The creative process is a process of surrender…
“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.”
- Julia Cameron
#DefineArt (via @Lola)
“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.”
#DefineArt (via @Lola)
personally, i go to BigAwesomeTorrentBucket.com just for the advertising.
i’ve just made my own #donuts in such a manner that, for the first time, i understand how Dr. Frankenstein must have felt.
#cooking?
what’s missing?
i’m thinking, maybe, donuts.
in honor of dead presidents. yeah. that.
#donuts.
Some sentences are like a slovenly man taking up a seat and a half on the bus.
#editing
dates: 2/12 – 2/18
work 85:30
yield 62%
productivity 52:41
study 42:35
fun 31:45
calculating the cost of tools.
priority avoidance strategy du jour:
remember that project i volunteered to do last year, then forgot about? let’s get right on that!
dodging the Fiesta Police.
stirring the crazy.
The Guts of a New Machine http://ping.fm/eDpzu
More than any apocalyptic action movie, stormy nightmares will make you want to “Take… http://ping.fm/yAimI
After watching the mini-series (1979), curious to see how the movie (2011) captured the complexity… http://ping.fm/XjG3n
i need a cup coffee just to keep reading.
okay, i need a brownie, too.
and a double shot of irish cream.
maybe this isn’t about reading?
all february long
the afternoon light grows
into evening
#winter #micropoem
Reading all about OS X 10.8 “Mountain Lion”, the operating system coming to Macs this summer.
valentine’s day
a divorced couple
exchanges children
#modern #micropoem
Is it true that “most of Google+’s inhabitants are… not there”, as it appears from Kevin Kelly’s point of view?
Do you ever wish you could disable the dialog track on beautiful films with stupid stories, leaving… http://ping.fm/QA1nU
Do you ever wish you could disable the dialog track on beautiful films with stupid stories, leaving just the music and foley tracks playing?
The Exporter http://ping.fm/AuZYH
Whale by Owen Gatley http://ping.fm/zydJ6
1. visually fluid. 2. audibly layered. 3. sparingly spoken.
Three hearts, in equal… http://ping.fm/YCc5p
Just take it as it comes, and will take you for a pleasant ride. http://ping.fm/11MRZ
am i enduring #winter so well because i’ve been drinking copious quantities of #coffee, or because it hasn’t been that cold?
beating back against Winter with The Beta Band.
Is Charlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror†(2011) the… http://ping.fm/UY5fx
lulled to bed early by the Instrumental Stylings of Ben Vaughn.
#bacon made it better.
but morning without coffee cake? it’s best not to think dwell on that, now.
running to the nearest store to restock staples:
bacon, cream, and cola.
Jan Harlan describes Steadicam to Stanley Kubrick
(10 February… http://ping.fm/mvm3i
Prime Burger Restaurant by Lost & Found Films http://ping.fm/OkYaT
if you can listen to one artist’s collected works all day long, without tiring, you must really like them.
play it again, Ben.
today it’s Ben Folds, all day long.
fuck “the new black” and the pathetic darkness it rode in on.
…and I stare at a single page for days, its strange marks, its wild white silence.
taking a break to check out Netflix’s foray into original programming with “Lilyhammer” (2012).
After the first half dozen episodes, “Dead Like Me†meanders, sometimes stretching,… http://ping.fm/Xhpxu
human brains consume 25% of our body’s energy.
Belatedly realizing how Gmail’s “Quick Links” can reduce the time I spend sorting through email background noise.
taking on The Beatles.
1717 tracks? yeah, thinkin’ there’s a little redundancy here.
is chronological is too obvious? alphabetical it is!
“Memorizing my flash card, for tomorrow: Football is the one where they can use their hands, but only 1 or 2 dudes can kick it.”
it’s unfortunate to realize most of my childhood comfort #foods are #instant crap.
mmmmm, “biscuits” from a tube.
“Music is a story, like every other human art.”
http://mykl.us/y65xeh #DefineArt
“TEA stands for Total Economic Amnesia.”
(from Real Time with Bill Mahr)
i fight the Winter Blues by taking a daily Vitamin D supplement — and washing it down with a double rum ‘n coke.
with a rum chaser, or two.
