Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
One of the "discoveries" on my journey into watercolor painting is that I have no background in drawing. I am an inveterate doodler, but my preferred style there are geometric shapes. Flat squares, triangles, and -gons of various descriptions. Most of which is no help when I'm trying to paint leaves, trees, houses, and stuff.... Continue Reading →
Crazy Rich Asians (2018) – A Chinese American girl falls in love and is off to meet her boyfriend’s family. The challenge is that his family is one of the richest in all of Singapore, and their expectations of any young woman in his life will challenge her at every level.Directed by Jon M. Chu... Continue Reading →
Let’s talk about creativity. Whatever that is! I wanted to create (there’s that word again) a blog that talked about creativity and that might offer a little encouragement for those of us trying to do it. Not in one form, but in the larger sense. Just as I believe that all human communication is storytelling,... Continue Reading →
Princess Mononoke (1997) - A young prince leaves his people to fight an evil that is spreading across the land and threatens his own life. He arrives to a war between humans and those who live in the great forest.Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Starring (voices only)- Billy Bob Thornton, Gillian AndersonWhy I Liked It -... Continue Reading →
To Be Or Not To Be (1942) - As World War II begins, a Polish acting company is drawn into the underground fighting the Nazis. Led by a conceited and jealous husband (Benny) and his beautiful wife (Lombard) they put a dramatic (and comic) flair to the hunt for a spy.Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Starring-... Continue Reading →
Managing Expectations A new year and with it a tradition of New Year’s Resolutions(NYR)! Let’s talk about my history with NYR. Like most people, my list of failed, foiled, and forgotten resolutions is longer than the list of resolutions completed. Part of this is my boundless optimism and expectation. In 2017, my NYR ran to... Continue Reading →
Barbarella (1968) - In the 26th Century, special agent Barbarella is sent to return an evil genius to Earth before he brings war back into a peaceful society.Directed by Roger Vadim Starring Jane Fonda, Anita Pallenberg, John Philip LawWhy I Liked It - Ummmm, Jane Fonda was kinda cute?"Barbarella" tries to combine science fiction with... Continue Reading →
I have always taken this week off from the tasks associated with this blog. I'll be back in the New Year, feeling better than I have in a long time.Whatever you may celebrate, or not, at this time of year, I hope you find peace and joy.Peace.
And I thought 2020 was a terrible year!For whatever reason, I watched fewer movies this year than last. I was back at work for most of 2021, so there was less time to watch. That still doesn’t explain why I came in so far under my movie-a-week goal. There were 49 weeks where I schedule... Continue Reading →
As (I hope) our discussion grows about creativity, I'd love to see what other people are working on in whatever their creative zone is. As I've said before, my creative zones are writing (long time), photography (long time, watercolor painting (short time), and guitar/music (medium time). It's only fair that if I'm asking other folks... Continue Reading →
