Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
The coming storm...
As of late, I feel as if I am standing on a precipice of some sort. Starring over the edge into a fog.
I'm finally getting paid for some of my work in the theatre. I've found a good group of filmmakers who seem to be genuinely interested in my endeavors and also in a future work relationship. Aside from all of this, I have an audition coming up. An audition that is bigger than any I've had before. An audition that could be the start of more fruitful relationship. An audition that would be the first real step toward making a career of this art I can't seem to stop practicing.
Amid all of these thoughts are countless murmurings of doubt, fear and above all longing. I desperately long to make a success of myself. I've made a lot of tough choices in my life and I can't help but feel discouraged at times. I can't help but wonder if I made the right choices. If I'm meant to be doing what it is I'm working towards.
How does one cope with this inestimable and overwhelming desire that is equally matched by fear?
And I can't help but find it funny. All the times others have come to me with questions and asking for advice. All the times I've asked others. All the things I've experienced....
...All I know to do...is breathe.
I'm finally getting paid for some of my work in the theatre. I've found a good group of filmmakers who seem to be genuinely interested in my endeavors and also in a future work relationship. Aside from all of this, I have an audition coming up. An audition that is bigger than any I've had before. An audition that could be the start of more fruitful relationship. An audition that would be the first real step toward making a career of this art I can't seem to stop practicing.
Amid all of these thoughts are countless murmurings of doubt, fear and above all longing. I desperately long to make a success of myself. I've made a lot of tough choices in my life and I can't help but feel discouraged at times. I can't help but wonder if I made the right choices. If I'm meant to be doing what it is I'm working towards.
How does one cope with this inestimable and overwhelming desire that is equally matched by fear?
And I can't help but find it funny. All the times others have come to me with questions and asking for advice. All the times I've asked others. All the things I've experienced....
...All I know to do...is breathe.
Smaug Episode 4
So, I'll be cutting out my basic shapes for the head today and getting them attached to the frame. Then it's just a matter of cutting and shaping the foam to make the head.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Building a Dragon Episode 1
So, I've been charged with building "Smaug" for ACT's fall production of The Hobbit. For the base of the head I'm using a simple hinge-joint puppet mechanism. Instead of fabricating the piece I got an oversized decorative clothespin that I've modified a bit and I'm going to be building onto it. I'm going to be using a lot of EVA foam to get the core shape and then overlaying pieces of "fun foam" to shape the dragon's head.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Faith in Hatred
Yet another beacon of ignorance and hate has flared up into the skies for all to see and be ashamed of...
In protest to a faith they know nothing about, a faith they deem "of the devil" a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida is holding an "International Burn the Quran" day on the 9th anniversary of September 11th.
This makes me so upset that I literally feel physically ill just thinking about it. Here we have a group of people, people who claim to follow a religion that is supposed to promote love, a group of people who are supposed to be good Americans, a group of people who should be descent humans acting despicable because of their ignorance and fear.
It's hard to be mad at people for being stupid. Some people are just stupid and that's honest truth. However...ignorance is a choice. Ignorance is a state of being uninformed. Instead of trying to become informed these people have decided to let the Right wing media decide how they should think and act. I'm willing to bet that non of the individuals at that sham of a church have even bothered to read the Quran. I won't lie. It does have some incendiary stuff in it, but so does the Bible. In fact every ancient religious text does, especially those derived from the Abrahamic texts. This makes me so upset that I'm tempted to hold a "Bible Burning" in protest to them, but I'm intelligent enough to know that burning a bunch of books really isn't going to accomplish anything.
The events of 9/11 were committed by extremists. Extremists who's ideals were well rooted in ignorance, just like these unfortunates in Florida. They are wrongfully attacking Islam and in doing so they are bringing us as Americans, and Christians everywhere down into the mud.
As a society we should work to quell ignorance and fear whenever and wherever we can, but when that ignorance and fear breeds hate it's a sign that we aren't working hard enough. Hate brings us all down. Hate makes us all look bad. I implore anyone who reads this to spread the word and speak out against the ignorance and hate. Only through education can we rise.
In protest to a faith they know nothing about, a faith they deem "of the devil" a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida is holding an "International Burn the Quran" day on the 9th anniversary of September 11th.
This makes me so upset that I literally feel physically ill just thinking about it. Here we have a group of people, people who claim to follow a religion that is supposed to promote love, a group of people who are supposed to be good Americans, a group of people who should be descent humans acting despicable because of their ignorance and fear.
It's hard to be mad at people for being stupid. Some people are just stupid and that's honest truth. However...ignorance is a choice. Ignorance is a state of being uninformed. Instead of trying to become informed these people have decided to let the Right wing media decide how they should think and act. I'm willing to bet that non of the individuals at that sham of a church have even bothered to read the Quran. I won't lie. It does have some incendiary stuff in it, but so does the Bible. In fact every ancient religious text does, especially those derived from the Abrahamic texts. This makes me so upset that I'm tempted to hold a "Bible Burning" in protest to them, but I'm intelligent enough to know that burning a bunch of books really isn't going to accomplish anything.
The events of 9/11 were committed by extremists. Extremists who's ideals were well rooted in ignorance, just like these unfortunates in Florida. They are wrongfully attacking Islam and in doing so they are bringing us as Americans, and Christians everywhere down into the mud.
As a society we should work to quell ignorance and fear whenever and wherever we can, but when that ignorance and fear breeds hate it's a sign that we aren't working hard enough. Hate brings us all down. Hate makes us all look bad. I implore anyone who reads this to spread the word and speak out against the ignorance and hate. Only through education can we rise.
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