with an obituary and a tombstone. There probably aren’t that many obituaries that use their space

The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is not a happy one.If anything, it’s a cautionary tale illuminating the miracle that lemmings aren’t extinct. Anyone that says, “follow my lead,” should be questioned.Especially if they haven’t done anything except get elected to a job title. True leadership is trailblazing.It isn’t someone saying, “follow in

We’ve all heard the phrase, “fake it, ’til you make it.”The base idea of that being that if you act like you know what you’re doing, other people will believe that you know what you are doing…and eventually you’ll figure out…what it is exactly that you should be doing…and being paid for. How often have

All said and done. Our acts boil down to an obituary and a headstone.  What you leave behind, defines you. Whether you like it or not.  Is it an estate fight?A land grab?In my case, a pile of crap that more than likely someone else already owns… You have to value yourself before anyone else will care

Are you at the top of your game?If so, good on you. (Why are you reading this?!) If not, what are your deal breakers? I fall into this. You fall into this. …WE fall into this.  The stink about being a leader, is that you are asking those around you to put their dreams and ambitions on hold

All Flash. No Fire.  Being busy…is…well, bullsh!t. Do you honestly know anyone who isn’t slammed?Truly? This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t say no to projects, or that you shouldn’t be protective of your time.  It’s simply to say that…are you living under a rock?! Does that rock have a sword stuck in it? Truly.

It takes 24 images to form each second of film.One second, 24 frames at a time. When you flip through a photo album, graphic novel or art portfolio, each of those images represents thousands of seconds…even though they are just one image.Photos don’t just represent a thousand words.They are backed by hundreds of hours and