“in the age of social media, if you’re an ass, you’re going to be called out on it in the blink of an eye.”
“If you can’t handle birth control, gay rights & stem cell research, you need to realize #freedom might not be your thing.”
@HeatherUlich
bio du jour:
Another world is not only possible. She’s on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
how often is the offense born in the ears of the offended?
today’s statement of #joy:
spirits [hic] are most marvelous accompanied by fabulous food.
(#drinking at dinner)
“Art is what makes your insides move when your brain’s not ready.”
#twuote
The way I use my laptops is a perfect example of why I never buy used laptops.
question of the day: #DefineArt?
past answers:
http://ping.fm/OZf8C
http://ping.fm/UdNT0
how do YOU #DefineArt?
coping with a tater tot emergency.
“you realize, a clown is just a transvestite who doesn’t stop.”
The Magic Of The #Circus
Everything you need to know about another Hollywood remake of a… http://ping.fm/kBxiZ
“The natural home for ideas and creations is in the commonwealth, the public domain.” http://ping.fm/YVdRE
note to self: http://ping.fm/nrexE
New Wave from Scotland is like sunshine on a winter’s day.
#AztecCamera #NewWave
today’s Sunday morning cartoon. http://ping.fm/9lzN6
Decadence:
a forgetting of how privilege is gained — that precipitates its loss.
Decadence:
a forgetting of how privilege is gained — that precipitates its loss.
“I kinda like how White Supremacists are the best argument against the concept of White Supremacy.”
an hour ago, when i put it in the oven, i truly believed i’d save half this tray of ziti for tomorrow.
#diet #denial
“Under this new deal, pirated movies remain free of charge, free of non-skippable ads, free of…” http://ping.fm/zzMVe
“A” is for Antony and The Johnsons.
Midnight excursions through a jazzy garden of caricatures, in Paris — with Owen Wilson almost a… http://ping.fm/yDEvf
do you find the urge to eat on cold #rainy days inversely proportional to the scant exercise you get, warm indoors?
Potential greatness is always worth the risk of a total face plant.
Take a chance.
living in a cave is seriously underrated.
listening to Alen Robin’s “Naked, Really Naked”, #laughing.
signing up for 3 classes at Stanford University, this semester.
#code
dreaming in circles, my sleeping eyes achieved nothing. http://ping.fm/SEgeI
playing music quietly is like watching fireworks from the other side of town.
playing good music quietly is like looking at a shrunken print of a great painting.
it was at sunrise that i fell in love with Alela Diane. again.
and again.
cataloging 350 tracks by Aphex Twin, the nearly endless sub-genres of #Techno (et al) are mostly a mystery to me.
it was better when i was still sleeping, #dreaming i was awake.
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.”
#quote
if you make biscuits with enough #butter, they can speak to the dead.
“There has never been a time in entertainment history when TV has been this much better than movies.” http://ping.fm/QkTQi
Why do we love kittens more than robots?
“No… http://ping.fm/IiyNJ
the only #kitten video i ever watched on the internet:
“…there is a much smaller market for telling the truth than for shading it.” http://ping.fm/LJcVs
hard to say:
is it the 4 shots of rum or the whole tray of nachos that’s making me so sleepy?
“If the desktop-publishing revolution had required every newspaper, magazine, and book publisher to…” http://ping.fm/Z6gtN
“Don’t yell and scream about how you’re losing business to piracy when your stuff isn’t even…” http://ping.fm/ow2we
Did you ever notice that most of the bad guys on “The Rockford Files†where a suit and… http://ping.fm/BmE1y
“SOPA and PIPA will die but they’ll be replaced with something just as bad because lawmakers… http://ping.fm/7oLen
triple layer Saturday:
chocolate cake, irish cream, and Paul Verhoeven.
“making money from art is not a human right”
#DefineArt
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.”
day two of listening exclusively to Bob #Dylan.
working my way through in chronological order.
it is now 2006. what a good year.
Taking a closer look at Apple’s new iBooks Author application for Mac.
“you will never know if gummy bears are the cure for depression unless you eat them all, every last fucking smiling little gummy bear.” – EB